it's hot dogs at 2 a.m., it's bagels and doughnuts and pastrami on rye, it's also mexican, jamaican, filipino, puerto rican and chinese food, all thrown together in a cultural cacophony unlike anywhere in the world, all coming together in new york. by the time you're done with the book, and you've bookmarked all the recipes that made your mouth water, you'll be ready to pack your bags and run of to new york! a bite of the big apple by monica trapaga and lil tuloch, via penguin