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Julia Brooks

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Julia Brooks covers Culture, Law and Publishing News.

Articles by Julia Brooks

How to read a restaurant menu's hidden language: codes, abbreviations, and what chefs really mean

How to read a restaurant menu's hidden language: codes, abbreviations, and what chefs really mean

Julia Brooks

East Harlem’s chopped cheese, and the two men who say they invented it

East Harlem’s chopped cheese, and the two men who say they invented it

Julia Brooks

The unwritten rules of eating out in Manhattan: reservations, the bar seat and the check ballet

The unwritten rules of eating out in Manhattan: reservations, the bar seat and the check ballet

Julia Brooks

Boiled, baked, union-made: the New York bagel's century from Yiddish delis to every corner in town

Boiled, baked, union-made: the New York bagel's century from Yiddish delis to every corner in town

Julia Brooks

Lunch at the Algonquin, dinner at the River Café of the mind: New York restaurants in film and literature

Lunch at the Algonquin, dinner at the River Café of the mind: New York restaurants in film and literature

Julia Brooks