Eat chili, help fund a food pantry: Read my roundup of this and other New York-area food events for November 6-13 bit.ly/nyfoodevents...

No syrup provided, none needed: excellent oatmeal griddle cakes at Breakfast by Salt's Cure, Morton St., Manhattan. Molasses in the batter, and in the cinnamon butter, more than balanced the saltiness of soft-scrambled eggs. Should've ordered sausage, too!

An almojábana, my favorite Colombian cheesebread, at El Cafetal, 10225 Jamaica Ave., Richmond Hill, Queens. If you'd prefer pan de bono, pan de yuca, or perhaps even something sweet, no worries — the extensive bakery display offers many temptations.

Beef rendang, lempur ayam, and lontong sayur, Indonesian dishes served to a gamelan soundtrack at tiny Indo Mix, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

Onion bialy (biteaway view), Kossar's, West 72nd St., Manhattan

Observances of Día de los Muertos headline New York-area food events, October 30-November 6 bit.ly/nyfoodevents...

In chilly weather, a warm blanket — of cheese — on a mortadella-stracchiatella square at Luigi's Pizza, Ozone Park, Queens

Pork ribs with garlic are a chef's special, buried at the very bottom, on the menu of Hot Kitchen Sichuan Style in Flushing, Queens. There's no reason they can't be an appetizer! Also shown: wontons in hot oil, sautéed pea sprouts, and fish filets with bean curd sauce.

Bubur cha cha (also advertised as pengat) and bubur gandum, coconut-milk-enriched desserts from the new Malaysia Food stall, in a repaved alley at the base of the LIRR platform, Flushing, Queens. Not rushing for a train? Have them heat up your dessert! H/T Kim, @garsleat

Pyongyang soondae, by Ma Youngae, at the recent Korean Harvest & Multicultural Festival in Murray Hill, Queens, is one of my favorite local festival foods for eating some now, then tucking away some to eat later. Invariably, it's never much later.

Christmas red and green arrive early: stuffed tomatoes and peppers at the St. Spyridon Greek Food Festival and Bazaar, Wadsworth Ave., Manhattan. Continues Saturday, noon-6:00, and Sunday, with a dance performance (arrive early to beat the after-church rush!), noon-5:00.

The season finale of the Queens Night Market is just one of many New York-area food events for October 23-30 bit.ly/nyfoodevents...

Leeks with dried tofu and glass vermicelli, one of the lesser-known but colorful combos at the wonderful Dongbei restaurant Golden Palace Gourmet, Flushing, Queens. Also shown: chive pockets; scrambled eggs with chopped toon leaves; dry-sautéed string beans with minced pork.

Magangni, eggplant-and-okra stew loaded with lamb, from 2M Guinea Food. Hefty, especially the rice, for my $12. The truck, still wearing some old Mexican signage, parks on Ave. A just above Tompkins Square Park, near a bike-delivery hub that seems to supply most of its customers.

It's not large, this mango-passion fruit-vanilla mochi. But, being mochi, it's much too pillowy and chewy to be gobbled down; multiple nibbles are needed to reveal the rice cake's near-liquid core. All the better. At Pavlo Mochi, Ave. B, Manhattan.

What uncommon festival finds await you this weekend? New York-area food events, October 16-23 bit.ly/nyfoodevents...

Maple donut, Masa Madre, Sunnyside, Queens

Fermented rice, kneaded with fish, lend a sour richness to Shan rice; garlic chives offer a counterpoint. At the latest quarterly MAHAA fundraiser, benefiting the Myanmar American Humanitarian Aid Association, Elmhurst, Queens.

Bofe, a piquant beef offal stew, and an hojaldre, a savory fried "leaf" of dough, at Saturday's Panamanian Parade and Festival in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Torn pieces of hojaldre make superb (and very tasty) utensils; next time I'd buy two.

A Burmese food fundraiser, the annual Panamanian parade and festival, a daylong Indigenous celebration, and a new indoor Mexican bazaar highlight my roundup of New York-area food events, October 9-15 bit.ly/nyfoodevents...

My current neighborhood indulgence in Morningside Heights: garlic knots, fresh from the oven, by Upside Pizza. I usually take mine for a walk on a quiet side street.

A half-pound of cielęcina z pietruszka, a Polish deli loaf of veal with parsley, from Jubilat Provisions, Park Slope, Brooklyn (H/T Peter Cherches). Some of this actually made it home and into a sandwich.

Dry-aged cheeseburger, Red Hook Tavern, Red Hook, Brooklyn

This was meant to be a black-and-white, but licorice ice cream was sold out. Raw milk ice cream — actually pasteurized, the counterman told me, but delivering fresh milk flavor — at Morgenstern's, now entering its last week of business on West Houston St., Manhattan

Chinese, Egyptian, Filipino, German, Indian, Indonesian — New York-area food events, early October — Japanese, Korean, Nepalese, Nigerian, Portuguese, Vietnamese
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Booza Arabia with crushed pistachio — prepared by the owner, and his mother, from his grandmother's recipe — at Jabal Creamery, Paterson, New Jersey

New York-area food events, late September bit.ly/nyfoodevents...

Root beer swirl, Torico Homemade Ice Cream Parlor, Jersey City. The swirl, of marshmallow, was more evident in the display case than in the cone, but it still did temper any root beer "bite."

Sunflower oil focaccia with sweet corn, Tropea onions, shishito peppers, and cultured cream, Brooklyn Granary & Mill, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

Brown sugar ice cream by Mr Green Tea, Eaton Cafe, Elmhurst, Queens

Armenian, Chinese, Filipino, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese — New York-area food events, mid-September — Latin American, Nepalese, Peruvian, Polish, Scandinavian, Thai, Tibetan, Ukrainian bit.ly/nyfoodevents...

Cooked in a rich palm oil sauce, the okra in this Senegalese soupe kandja was chopped and chunky rather than "drawy"; larger chunks of fish, likely kingfish, swam below. The rice was nicely fluffed, too. At Saint-Louis Restaurant, Lenox Ave., Manhattan

My first taste of Singapore, in 1993, was a curry beef puff like this. (I'd show you photos, but I'd have to dig out the prints.) At Yeh's (Taiwanese) Bakery, Flushing, Queens

Bacalao con mangú y cebolla, Marilu & Deisy, Audubon Ave., Manhattan H/T Caroline Shin gothamist.com/food/meet-th...

Littlenecks, Umbertos Clam House, Feast of San Gennaro, Mulberry St., Manhattan

Armenian, Central American, Greek, Italian, Japanese — New York-area food events, September 11-17 — Korean, Lenape, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Ukrainian bit.ly/nyfoodevents...

The Mekong (aka Mekong Joe), a ground-chicken sloppy joe infiltrated by Thai red curry, Vietnamese fish sauce, crab meat, coconut, and lime, at Farley's Sloppy Joes, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. All seven of the shop's variations are available as sliders, too. How about a flight?

Squid ink fried rice, with rings of squid and (hard-to-see) lumps of crab meat, at Chalong, Ninth Ave., Manhattan

A peach scone, one of a half-dozen or so varieties from a rotating menu at The Sconery, Sunnyside, Queens. Also shown: the shop, which opened early last month, and a mural around the corner, completed not long after.

New York-area food events, September 4-7 bit.ly/nyfoodevents...

Vegetable of the day, in ice-pop form: cucumber, at Xin Jiang Food, 4139 Kissena Blvd. (behind a stall serving burger-like roujiamo), Flushing, Queens. Yes, it's sweet. The owner, who comped me, also makes ice pops in beet, matcha, pitaya, purple sweet potato, and yogurt.

A krapow smash burger by organizers of the recent Little Grenjai One Love Block Party in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, raising money for One Love Community Fridge. Fundraising continues, if you'd like to help: www.instagram.com/onelovecommu...

A tasty tail-end to summer: New York-area food events for Labor Day Weekend bit.ly/nyfoodevents...

A basket of garlic bread (comped) at Le Petit Pêcheur, Astoria, Queens. Also shown: the squid that I came for, transformed by this you-pick-it, we-cook-it Algerian seafood restaurant into calamari Provençal; and the usual result when you leave me alone with a basket of garlic bread.

Dan dan noodles, not yet tossed; Mao's hongshao rou; dry-sautéed string beans; and cumin lamb chops at Hao Xiang Wei ("Good Hunan Flavor"), Flushing, Queens. An online search might point to Hunan Kitchen of Grand Sichuan, but the owner and chef have changed, the server told me.

Nieve de mango con chile, Nieves Tia Mimi, Sunset Park, Brooklyn

An outdoor celebration of Indonesia's independence highlights my roundup of New York-area food events, August 21-28 bit.ly/nyfoodevents...

Duck confit eggs Benedict and iced tea at Greer Southern Table, Norwalk, Connecticut

A steak au poivre sandwich, with horseradish cream, caramelized onions, and provolone, at Bailey's Backyard, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Also shown: a blueberry and local green salad, serving both as palate freshener and as justification for getting fries with that.

Sautéed grouper fillet country style, Yuanzaibing (aka King Kong NY), 102-104 Mott St., Manhattan