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Food. Curated. Season 6 “Food Matters” Nominated for 2 New York Emmys

It’s a big year for our food docuseries! We’re so proud to help food makers tell their stories.

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Chef Woldy Reyes: Redefines Filipino Cuisine w/a Modern Plant-Based Twist

Meet Chef Woldy Reyes a Filipino chef who discovered their deeper purpose though vegetables. What does it mean to be unapologetically Filipino? Find out in our new video!

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Mel The Bakery’s Top-Notch Sourdough & Pastries in Hudson Valley | A James Beard Finalist 2024

Only five bakeries throughout the country were nominated for the prestigious Outstanding Bakery category. Look inside what makes Mel The Bakery so special and worthy of national recognition.

Liza de Guia food curated — "Season 6 is all about the resilience of food makers and supporting the communities that matter to us most." View this Story

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Documentary Filmmaker & TV Host Liza de Guia Premieres Season 6 of food. curated. on NYC Life: Watch the TV Promo!

“This new post-pandemic season might be my best, most heartfelt storytelling work to date.”

“Every culture has its own way of celebrating the bounty of tomatoes. It’s time that we introduce different flavors into the aisles and aisles of Italian tomato sauce.” – Leetal Arazi, New York Shuk View this Story

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New York Shuk Matbucha: Your New Favorite Middle Eastern Tomato Sauce

Get to know a unique, versatile Middle Eastern recipe grounded in a love of tomatoes. Made by the founders of New York Shuk.

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My Dream Doughnut: Fany Gerson Invents New Donuts w/NYC Tape Artist “Kuki” Gomez

“My Dream Doughnut” is our fun new video storytelling series that explores donuts as a unique canvas for art and ideas with Fany Gerson as our donut expert!

Chef Kelly Mencin, Breads — View this Story

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The Morning Bake: Chef Kelly Mencin’s Pastry & Sourdough Bread Program Shines at Rolo’s

Meet Kelly Mencin, the Head Pastry Chef & Baker at Rolo’s, a wood-fire focused, elevated comfort food restaurant offering outstanding bread and pastries in Ridgewood, Queens.

Specialty sourcing intel on how to shop like a Mexican Chef. View this Story

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Shop Like a Chef: Where to Find Great Mexican Food Products & Produce in New York City

Insider chef intel on where to go for great Mexican bites and groceries around New York City! Via Chef Jorge Aguilar of Border Town Tortilleria.

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Border Town Tortilleria’s Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans) — RECIPE

An easy to make, non-meat, delicious, refried bean filling to pair with handmade Mexican flour tortillas. Recipe by Chef Jorge Aguilar of Border Town Tortilleria.

“When I moved to New York City, I couldn’t find good flour tortillas.” – Chef Jorge Aguilar View this Story

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Border Town Tortilleria: Discover The Best Mexican Handmade Flour Tortillas in New York City

“I think my tortillas are special because I get flour directly from Sonora.” -Chef Jorge Aguilar

"Plants was it. Plants was always it. It's a mission that chooses you." - Adriana Ayales View this Story

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Anima Mundi: Ancient Plant Medicine for Wellness & Healing

“The herbs know what to do with you.” Meet Adriana Ayales, a modern plant guide and herbalist helping everyday people learn to heal themselves with plants. A new story by food. curated.

"The flavors were surprisingly different from what I had expected from an Australian Roaster." - Geoff Rickly View this Story

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Coffee. Curated. Roaster Roundups: Gumption Coffee | NYC

Austrialian coffee roaster, Gumption Coffee, is on a mission to embrace the NYC coffee scene & palate. Find out what our head coffee writer Geoff Rickly discovers in their roasts.

"Anyone can dream." - Liz Neves View this Story

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Feed Your Dreams: Natural Elixirs, Herbal Tools & Tips to Dream Better

Meet Liz Neves, Dream Specialist & Herbalist. Find out how to go deeper in your dreams, how to lucid dream, what herbs & tinctures can facilitate your dreaming life, and how to unpack the information in dream circles.

The World's Fare 2019 at Citi Field — View this Story

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The World’s Fare 2nd Annual International Food Festival Returns to Citi Field w/100 Diverse Vendors

100 of NYC’s best cultural chefs – curated by food. curated. and other amazing Tastemakers – come together at Citi Field to celebrate World Food. May 18-19.

"I’d say Partners Coffee Roasters made this for the coffee aficionado who needs a kick in the pants." - Geoff Rickly View this Story

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Coffee. Curated. Roaster Roundups: Partners Coffee Roasters (Formerly Toby’s Estate)

“Partners wowed me with their roasting, with their dedication to craft and with their desire to reach out and educate people on how to get the most out of their coffee.” – Geoff Rickly

"This is about the normalization of edible insects." - Chef Joseph Yoon View this Story

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Brooklyn Bugs: Evolving Our Taste for Edible Insects

Meet Joseph Yoon, the chef and executive director behind Brooklyn Bugs. As edible insect advocates, they are helping to carve a path for delicious ento-cuisine into North American diets. (food. curated.)

"Make leftovers the exception, not the habit." View this Story

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Divya’s Kitchen: Where Your Feelings Matter As Much As The Food

Meet Divya Alter, the chef/author of “What to Eat for How You Feel: The New Ayurvedic Kitchen” cookbook. We visit her restaurant Divya’s Kitchen in NYC’s East Village to learn the basics of how to eat for how you feel.

"People are my favorite hobby." - Liza deGuia, founder, food. curated View this Story

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TV Premiere: Season 5 of food. curated Premieres on NYC Life

Watch food passion come to life, every Thursday, 8pm on NYC Life (Channel 25)

"It feels like an evolve or die moment." - Johanna Guevara-Smiley View this Story

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Dropping Seeds: There Is More to the Medicinal Plant World than Cannabis

Meet Johanna Guevara-Smiley & SirRoan Smiley, the founders of Dropping Seeds, a multi-use herbal blend business founded in Brooklyn, New York. Our new artisan story now on food. curated.

" Healing is not necessarily an easy journey." - Vanessa Chakour View this Story

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Sacred Warrior: Reclaim Your True Nature & Rewild Through Healing Plants

Meet Vanessa Chakour, the founder and herbalist behind Sacred Warrior, a plant-powered wellness practice, based in Brooklyn, NY. A beautiful and inspiring video story about the healing power of plants, via food. curated.

"If you deprive yourself, it's a lot harder." - Evelyn Li, Co-Founder View this Story

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Indulgent & Nourishing Sweet Vegan Bites: Ocka Treats

Meet Carmen Ng and Evelyn Li, the active and adventurous founders of Ocka Treats, an Australian food-inspired, colorful, vegan sweet treats business based in Brooklyn, New York. | food. curated.

"Medicinal herbs have an abundance of complex tastes and flavors." - Susan Pincus View this Story

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A Plant Medicine Farm Builds A Fresh Herbal CSA: Sawmill Herb Farm

Meet Susan Pincus, the head farmer and owner of Sawmill Herb Farm, a high quality, organic herb and plant medicine farm in Western Massachusetts with its own unique, community supported Fresh Medicinal Herb CSA. | food. curated.

"I've always been a person who likes to take the road less traveled." - Ann Yonetani, NYrture Natto View this Story

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NYrture Natto: Clearing The Path for The Stinky, Sticky, Beloved Superfood of Japan

Meet Ann Yonetani, the founder/owner and microbiologist behind NYrture NY Natto, a divisively delicious Japanese probiotic superfood that your heart, bones, and gut have been waiting for! A new feature story for our food. curated

"There are different streams of consciousness and feeling, and everybody takes different things to arrive at the same place." View this Story

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Stanley’s Pharmacy: Where Age-Old Elixirs + Modern Medicine Deliver A Broader Spectrum of Health

Meet Stanley George, the founder & pharmacist of Stanley’s Pharmacy in New York City. A wellness bar where healing explores all forms of medicine. Our latest story for food. curated..

tommaso conte D'Abruzzo_foodcurated — "Just taste it. A lot of times I give one skewer away to people just so they'll try it." View this Story

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D’Abruzzo: The Meat, Fat, Meat, Fat, Meat, Fat Lamb Skewers of Abruzzo

Meet Tommaso Conte, the chef & founder of D’Abruzzo, an award-winning New York City food vendor specializing in 100% Abruzzese cuisine from Italy. Our new food. curated. video story.

"I think more people are becoming aware of just how special Nikkei cuisine is..." View this Story

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Llama Inn: Exposing New Yorkers to Hard-to-Find Modern Peruvian Nikkei Cuisine

Limited to one seating of 8 people, only on Tuesday nights, this meal is a truly rare experience from the first bite. Meet Chef Erik Ramirez, the Executive Chef and Co-Owner of Llama Inn in Brooklyn, NY.

“At Chikarashi we don’t allow poke customization.” View this Story

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Chikarashi: Sustainable, Chef-Driven Poké Bowls Where Customization is Absolutely Not Allowed

Meet Michael Jong Lim, the Executive Chef & Co-Owner of Chikarashi, a contemporary sea-to-table poke restaurant based in New York City.

"When I saw all the patisseries in Paris, I decided to go into baking..." View this Story

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Soooo Munch Good: The Baking Bean’s Sweet Manifesto

Meet Clarice Lam, the chef & owner of The Baking Bean, a fun-loving, oven-to-door bakery, specializing in all natural custom cakes, pastries, cookies & confections based in New York City.

"No dumpling is a bad dumpling." View this Story

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The Fat Juicy Dumplings of East Wind Snack Shop: A Wink to Old Chinatown

Meet Chris Cheung the Executive Chef & Owner of East Wind Snack Shop, an outstanding, authentic Chinese-dumpling restaurant in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn.

"Good bread should stand alone." View this Story

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Inside The Nano Bread Program At Torst | food. curated.

Meet Max Blachman-Gentile, the head baker (the only baker!) at TORST. If you’re the type of person that goes out of their way to hunt down a good sourdough, Max is your person.

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FOOD. CURATED. WINS A 2019 TELLY AWARD The premier award honoring video and television selects food. curated. as a 2019 winner in the “Food & Beverage” Silver Category. We are proud of our partnership with Syncbak to make this award possible!

The World’s Fare Food Festival at Citi Field Liza deGuia and her hand-selected team of NYC Tastemakers have signed on to curate The World’s Fare in Queens. Expect 100 food & beer vendors from 100 different nations coming together to Eat. Drink. Unite. Get Tix!