Melissa

"Fact: Sometimes air traffic has to stop because of whales on the runway"

"New York Magazine said it's one of the best new [vegan] sandwiches in town"

"Mamaliga Trapeza. Dense cornmeal porridge formed into flat-bottom balls with a fleeting blandness that vanishes once they're mixed with sour cream, scrambled egg, Romanian feta and roast pork"

"Varenyky. Get them boiled and stuffed like Christmas geese with seasoned potato or with mix of sauerkraut and mushroom."

"Gyoza crammed with juicy pork and fragrant chives and serves them in the iron pan they're cooked in, tetsunabe style, under a cloak of untraditional but tonic ginger-scallion sauce."

"Quark cheese dumplings"