Big Cities are a Genius

A) street gyro in the rain. Greasy and yogurt-saucy and oniony delicious. B) tamale and arroz con leche served in a paper coffee cup hot-hot. Eaten on the way home from the subway. Pretty much the tastiest thing I've ever spent a dollar on. C) Sylvia's: chicken and ribs, collared greens, black-eyed peas, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, tomato and okra gumbo, candied yams. D) Dunkin' Donuts' wheat (hardy and cinnamon-laced). E) the neighborhood grocer with mango juice just waiting. F) Upscale grocery stores though they would break me fast with every ethnicity of food and artfully prepared sometimes that you could dream of. And fresh-baked things. Gorgeous.