1 00:00:00,434 --> 00:00:01,969 >> TODAY ON "$9.99," WE ARE 2 00:00:01,969 --> 00:00:03,637 EXPLORING ALL THE THINGS YOU CAN 3 00:00:03,637 --> 00:00:05,205 EAT AROUND THE CITY FOR UNDER 4 00:00:05,205 --> 00:00:07,307 10 BUCKS, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS 5 00:00:07,307 --> 00:00:08,475 THIS SANDWICH? 6 00:00:08,475 --> 00:00:10,477 STAY TUNED AND I'LL TELL YOU. 7 00:00:10,477 --> 00:00:12,379 [ CRUNCHES ] 8 00:00:16,884 --> 00:00:18,785 [ WHISTLES ] 9 00:00:25,292 --> 00:00:26,059 HEY, EVERYONE. 10 00:00:26,059 --> 00:00:27,561 WELCOME TO "9.99," THE SHOW THAT 11 00:00:27,561 --> 00:00:29,096 TAKES YOU AROUND THE CITY, SHOWS 12 00:00:29,096 --> 00:00:30,397 YOU ALL THE NEAT THINGS YOU 13 00:00:30,397 --> 00:00:31,732 COULD DO FOR UNDER 10 BUCKS. 14 00:00:31,732 --> 00:00:34,134 I'M DAVE EVANS, AND TODAY WE'RE 15 00:00:34,134 --> 00:00:35,402 HAVING A BITE. 16 00:00:35,402 --> 00:00:36,703 NOW, YOU'VE SEEN FOOD ON THIS 17 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:37,371 SHOW BEFORE. 18 00:00:37,371 --> 00:00:39,439 I LOVE DOING FOOD STORIES. 19 00:00:39,439 --> 00:00:41,642 BUT TODAY WE'RE DEDICATING 20 00:00:41,642 --> 00:00:44,044 THE WHOLE EPISODE TO EDIBLES. 21 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:45,445 AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO START 22 00:00:45,445 --> 00:00:46,847 THAN WITH A SWEET TREAT THAT 23 00:00:46,847 --> 00:00:48,315 SOME PEOPLE EAT FOR BREAKFAST? 24 00:00:48,315 --> 00:00:49,483 YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 25 00:00:49,483 --> 00:00:50,751 DOUGHNUTS, AND THEY'VE BEEN 26 00:00:50,751 --> 00:00:51,952 DOING IT HERE IN BAY RIDGE 27 00:00:51,952 --> 00:00:53,186 THE RIGHT WAY FOR A WHILE. 28 00:00:53,186 --> 00:00:55,455 LOCATED ON 5th AVENUE BETWEEN 29 00:00:55,455 --> 00:00:57,891 68th STREET AND BAY RIDGE AVENUE 30 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:00,093 IS WHERE YOU'LL FIND A FAMILY 31 00:01:00,093 --> 00:01:02,329 SHARING A LOVE FOR DOUGHNUTS. 32 00:01:02,329 --> 00:01:03,130 >> MY NAME IS 33 00:01:03,130 --> 00:01:04,264 AUGOUSTIS NEAMONITIS. 34 00:01:04,264 --> 00:01:05,666 WE ARE AT MIKE'S DONUT SHOP 35 00:01:05,666 --> 00:01:06,900 IN BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN. 36 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:08,769 >> AND WHILE YOU'LL SEE MORE 37 00:01:08,769 --> 00:01:10,771 OF GUS NOWADAYS, IT ALL STARTED 38 00:01:10,771 --> 00:01:12,306 WITH HIS FATHER, MIKE. 39 00:01:12,306 --> 00:01:13,607 >> MY FATHER LEARNED FROM 40 00:01:13,607 --> 00:01:14,875 HIS UNCLE -- CAME HERE AS 41 00:01:14,875 --> 00:01:16,176 AN IMMIGRANT FROM GREECE. 42 00:01:16,176 --> 00:01:17,644 HE'S BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE. 43 00:01:17,644 --> 00:01:19,246 HE GOT TAUGHT THE TRADE AND THEN 44 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:21,315 JUST OPENED HIS OWN BUSINESS. 45 00:01:21,315 --> 00:01:22,983 WE'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST 38 YEARS 46 00:01:22,983 --> 00:01:24,551 IN THIS LOCATION. 47 00:01:24,551 --> 00:01:25,986 WE ARE THE OLD-SCHOOL WAY. 48 00:01:25,986 --> 00:01:27,554 WE STILL MAKE IT THE WAY THEY 49 00:01:27,554 --> 00:01:29,022 WERE MADE HERE IN THE '60s, 50 00:01:29,022 --> 00:01:29,957 '70s, AND '80s. 51 00:01:29,957 --> 00:01:31,191 WE HAVEN'T CHANGED A THING. 52 00:01:31,191 --> 00:01:33,894 WE MAKE JELLY, BOSTON CREAM, 53 00:01:33,894 --> 00:01:36,430 CRULLERS, FRENCH CRULLERS, 54 00:01:36,430 --> 00:01:37,631 CHOCOLATE, GLAZED, 55 00:01:37,631 --> 00:01:39,499 OLD-FASHIONED, CINNAMON ROLLS, 56 00:01:39,499 --> 00:01:40,434 BOW TIES. 57 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:42,035 WE CAN GET A MACHINE TO DO IT, 58 00:01:42,035 --> 00:01:43,470 BUT IT WOULDN'T TASTE LIKE 59 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:44,604 THE WAY THEY DO NOW. 60 00:01:44,604 --> 00:01:46,173 WE STILL CUT THEM HANDMADE ONE 61 00:01:46,173 --> 00:01:48,675 BY ONE, FRY THEM INDIVIDUALLY. 62 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:50,410 >> SINCE HANDMADE IS THE NAME 63 00:01:50,410 --> 00:01:52,179 OF THE GAME, IT'S TIME FOR ME 64 00:01:52,179 --> 00:01:53,714 TO GET MY HANDS INVOLVED. 65 00:01:53,714 --> 00:01:54,881 WHAT KIND OF DOUGH ARE WE 66 00:01:54,881 --> 00:01:55,682 LOOKING AT HERE? 67 00:01:55,682 --> 00:01:56,817 >> THIS IS A CAKE DOUGH. 68 00:01:56,817 --> 00:01:58,018 WHAT WE'RE MAKING RIGHT NOW 69 00:01:58,018 --> 00:01:59,286 IS PLAIN CRULLERS, WHERE I'M 70 00:01:59,286 --> 00:02:00,587 GONNA FLATTEN THIS OUT AND CUT 71 00:02:00,587 --> 00:02:01,888 THEM UP, PUT THEM ON THE TRAY 72 00:02:01,888 --> 00:02:02,990 HERE, AND THEN FRY THEM. 73 00:02:02,990 --> 00:02:03,490 >> OKAY. 74 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:04,758 SO WHAT DO I GOT TO DO FIRST? 75 00:02:04,758 --> 00:02:06,293 >> SO, YOU GOT TO, BASICALLY, 76 00:02:06,293 --> 00:02:07,728 ON A LIGHT -- DON'T PUSH IT 77 00:02:07,728 --> 00:02:08,161 HARD. 78 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:09,596 ON A LIGHT WAY, JUST LET IT 79 00:02:09,596 --> 00:02:10,230 FLOW OUT. 80 00:02:10,230 --> 00:02:10,797 >> OKAY. 81 00:02:10,797 --> 00:02:11,865 >> READY? 82 00:02:11,865 --> 00:02:13,133 YEAH. 83 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:14,568 >> ALL THE WAY FROM SIDE TO 84 00:02:14,568 --> 00:02:15,035 SIDE? 85 00:02:15,035 --> 00:02:15,969 >> SIDE TO SIDE. 86 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:17,437 >> HOW MANY YEARS YOU BEEN DOING 87 00:02:17,437 --> 00:02:18,071 THIS, MIKE? 88 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:18,505 >> 35. 89 00:02:18,505 --> 00:02:19,172 >> 35 YEARS. 90 00:02:19,172 --> 00:02:20,173 >> IN THIS LOCATION. 91 00:02:20,173 --> 00:02:21,842 [ LAUGHTER ] 92 00:02:21,842 --> 00:02:23,043 >> HEY, MIKE. 93 00:02:23,043 --> 00:02:24,378 >> HOW ARE YOU? 94 00:02:24,378 --> 00:02:25,512 [ LAUGHTER ] 95 00:02:25,512 --> 00:02:26,847 >> GOT TO PUT A LITTLE FLOUR 96 00:02:26,847 --> 00:02:28,081 ON IT SO IT DOESN'T STICK. 97 00:02:28,081 --> 00:02:29,549 >> GUS, NEVER FORGET WHOSE NAME 98 00:02:29,549 --> 00:02:30,484 IS ON THE T-SHIRT. 99 00:02:30,484 --> 00:02:31,284 >> YES -- MIKE. 100 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:32,252 YOU GOT THAT RIGHT. 101 00:02:32,252 --> 00:02:33,286 >> YOU'LL TELL ME HOW WRONG 102 00:02:33,286 --> 00:02:34,054 I'M DOING IT, OKAY? 103 00:02:34,054 --> 00:02:35,055 >> DON'T WORRY. IT'S OKAY. 104 00:02:35,055 --> 00:02:35,522 GO AHEAD. 105 00:02:35,522 --> 00:02:36,523 >> FLIP -- OH. 106 00:02:36,523 --> 00:02:38,091 ALL RIGHT, I WANTED TO DO 107 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:38,992 THE FANCY -- 108 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:40,827 >> IT'S OKAY. 109 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:41,561 >> I GOT ONE. 110 00:02:41,561 --> 00:02:42,329 >> YEAH, GOOD. 111 00:02:42,329 --> 00:02:43,697 >> ONE MADE IT INTO THE HAND. 112 00:02:43,697 --> 00:02:44,931 LOTS OF PEOPLE LET US KNOW 113 00:02:44,931 --> 00:02:46,166 WHEN WE'RE DOING IT WRONG. 114 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:47,601 THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS. 115 00:02:47,601 --> 00:02:49,036 EVERYONE -- A LOT OF OVERSIGHT. 116 00:02:49,036 --> 00:02:50,337 YOU KNOW, I SHOULD MENTION 117 00:02:50,337 --> 00:02:51,671 THE CRULLER IS MY MOTHER'S 118 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:52,639 FAVORITE DOUGHNUT. 119 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:53,173 HI, MOM. 120 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:53,940 >> [ LAUGHS ] 121 00:02:53,940 --> 00:02:55,108 >> I'LL BRING YOU HOME 122 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:55,742 A CRULLER. 123 00:02:55,742 --> 00:02:57,044 >> AND WE ARE GOOD. 124 00:02:57,044 --> 00:02:58,712 THIS IS READY TO BE FRIED. 125 00:02:58,712 --> 00:02:59,946 >> INTO THE FRYER. 126 00:02:59,946 --> 00:03:01,915 THEY'RE MAKING AND SELLING LOTS 127 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:03,683 OF DOUGHNUTS ALL DAYLONG AT 128 00:03:03,683 --> 00:03:05,619 MIKE'S, SO THEY NEED EVEN MORE 129 00:03:05,619 --> 00:03:06,887 HANDS TO HELP OUT. 130 00:03:06,887 --> 00:03:08,255 >> WE GREW UP IN HERE -- 131 00:03:08,255 --> 00:03:09,556 ME AND MY TWO SISTERS. 132 00:03:09,556 --> 00:03:11,258 MY NEPHEWS ARE STARTING TO WORK 133 00:03:11,258 --> 00:03:12,092 WITH US. 134 00:03:12,092 --> 00:03:13,393 WE LIVE IN BAY RIDGE, SO WE'RE 135 00:03:13,393 --> 00:03:14,194 VERY WELL-KNOWN. 136 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:15,195 WE LOVE THE COMMUNITY. 137 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:16,063 WE ENJOY BEING HERE. 138 00:03:16,063 --> 00:03:17,164 WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 139 00:03:17,164 --> 00:03:18,899 >> IF IT WAS UP TO ME, I'D TRY 140 00:03:18,899 --> 00:03:20,734 THEM ALL, BUT FOR NOW, I'LL JUST 141 00:03:20,734 --> 00:03:21,435 HAVE ONE. 142 00:03:21,435 --> 00:03:22,035 >> OKAY, DAVE. 143 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:23,136 SO WHAT DOUGHNUT ARE YOU GONNA 144 00:03:23,136 --> 00:03:23,437 HAVE? 145 00:03:23,437 --> 00:03:24,471 >> GUS, I'VE GOT MY EYE ON 146 00:03:24,471 --> 00:03:25,272 THE FRENCH CRULLER. 147 00:03:25,272 --> 00:03:26,306 >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD CHOICE. 148 00:03:26,306 --> 00:03:27,240 >> THAT'S GOT TO BE THE 149 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,341 PRETTIEST FRENCH CRULLER I'VE 150 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:28,842 EVER SEEN. 151 00:03:28,842 --> 00:03:29,276 >> YEAH. 152 00:03:29,276 --> 00:03:29,743 >> ENJOY. 153 00:03:29,743 --> 00:03:30,510 >> THANKS SO MUCH. 154 00:03:30,510 --> 00:03:31,278 >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 155 00:03:31,278 --> 00:03:32,379 >> OH, MY GOD. 156 00:03:32,379 --> 00:03:34,214 LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT IS. 157 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:35,682 IT'S DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THOSE 158 00:03:35,682 --> 00:03:37,050 COOKIE-CUTTER FRENCH CRULLERS. 159 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:38,518 YOU CAN TELL THIS IS BEAUTIFULLY 160 00:03:38,518 --> 00:03:39,219 MADE BY HAND. 161 00:03:39,219 --> 00:03:42,789 OH, IT'S SO LIGHT. 162 00:03:42,789 --> 00:03:43,523 OKAY. 163 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:45,959 SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE BEST 164 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:48,395 FRENCH CRULLER I'VE EVER HAD. 165 00:03:48,395 --> 00:03:49,162 LISTEN. 166 00:03:49,162 --> 00:03:51,364 IF YOU WANT GOOD, FAMILY-MADE 167 00:03:51,364 --> 00:03:53,433 HANDMADE DOUGHNUTS, YOU GOT 168 00:03:53,433 --> 00:03:55,635 TO HEAD TO MIKE'S, AND HERE'S 169 00:03:55,635 --> 00:03:56,570 HOW YOU CAN. 170 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:58,338 WHETHER IT'S A DOZEN OR JUST 171 00:03:58,338 --> 00:03:59,906 SOME MINIS, YOU CAN HAVE 172 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:01,341 A DELICIOUS BARGAIN AT 173 00:04:01,341 --> 00:04:02,943 MIKE'S DONUTS. 174 00:04:02,943 --> 00:04:04,778 WHILE YOU MIGHT EAT A DOUGHNUT 175 00:04:04,778 --> 00:04:06,146 FOR BREAKFAST HERE IN 176 00:04:06,146 --> 00:04:07,914 THE STATES, HEAD TO TRINIDAD, 177 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,583 AND A COMMON BREAKFAST FOOD 178 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:11,118 IS A LITTLE BIT SPICIER. 179 00:04:11,118 --> 00:04:12,619 A CLOSER TRIP IS TO THE 180 00:04:12,619 --> 00:04:14,521 CARIBBEAN SECTION OF BED-STUY, 181 00:04:14,521 --> 00:04:16,256 BROOKLYN, WHERE YOU'LL FIND 182 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:18,024 A STRETCH OF NOSTRAND AVENUE 183 00:04:18,024 --> 00:04:20,026 THAT'S HOME TO A SLEW OF DOUBLES 184 00:04:20,026 --> 00:04:21,161 SHOPS. 185 00:04:21,161 --> 00:04:22,729 BUT WHAT'S A DOUBLE? 186 00:04:22,729 --> 00:04:24,898 >> DOUBLES IS TWO SLICE OF FRIED 187 00:04:24,898 --> 00:04:26,800 DOUGH THAT WE PUT CHICKPEAS 188 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,869 THAT WE CALL CHANNA. 189 00:04:28,869 --> 00:04:30,804 >> HEAD TO 481 NOSTRAND AVENUE 190 00:04:30,804 --> 00:04:32,506 BETWEEN HANCOCK AND HALSEY 191 00:04:32,506 --> 00:04:34,274 STREET IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO 192 00:04:34,274 --> 00:04:36,143 SHAKE UP YOUR MORNING ROUTINE 193 00:04:36,143 --> 00:04:38,111 AND GET A TASTE OF THE ISLANDS. 194 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:39,012 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM 195 00:04:39,012 --> 00:04:40,113 TRINIDAD, WHEN THEY MIGRATE, 196 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:41,281 THEY CAME TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 197 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:42,449 DOUBLES IS LIKE A NATIONAL DISH 198 00:04:42,449 --> 00:04:43,016 IN TRINIDAD. 199 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:44,151 IF YOU DO EAT A DOUBLE, YOU JUST 200 00:04:44,151 --> 00:04:45,285 HAVE TO GET A TASTE AFTER THAT. 201 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:46,386 >> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT 202 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:47,654 THE COMPONENTS OF A DOUBLE. 203 00:04:47,654 --> 00:04:49,022 HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. 204 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:51,358 FIRST, THE CHANNA, OR CHICKPEAS, 205 00:04:51,358 --> 00:04:53,326 SLOW-SIMMER IN SPICES TILL 206 00:04:53,326 --> 00:04:55,295 THEY'RE TENDER AND FULL OF 207 00:04:55,295 --> 00:04:56,062 FLAVOR. 208 00:04:56,062 --> 00:04:57,764 SECOND, THE BREAD -- 209 00:04:57,764 --> 00:05:00,433 IT'S ROLLED, THEN FRIED. 210 00:05:00,433 --> 00:05:02,435 ON A BUSY DAY, THEY'RE MAKING 211 00:05:02,435 --> 00:05:03,837 TONS OF THESE GUYS. 212 00:05:03,837 --> 00:05:06,006 FOUR BOXES OF PAPER, 500 SHEETS. 213 00:05:06,006 --> 00:05:07,874 OH, YOU'RE MAKING THOUSANDS 214 00:05:07,874 --> 00:05:08,809 OF DOUBLES. 215 00:05:08,809 --> 00:05:09,876 >> [ LAUGHS ] 216 00:05:09,876 --> 00:05:11,444 >> WHEN YOU ORDER A DOUBLE, 217 00:05:11,444 --> 00:05:13,180 TWO PIECES OF FRY BREAD GO DOWN 218 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:14,281 ON THE WAX PAPER. 219 00:05:14,281 --> 00:05:15,549 THEN THEY'RE HIT WITH 220 00:05:15,549 --> 00:05:16,650 A HEALTHY SCOOP OF 221 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:17,584 THE CHICKPEAS. 222 00:05:17,584 --> 00:05:19,553 TIME TO CHOOSE YOUR SAUCES. 223 00:05:19,553 --> 00:05:20,987 TAMARIND IS SWEET, 224 00:05:20,987 --> 00:05:23,089 THE MANGO CHUTNEY IS A LITTLE 225 00:05:23,089 --> 00:05:25,258 HOT, AND THEN THE PEPPER SAUCE 226 00:05:25,258 --> 00:05:26,293 IS REAL HOT. 227 00:05:26,293 --> 00:05:27,627 I'M GETTING ALL THREE. 228 00:05:27,627 --> 00:05:29,095 THEN IT GETS WRAPPED WITH 229 00:05:29,095 --> 00:05:30,564 A FLICK OF A WRIST, READY 230 00:05:30,564 --> 00:05:31,097 TO GO. 231 00:05:31,097 --> 00:05:32,432 YOU'VE DEVELOPED QUITE SOME 232 00:05:32,432 --> 00:05:33,833 SPEED OVER THE YEARS, I WOULD 233 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:34,267 THINK. 234 00:05:34,267 --> 00:05:35,001 >> YES, YES. 235 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:36,269 YOU GOT TO MOVE FAST HERE. 236 00:05:36,269 --> 00:05:38,104 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT IS LIKE 237 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:39,739 DOUBLES AT FIRST TASTE. 238 00:05:39,739 --> 00:05:41,474 >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON YOUR 239 00:05:41,474 --> 00:05:42,943 MENU THAT'S MORE THAN $10? 240 00:05:42,943 --> 00:05:43,376 >> NO. 241 00:05:43,376 --> 00:05:44,044 >> NO, RIGHT? 242 00:05:44,044 --> 00:05:45,011 >> NOTHING, NOTHING. 243 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:47,214 [ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ] 244 00:05:47,214 --> 00:05:48,248 >> RIGHT. 245 00:05:48,248 --> 00:05:50,183 SO EVERYTHING HERE IS $10 OR 246 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:50,750 LESS. 247 00:05:50,750 --> 00:05:52,852 >> NOT EVEN THAT -- $5 OR LESS. 248 00:05:52,852 --> 00:05:53,954 >> $5 OR LESS. 249 00:05:53,954 --> 00:05:55,956 >> [ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ] 250 00:05:55,956 --> 00:05:59,993 [ LAUGHTER ] 251 00:05:59,993 --> 00:06:00,493 >> OH. 252 00:06:00,493 --> 00:06:02,128 FINALLY I GET TO EAT ONE AFTER 253 00:06:02,128 --> 00:06:03,697 SITTING THERE LOOKING AT THEM 254 00:06:03,697 --> 00:06:05,165 GETTING MADE OVER AND OVER. 255 00:06:05,165 --> 00:06:06,199 IT SMELLS SO GOOD. 256 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:07,567 NOW, I GOT THE SPICY ONE. 257 00:06:07,567 --> 00:06:08,902 I WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT. 258 00:06:08,902 --> 00:06:10,070 I GOT EVERYTHING ON IT. 259 00:06:10,070 --> 00:06:11,338 SO I GOT THE MANGO SAUCE, 260 00:06:11,338 --> 00:06:12,806 THE PEPPER SAUCE, THE TAMARIND 261 00:06:12,806 --> 00:06:13,440 SAUCE. 262 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,009 THIS IS A TRICKY THING TO EAT. 263 00:06:23,617 --> 00:06:25,118 OH, THAT'S REALLY GOOD. 264 00:06:25,118 --> 00:06:26,219 YOU KNOW, THE TEXTURE OF 265 00:06:26,219 --> 00:06:27,454 THE BREAD IS SO INTERESTING 266 00:06:27,454 --> 00:06:30,457 'CAUSE IT'S STRETCHY AND CHEWY. 267 00:06:30,457 --> 00:06:31,725 YOU HAVE THE SWEETNESS OF 268 00:06:31,725 --> 00:06:33,059 THE TAMARIND, THAT KIND OF 269 00:06:33,059 --> 00:06:35,262 CREAMINESS OF THE CHICKPEAS, 270 00:06:35,262 --> 00:06:37,664 AND THEN THE HEAT OF THE PEPPER 271 00:06:37,664 --> 00:06:40,066 SAUCE, BUT IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT 272 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:41,268 A CRAZY HEAT. 273 00:06:41,268 --> 00:06:42,402 IT'S NOT OVERWHELMING. 274 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:43,904 I SUGGEST YOU GO GET 275 00:06:43,904 --> 00:06:46,072 THE EVERYTHING-ON-IT SPICY WRAP 276 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:47,807 FOR A BUCK 50. 277 00:06:47,807 --> 00:06:49,042 YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT. 278 00:06:49,042 --> 00:06:51,845 DOUBLES -- A NEW BREAKFAST 279 00:06:51,845 --> 00:06:53,813 FOR AMERICA. 280 00:06:53,813 --> 00:06:55,515 TO HAVE ONE, OR MAKE IT 281 00:06:55,515 --> 00:07:00,353 A DOUBLE, HERE'S THE INFO. 282 00:07:00,353 --> 00:07:01,821 >> HI, I'M BETTY CAMPBELL-ADAMS, 283 00:07:01,821 --> 00:07:02,722 AND MY BUSINESS IS 284 00:07:02,722 --> 00:07:04,658 LLOYD'S CARROT CAKE. 285 00:07:04,658 --> 00:07:06,026 >> HEAD UP NORTH TO 286 00:07:06,026 --> 00:07:07,661 THE RIVERDALE SECTION OF 287 00:07:07,661 --> 00:07:09,029 THE BRONX WHERE, AT 288 00:07:09,029 --> 00:07:10,797 6087 BROADWAY, YOU'LL FIND 289 00:07:10,797 --> 00:07:12,666 THE DELICIOUS SMELL OF SWEET 290 00:07:12,666 --> 00:07:14,768 SPICES WAFTING ACROSS THE STREET 291 00:07:14,768 --> 00:07:16,836 TO VAN CORTLANDT PARK. 292 00:07:16,836 --> 00:07:18,204 >> LLOYD'S CARROT CAKE IS 293 00:07:18,204 --> 00:07:19,539 A COMPANY THAT MY HUSBAND 294 00:07:19,539 --> 00:07:21,041 STARTED SOME 31 YEARS AGO IN 295 00:07:21,041 --> 00:07:22,475 THE BASEMENT OF MY FATHER'S 296 00:07:22,475 --> 00:07:23,710 BUILDING. 297 00:07:23,710 --> 00:07:25,078 I TOOK OVER THE BUSINESS 298 00:07:25,078 --> 00:07:26,613 7 YEARS AGO WHEN MY HUSBAND, 299 00:07:26,613 --> 00:07:27,747 LLOYD, PASSED AWAY. 300 00:07:27,747 --> 00:07:30,183 I LEFT WORK AND JUMPED IN THIS 301 00:07:30,183 --> 00:07:31,318 FULL SPEED. 302 00:07:31,318 --> 00:07:32,352 IT'S BEEN AMAZING. 303 00:07:32,352 --> 00:07:33,953 SEEING THE FACES ON PEOPLE WHEN 304 00:07:33,953 --> 00:07:35,455 THEY WALK IN AND REALLY TALK 305 00:07:35,455 --> 00:07:36,956 ABOUT OUR CAKE OR TELL ME HOW 306 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:38,458 FAR THEY'VE COME FROM TO GET 307 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:39,893 THIS CAKE IS REALLY, REALLY 308 00:07:39,893 --> 00:07:41,261 FULFILLING, AND, YOU KNOW, 309 00:07:41,261 --> 00:07:42,662 BRINGS A LOT OF JOY TO ME. 310 00:07:42,662 --> 00:07:44,631 >> AND LLOYD'S CARROT CAKE HAS 311 00:07:44,631 --> 00:07:46,733 BECOME QUITE THE WORLD TRAVELER. 312 00:07:46,733 --> 00:07:48,435 >> IT'S BEEN TO IRAQ, BELIEVE IT 313 00:07:48,435 --> 00:07:48,968 OR NOT. 314 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:51,371 IT'S BEEN TO ISRAEL, IT'S BEEN 315 00:07:51,371 --> 00:07:53,273 TO LONDON, IT'S BEEN TO 316 00:07:53,273 --> 00:07:55,408 ARGENTINA, ECUADOR, PARIS, 317 00:07:55,408 --> 00:07:56,743 THE PHILIPPINES, AND JAPAN. 318 00:07:56,743 --> 00:07:58,111 THEY'RE SO ANXIOUS TO COME IN 319 00:07:58,111 --> 00:07:59,546 AND TELL US WHERE THEY'VE TAKEN 320 00:07:59,546 --> 00:08:00,280 OUR CAKES TO. 321 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,515 >> SO WHAT MAKE'S LLOYD'S SO 322 00:08:02,515 --> 00:08:03,383 SPECIAL? 323 00:08:03,383 --> 00:08:04,451 >> THE CARROTS. 324 00:08:04,451 --> 00:08:05,352 [ CHUCKLES ] 325 00:08:05,352 --> 00:08:06,319 IT'S TOPPED OFF WITH 326 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:07,554 A CREAM-CHEESE FROSTING, AND 327 00:08:07,554 --> 00:08:08,788 THAT REALLY IS THE ICING ON 328 00:08:08,788 --> 00:08:10,423 THE CAKE -- LITERALLY. 329 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:12,025 >> WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING 330 00:08:12,025 --> 00:08:13,660 THESE PERFECT CARROT CAKES, 331 00:08:13,660 --> 00:08:15,495 BETTY AND HER TEAM ARE TURNING 332 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:17,030 OUT HUNDREDS EVERY DAY IN 333 00:08:17,030 --> 00:08:18,565 A HUMBLE-SIZED KITCHEN. 334 00:08:18,565 --> 00:08:19,733 INGREDIENTS? 335 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:20,533 SIMPLE. 336 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:23,303 FLOUR, BAKING POWDER, LOTS OF 337 00:08:23,303 --> 00:08:26,106 EGGS, AND SECRET SPICES, AND, 338 00:08:26,106 --> 00:08:28,475 OH, YEAH -- THE CARROTS. 339 00:08:28,475 --> 00:08:30,276 SO THIS IS LIKE A -- NOT COARSE, 340 00:08:30,276 --> 00:08:30,977 NOT FINE. 341 00:08:30,977 --> 00:08:32,479 IT'S KIND OF LIKE RIGHT IN 342 00:08:32,479 --> 00:08:33,279 THE MIDDLE. 343 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:34,881 >> IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. 344 00:08:34,881 --> 00:08:36,383 YEAH, WE PUT IT THROUGH 345 00:08:36,383 --> 00:08:38,118 A GRINDER TWICE. 346 00:08:38,118 --> 00:08:39,953 >> BLEND IT UP, WEIGH IT OUT 347 00:08:39,953 --> 00:08:41,654 IN THE PANS, ADD NUTS AND 348 00:08:41,654 --> 00:08:43,056 RAISINS -- OR DON'T. 349 00:08:43,056 --> 00:08:44,424 AND SOME PEOPLE HATE RAISINS? 350 00:08:44,424 --> 00:08:45,792 >> AND SOME PEOPLE HATE RAISINS. 351 00:08:45,792 --> 00:08:46,593 >> THAT'S NOT ME. 352 00:08:46,593 --> 00:08:47,327 I DON'T GET IT. 353 00:08:47,327 --> 00:08:48,628 BUT, YOU KNOW, TO EACH HIS OWN. 354 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:50,463 BAKE IT UP, AND IT'S TIME 355 00:08:50,463 --> 00:08:51,931 TO FROST THIS CAKE. 356 00:08:51,931 --> 00:08:53,366 >> SIGNATURE CREAM-CHEESE 357 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:54,467 FROSTING ON THERE. 358 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:55,835 >> IT'S CLICHé, BUT I -- 359 00:08:55,835 --> 00:08:56,936 THE SMELL IN HERE. 360 00:08:56,936 --> 00:08:58,505 IF THERE WAS SMELL-O-VISION, 361 00:08:58,505 --> 00:09:00,106 YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE AT HOME 362 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:01,808 WOULD BE LIKE, "UH, LET'S DO IT 363 00:09:01,808 --> 00:09:02,575 RIGHT NOW." 364 00:09:02,575 --> 00:09:03,743 >> "LET'S GET UP THERE QUICKLY." 365 00:09:03,743 --> 00:09:04,911 >> NOT TO MENTION, I SMELLED IT 366 00:09:04,911 --> 00:09:06,012 FROM DOWN THE BLOCK WHEN I GOT 367 00:09:06,012 --> 00:09:06,613 OUT OF MY CAR. 368 00:09:06,613 --> 00:09:07,580 >> THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA. 369 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:07,981 >> YEAH. 370 00:09:07,981 --> 00:09:09,549 >> ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA 371 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:10,717 CUT OUR CAKE SO YOU CAN 372 00:09:10,717 --> 00:09:11,584 EXPERIENCE WHAT 373 00:09:11,584 --> 00:09:12,886 LLOYD'S CARROT CAKE IS ALL 374 00:09:12,886 --> 00:09:13,353 ABOUT. 375 00:09:13,353 --> 00:09:14,454 >> OH, MY GOODNESS. 376 00:09:14,454 --> 00:09:15,522 MAYBE I CAN BE CALLED 377 00:09:15,522 --> 00:09:16,790 A CARROT-CAKE CONNOISSEUR. 378 00:09:16,790 --> 00:09:18,158 I'VE BEEN EATING CARROT CAKE 379 00:09:18,158 --> 00:09:18,925 MY WHOLE LIFE. 380 00:09:18,925 --> 00:09:19,559 I LOVE IT. 381 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:20,427 SO THIS IS MY FIRST -- 382 00:09:20,427 --> 00:09:21,428 >> THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME? 383 00:09:21,428 --> 00:09:22,495 >> FIRST LLOYD'S CARROT CAKE 384 00:09:22,495 --> 00:09:22,996 EXPERIENCE. 385 00:09:22,996 --> 00:09:26,599 OKAY, HERE WE GO. 386 00:09:26,599 --> 00:09:31,104 [ FOOT TAPS ] 387 00:09:31,104 --> 00:09:32,539 >> [ LAUGHS ] 388 00:09:32,539 --> 00:09:33,840 >> THAT IS THE BEST CARROT CAKE 389 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:34,607 I'VE EVER EATEN. 390 00:09:34,607 --> 00:09:35,608 I DON'T THROW THAT AROUND 391 00:09:35,608 --> 00:09:36,276 LIGHTLY, BETTY. 392 00:09:36,276 --> 00:09:36,910 >> OKAY, GOOD. 393 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:37,977 I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT. 394 00:09:37,977 --> 00:09:39,813 >> MMM. 395 00:09:39,813 --> 00:09:42,215 A LOT OF CARROT, A NICE, 396 00:09:42,215 --> 00:09:43,316 MOIST... 397 00:09:43,316 --> 00:09:44,818 >> AND JUST A GOOD BLEND OF 398 00:09:44,818 --> 00:09:45,819 SPICES, AS WELL. 399 00:09:45,819 --> 00:09:46,853 >> IS IT HEALTHY? 400 00:09:46,853 --> 00:09:47,954 IT TASTES HEALTHY. 401 00:09:47,954 --> 00:09:48,988 >> IT IS HEALTHY. 402 00:09:48,988 --> 00:09:50,089 DID YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF 403 00:09:50,089 --> 00:09:51,157 CARROTS WE PUT IN THERE? 404 00:09:51,157 --> 00:09:52,392 >> THAT'S A HEALTHY AMOUNT 405 00:09:52,392 --> 00:09:53,026 OF CARROTS. 406 00:09:53,026 --> 00:09:54,494 AND THAT CREAM-CHEESE FROSTING. 407 00:09:54,494 --> 00:09:55,595 >> AND THE CREAM-CHEESE 408 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:56,162 FROSTING. 409 00:09:56,162 --> 00:09:57,597 >> SWEET, BUT NOT OVERLY SWEET, 410 00:09:57,597 --> 00:09:58,832 THE NUTS -- IT'S JUST THE 411 00:09:58,832 --> 00:10:00,300 PERFECT BLEND OF SPICE AND CAKE. 412 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:02,635 LISTEN... 413 00:10:02,635 --> 00:10:04,737 I DON'T CARE WHAT COUNTRY YOU'RE 414 00:10:04,737 --> 00:10:06,573 IN, WHAT STATE YOU'RE IN... 415 00:10:06,573 --> 00:10:07,740 A TRIP TO LLOYD'S CARROT CAKE 416 00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:08,675 IS NECESSARY IF YOU'RE 417 00:10:08,675 --> 00:10:09,542 A CARROT-CAKE LOVER. 418 00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:10,710 >> IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH IT. 419 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:11,111 >> MMM. 420 00:10:11,111 --> 00:10:12,011 BETTY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 421 00:10:12,011 --> 00:10:12,679 >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 422 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:14,013 >> COME GET SOME CARROT CAKE. 423 00:10:14,013 --> 00:10:15,181 WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 424 00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:15,882 >> [ LAUGHS ] 425 00:10:15,882 --> 00:10:17,584 >> HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT, 426 00:10:17,584 --> 00:10:18,251 TOO. 427 00:10:18,251 --> 00:10:20,019 HERE'S THE DETAILS FOR BOTH 428 00:10:20,019 --> 00:10:21,921 LOCATIONS. 429 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:28,294 WE'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE 430 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:30,029 A SANDWICH THAT'S BEEN SERVED 431 00:10:30,029 --> 00:10:31,264 HERE FOR 110 YEARS. 432 00:10:31,264 --> 00:10:32,765 IT'S FED MAYORS, IT'S FED 433 00:10:32,765 --> 00:10:34,400 PRESIDENTS, AND GENERATIONS 434 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:35,468 OF FAMILIES FROM 435 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:36,569 THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 436 00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:37,871 WHAT'S IT CALLED? 437 00:10:37,871 --> 00:10:39,939 IT'S CALLED A PANELLE SPECIAL. 438 00:10:39,939 --> 00:10:41,708 NEVER HEARD OF IT? 439 00:10:41,708 --> 00:10:44,143 WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT. 440 00:10:44,143 --> 00:10:45,979 151 UNION STREET JUST OFF 441 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:47,647 THE COLUMBIA WATERFRONT 442 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:49,916 IN CARROLL GARDENS, BROOKLYN, IS 443 00:10:49,916 --> 00:10:52,152 WHERE ANYBODY WHO'S ANYBODY SITS 444 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:54,420 NEXT TO US NOBODIES ALL FOR 445 00:10:54,420 --> 00:10:56,122 THE LOVE OF FOOD... 446 00:10:56,122 --> 00:10:57,957 WHERE SICILIAN SPECIALTIES LIKE 447 00:10:57,957 --> 00:10:59,826 RICE BALLS, STUFFED ARTICHOKES, 448 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:01,628 AND POTATO CROQUETTES ARE DONE 449 00:11:01,628 --> 00:11:03,162 LIKE THEY WERE IN THE OLD 450 00:11:03,162 --> 00:11:04,397 COUNTRY. 451 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:06,733 >> MY NAME IS FRANCESCO BUFFA. 452 00:11:06,733 --> 00:11:08,601 I TOOK OVER THIS RESTAURANT 453 00:11:08,601 --> 00:11:10,069 TO MY FATHER-IN-LAW. 454 00:11:10,069 --> 00:11:11,671 IT'S A FAMILY RESTAURANT 455 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,239 ESTABLISHED 1904. 456 00:11:13,239 --> 00:11:15,241 I'VE BEEN HERE ALREADY MORE THAN 457 00:11:15,241 --> 00:11:16,643 40 YEARS MYSELF. 458 00:11:16,643 --> 00:11:18,344 >> YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF 459 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:19,979 FOCACCIA, BUT WHAT EXACTLY 460 00:11:19,979 --> 00:11:22,081 IS A FOCACCERIA? 461 00:11:22,081 --> 00:11:24,217 >> FOCACCERIA -- IT'S -- WELL, 462 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:26,219 USUALLY ANY SANDWICH YOU PUT 463 00:11:26,219 --> 00:11:28,354 ON THE HOT BREAD, THEY CALL IT 464 00:11:28,354 --> 00:11:29,189 FOCACCIA. 465 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:31,124 THAT'S WHAT IS A FOCACCERIA. 466 00:11:31,124 --> 00:11:32,992 >> BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 467 00:11:32,992 --> 00:11:35,061 SOMETHING CLASSICALLY SICILIAN, 468 00:11:35,061 --> 00:11:36,863 AND, HECK, EVEN VEGETARIAN, 469 00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:38,698 THE PANELLE SPECIAL IS 470 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:41,201 A SANDWICH THAT CAN'T BE MISSED. 471 00:11:41,201 --> 00:11:43,403 IN ORDER TO MAKE PANELLE, FIRST 472 00:11:43,403 --> 00:11:45,638 A POLENTA IS MADE, BUT NOT WITH 473 00:11:45,638 --> 00:11:46,606 CORN FLOUR. 474 00:11:46,606 --> 00:11:48,808 INSTEAD, IT'S MADE WITH CHICKPEA 475 00:11:48,808 --> 00:11:49,475 FLOUR. 476 00:11:49,475 --> 00:11:51,344 AS SOON AS IT'S DONE COOKING 477 00:11:51,344 --> 00:11:53,179 OVER THE FLAME AND BEFORE IT 478 00:11:53,179 --> 00:11:55,214 COOLS, IT'S QUICKLY SPREAD INTO 479 00:11:55,214 --> 00:11:57,050 A THIN LAYER ON THESE CUSTOM 480 00:11:57,050 --> 00:11:58,017 WOOD BLOCKS. 481 00:11:58,017 --> 00:12:00,253 ONCE COOLED, THEY'RE PEELED OFF, 482 00:12:00,253 --> 00:12:02,388 REVEALING THE EMBEDDED DESIGN. 483 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:04,057 WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER, 484 00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:05,858 THE PANELLES ARE FRIED FRESH, 485 00:12:05,858 --> 00:12:07,894 DRAINED, AND PUT ON A FRESH 486 00:12:07,894 --> 00:12:08,928 BAKED ROLL. 487 00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:10,863 THAT GETS A HEAPING SCOOP OF 488 00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:12,665 THICK RICOTTA CHEESE, SOME 489 00:12:12,665 --> 00:12:14,601 PECORINO ROMANO, AND THEN THAT 490 00:12:14,601 --> 00:12:16,336 GETS POPPED IN THE OVEN FOR 491 00:12:16,336 --> 00:12:17,337 A QUICK MELT. 492 00:12:17,337 --> 00:12:18,538 THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE 493 00:12:18,538 --> 00:12:19,706 A PANELLE SPECIAL. 494 00:12:19,706 --> 00:12:21,474 >> THE THING IS, YOU GOT TO KEEP 495 00:12:21,474 --> 00:12:23,142 DOING THE SAME THING, THE SAME 496 00:12:23,142 --> 00:12:23,710 RECIPE. 497 00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:24,711 DON'T CHANGE IT. 498 00:12:24,711 --> 00:12:26,646 GIVE THE QUALITY TO THE PEOPLE 499 00:12:26,646 --> 00:12:28,181 AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG. 500 00:12:28,181 --> 00:12:29,682 ALL THE PEOPLE COME BACK. 501 00:12:29,682 --> 00:12:31,284 >> THE LOCALS HAVE KNOWN ABOUT 502 00:12:31,284 --> 00:12:32,652 FERDINANDO'S PANELLES FOR 503 00:12:32,652 --> 00:12:34,053 DECADES, BUT HAS THE TASTE 504 00:12:34,053 --> 00:12:35,288 CHANGED? 505 00:12:35,288 --> 00:12:36,322 >> I WENT TO SACRED HEARTS 506 00:12:36,322 --> 00:12:37,490 ST. STEPHEN'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 507 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:38,758 WHICH IS ON HICKS STREET, AND ON 508 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:39,892 WEDNESDAYS WHEN WE HAD A HALF 509 00:12:39,892 --> 00:12:40,893 DAY, MY MOM WOULD GIVE ME 510 00:12:40,893 --> 00:12:42,128 10 CENTS, AND I WOULD COME HERE 511 00:12:42,128 --> 00:12:44,197 FOR A PANELLE SANDWICH. 512 00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:46,032 IT HAS NOT CHANGED ONE BIT. 513 00:12:46,032 --> 00:12:48,801 IT'S FABULOUS. 514 00:12:48,801 --> 00:12:49,469 >> OH, BOY. 515 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:50,336 THANKS SO MUCH. 516 00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:50,903 >> ENJOY. 517 00:12:50,903 --> 00:12:51,671 >> THANK YOU. 518 00:12:51,671 --> 00:12:52,605 ALL RIGHT. 519 00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:54,140 THE BIG TASTE TEST. 520 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:56,943 THAT'S A MASSIVE SANDWICH. 521 00:12:56,943 --> 00:13:01,547 [ CRUNCHES ] 522 00:13:01,547 --> 00:13:03,716 CRISPY, THE CHEESE IS SO SMOOTH. 523 00:13:03,716 --> 00:13:05,718 I MEAN, NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE 524 00:13:05,718 --> 00:13:06,185 IT. 525 00:13:06,185 --> 00:13:08,354 110 YEARS OF HISTORY RIGHT HERE, 526 00:13:08,354 --> 00:13:12,358 AND IT'S DELICIOUS. 527 00:13:12,358 --> 00:13:13,459 MMM. 528 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:15,228 HAVE A TASTE OF SICILY WITH 529 00:13:15,228 --> 00:13:16,162 THE PANELLE. 530 00:13:16,162 --> 00:13:18,064 IT'S SPECIAL. 531 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:26,072 CAN'T DO A FOOD EPISODE IN 532 00:13:26,072 --> 00:13:27,674 NEW YORK CITY WITHOUT TALKING 533 00:13:27,674 --> 00:13:29,242 ABOUT PIZZA, AND YOU KNOW ME. 534 00:13:29,242 --> 00:13:30,476 I'M ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR 535 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:31,077 THE BEST. 536 00:13:31,077 --> 00:13:32,578 SO, WHEN IT CAME TO FINDING 537 00:13:32,578 --> 00:13:34,480 THE BEST PIZZA... 538 00:13:35,982 --> 00:13:37,717 WITH A NAME LIKE THAT, IT BETTER 539 00:13:37,717 --> 00:13:39,052 BE PRETTY GOOD. 540 00:13:39,052 --> 00:13:41,387 LOCATED AT 33 HAVEMEYER STREET 541 00:13:41,387 --> 00:13:43,456 IN WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN, 542 00:13:43,456 --> 00:13:45,391 BEST PIZZA OFFERS UP GOURMET 543 00:13:45,391 --> 00:13:47,393 PIZZA SERVED IN A COMFORTABLE 544 00:13:47,393 --> 00:13:49,262 ATMOSPHERE, MADE IN AN OVEN 545 00:13:49,262 --> 00:13:50,830 WITH A RICH HISTORY. 546 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:51,998 >> THIS OVEN IS, LIKE, OVER 547 00:13:51,998 --> 00:13:52,699 100 YEARS OLD. 548 00:13:52,699 --> 00:13:54,100 SOME PEOPLE SAY 116 YEARS OLD. 549 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:55,234 IT WAS A BAKERY HERE FOR 550 00:13:55,234 --> 00:13:56,803 A LOT OF YEARS. 551 00:13:56,803 --> 00:13:58,037 THE SIZE OF THE OVEN, IT'S LIKE 552 00:13:58,037 --> 00:13:59,205 THE SIZE OF A ONE-CAR GARAGE. 553 00:13:59,205 --> 00:14:00,940 IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK. 554 00:14:00,940 --> 00:14:02,041 EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 555 00:14:02,041 --> 00:14:03,142 KNOWS THIS PIZZERIA BECAUSE 556 00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:04,210 THE BAKERY WAS SORT OF LIKE 557 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:05,011 THE CORNERSTONE OF 558 00:14:05,011 --> 00:14:05,745 THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 559 00:14:05,745 --> 00:14:06,779 THE GUY WHO USED TO OWN 560 00:14:06,779 --> 00:14:08,081 THE BAKERY USED TO COOK TURKEYS 561 00:14:08,081 --> 00:14:09,282 IN HERE FOR THANKSGIVING FOR 562 00:14:09,282 --> 00:14:10,583 THE LADIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 563 00:14:10,583 --> 00:14:11,751 IT DEFINITELY WAS A PIECE OF 564 00:14:11,751 --> 00:14:12,552 THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 565 00:14:12,552 --> 00:14:14,320 AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF COOKING 566 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,155 IN THE OVEN, IT COOKS SO EVENLY 567 00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:17,824 AND HAS THIS DEFINITELY LIKE 568 00:14:17,824 --> 00:14:19,192 A UNIQUE FLAVOR TO IT. 569 00:14:19,192 --> 00:14:20,860 I THINK IT ADDS SOMETHING TO 570 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:22,295 THE PIZZA THAT'S KIND OF 571 00:14:22,295 --> 00:14:23,262 UNEXPLAINABLE. 572 00:14:23,262 --> 00:14:25,431 YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 573 00:14:25,431 --> 00:14:27,133 >> BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE HISTORY 574 00:14:27,133 --> 00:14:28,501 OF THE OVEN THAT FLAVORS 575 00:14:28,501 --> 00:14:30,036 THE PIZZA, REAL BURNING WOOD 576 00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:30,770 HELPS, TOO. 577 00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:32,171 >> WORKING WITH WOOD, TO ME, 578 00:14:32,171 --> 00:14:33,639 THERE'S NOTHING REALLY BETTER, 579 00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:34,240 YOU KNOW. 580 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:35,308 I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE 581 00:14:35,308 --> 00:14:35,775 COOKING. 582 00:14:35,775 --> 00:14:37,443 IT LOANS SORT OF THIS SOFTER 583 00:14:37,443 --> 00:14:38,778 HEAT TO THE PIZZA, AND 584 00:14:38,778 --> 00:14:40,613 THE FLAVOR FROM THE WOOD BLENDS 585 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:42,448 A SMOKINESS TO IT THAT YOU DON'T 586 00:14:42,448 --> 00:14:43,416 GET FROM COAL. 587 00:14:43,416 --> 00:14:45,084 >> SO HOW DOES A CHEF TRAINED 588 00:14:45,084 --> 00:14:46,753 AT THE TOP CULINARY SCHOOL IN 589 00:14:46,753 --> 00:14:48,321 THE COUNTRY WIND UP OPENING 590 00:14:48,321 --> 00:14:49,489 A PIZZERIA? 591 00:14:49,489 --> 00:14:50,823 >> YOU KNOW, I KIND OF GREW UP 592 00:14:50,823 --> 00:14:52,125 IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF PIZZA IN, 593 00:14:52,125 --> 00:14:53,392 LIKE, THE CAPITAL OF PIZZA AT 594 00:14:53,392 --> 00:14:54,627 THE TIME, WHICH, TO ME, WAS 595 00:14:54,627 --> 00:14:55,628 BENSONHURST, BROOKLYN. 596 00:14:55,628 --> 00:14:57,397 I GREW UP TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM 597 00:14:57,397 --> 00:14:59,198 18th AVENUE -- AT THE TIME WHEN 598 00:14:59,198 --> 00:15:00,933 I WAS GROWING UP, SORT OF THIS 599 00:15:00,933 --> 00:15:02,602 AMAZING PLACE TO HAVE PIZZA. 600 00:15:02,602 --> 00:15:03,636 I LOVE, LIKE, SORT OF 601 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:04,704 THE PLATFORM OF PIZZA. 602 00:15:04,704 --> 00:15:05,772 I LOVE THAT'S IT'S A LOT OF 603 00:15:05,772 --> 00:15:06,706 PEOPLE'S FAVORITE FOOD. 604 00:15:06,706 --> 00:15:07,807 I LOVE THAT YOU COULD TOUCH 605 00:15:07,807 --> 00:15:08,775 A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH IT. 606 00:15:08,775 --> 00:15:10,176 IF YOU HAVE $3 IN YOUR POCKET, 607 00:15:10,176 --> 00:15:11,511 YOU CAN COME IN HERE AND GET 608 00:15:11,511 --> 00:15:12,945 A SLICE OF PIZZA, BE IN AND OUT 609 00:15:12,945 --> 00:15:14,247 IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND 610 00:15:14,247 --> 00:15:15,448 HOPEFULLY HAVE AN AMAZING 611 00:15:15,448 --> 00:15:16,482 EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW. 612 00:15:16,482 --> 00:15:18,451 >> INSTEAD OF OFFERING TONS OF 613 00:15:18,451 --> 00:15:20,319 OPTIONS, BEST PIZZA KEEPS IT 614 00:15:20,319 --> 00:15:20,987 SIMPLE. 615 00:15:20,987 --> 00:15:22,188 >> GENERALLY WE PUT OUT FOUR 616 00:15:22,188 --> 00:15:23,256 DIFFERENT PIZZAS HERE AT 617 00:15:23,256 --> 00:15:23,823 BEST PIZZA. 618 00:15:23,823 --> 00:15:25,158 TWO OF THEM ARE SQUARES AND 619 00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:26,492 TWO OF THEM ARE ROUND PIES. 620 00:15:26,492 --> 00:15:28,027 OF COURSE, YOU HAVE YOUR REGULAR 621 00:15:28,027 --> 00:15:28,761 CHEESE PIZZA. 622 00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:30,329 THEN WE HAVE OUR WHITE PIZZA, 623 00:15:30,329 --> 00:15:31,864 A PIE THAT HAD NO SAUCE ON IT 624 00:15:31,864 --> 00:15:33,533 AND RICOTTA CHEESE -- SOMETHING 625 00:15:33,533 --> 00:15:34,534 I GREW UP EATING. 626 00:15:34,534 --> 00:15:35,802 WE PUT THE CARAMELIZED ONIONS ON 627 00:15:35,802 --> 00:15:37,036 IT, AND THEN WE PUT SOME SESAME 628 00:15:37,036 --> 00:15:37,837 SEEDS ON THE CRUST. 629 00:15:37,837 --> 00:15:39,305 THE GRANDMA PIZZA, WE SPICED 630 00:15:39,305 --> 00:15:39,872 OURS UP. 631 00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:41,607 WE PUT ANCHOVIES ON OURS, AND 632 00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:43,276 THEN THIS VEGGIE PIE SORT OF 633 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:44,811 DEVELOPED OUT OF OUR LOVE 634 00:15:44,811 --> 00:15:46,312 FOR VEGETABLES. 635 00:15:46,312 --> 00:15:47,513 IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN GET 636 00:15:47,513 --> 00:15:48,815 A MEATBALL PIE, YOU CAN GET 637 00:15:48,815 --> 00:15:50,116 PEPPERONI PIE, YOU CAN GET 638 00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:51,384 ALL LIKE THE NORMAL STUFF. 639 00:15:51,384 --> 00:15:52,051 >> HI, FRANK. 640 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:53,152 >> WHAT'S GOING ON, MAN? 641 00:15:53,152 --> 00:15:54,320 >> I WAS GONNA GO WHITE AND 642 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:55,721 REGULAR, BUT NOW THAT I'M SEEING 643 00:15:55,721 --> 00:15:56,923 THIS VEGGIE PIE, I THINK I'M 644 00:15:56,923 --> 00:15:58,324 GONNA GO WHITE AND VEGGIE 'CAUSE 645 00:15:58,324 --> 00:15:59,559 THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE-LOOKING. 646 00:15:59,559 --> 00:16:00,493 >> WHITE AND VEGGIE? 647 00:16:00,493 --> 00:16:01,594 YEAH, IT'S A GOOD CHOICE. 648 00:16:01,594 --> 00:16:02,862 IT JUST CAME OUT OF THE OVEN, 649 00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:04,096 AND WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND WHEN 650 00:16:04,096 --> 00:16:05,398 IT JUST COMES OUT OF THE OVEN. 651 00:16:05,398 --> 00:16:06,666 >> ALL RIGHT, SO, I'LL DO IT. 652 00:16:06,666 --> 00:16:07,366 AWESOME. 653 00:16:07,366 --> 00:16:09,202 >> THERE'S ONE VEGGIE SLICE... 654 00:16:09,202 --> 00:16:10,069 AND ONE WHITE SLICE. 655 00:16:10,069 --> 00:16:10,636 >> PERFECT. 656 00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:11,304 THANKS, FRANK. 657 00:16:11,304 --> 00:16:14,040 >> ENJOY, MAN. 658 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:15,575 I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED 659 00:16:15,575 --> 00:16:16,943 TO EAT BY-THE-SLICE PIZZA 660 00:16:16,943 --> 00:16:18,344 BEFORE, AND THIS IS THEIR 661 00:16:18,344 --> 00:16:19,111 BEST SELLER. 662 00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:20,580 IT'S A WHITE SLICE, RICOTTA 663 00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:22,014 CHEESE, SOME, LIKE, SHAVED 664 00:16:22,014 --> 00:16:23,182 PARMESAN, AND THERE'S 665 00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:24,717 CARAMELIZED ONIONS, WHICH IS 666 00:16:24,717 --> 00:16:25,251 UNIQUE. 667 00:16:25,251 --> 00:16:28,154 I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. 668 00:16:31,257 --> 00:16:33,426 OH, THAT'S KILLER. 669 00:16:33,426 --> 00:16:35,928 [ CRUNCHES ] 670 00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:40,600 MMM. 671 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:41,534 THAT'S SO GOOD. 672 00:16:41,534 --> 00:16:43,236 THE SWEETNESS OF THE CARAMELIZED 673 00:16:43,236 --> 00:16:44,670 ONION IS NOT SOMETHING YOU 674 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:46,239 NORMALLY EXPERIENCE ON PIZZA, 675 00:16:46,239 --> 00:16:47,740 BUT IT'S SO GOOD. 676 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:49,275 SESAME SEEDS BY THE TIME YOU GET 677 00:16:49,275 --> 00:16:50,042 TO THE CRUST. 678 00:16:50,042 --> 00:16:51,711 ALL RIGHT, NOW, VEGGIE SLICE -- 679 00:16:51,711 --> 00:16:53,312 I'M NOT ANTI-VEG, BUT WHEN IT 680 00:16:53,312 --> 00:16:54,947 COMES TO MY PIZZA, I TYPICALLY 681 00:16:54,947 --> 00:16:56,482 DON'T GET VEGGIE SLICES, BUT 682 00:16:56,482 --> 00:16:57,650 LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL. 683 00:16:57,650 --> 00:16:59,819 THERE'S RADISHES ON IT, PEPPERS, 684 00:16:59,819 --> 00:17:01,721 GREENS, CARROTS. 685 00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:11,163 MMM. 686 00:17:11,163 --> 00:17:13,399 THE CRUST ON THIS IS A THICKER 687 00:17:13,399 --> 00:17:15,801 SQUARE CRUST THAN THIS PERFECTLY 688 00:17:15,801 --> 00:17:16,435 THIN. 689 00:17:16,435 --> 00:17:18,104 YOU DO TASTE THE SMOKINESS OF 690 00:17:18,104 --> 00:17:19,372 THAT WOOD-FIRED OVEN. 691 00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:20,773 ALL RIGHT, IT'S OFFICIAL. 692 00:17:20,773 --> 00:17:22,775 THIS IS THE BEST PIZZA. 693 00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:23,910 FANTASTIC. 694 00:17:23,910 --> 00:17:26,145 WHEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 695 00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:28,180 THIS IS THE WAY TO GO. 696 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:30,016 SO, IS IT THE BEST PIZZA? 697 00:17:30,016 --> 00:17:32,418 GO GRAB A SLICE AND YOU CAN BE 698 00:17:32,418 --> 00:17:34,320 THE JUDGE. 699 00:17:38,424 --> 00:17:40,126 >> MY NAME IS KEIKO WEST. 700 00:17:40,126 --> 00:17:42,128 WE ARE IN TAKAHACHI BAKERY 701 00:17:42,128 --> 00:17:43,629 IN TRIBECA. 702 00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:45,398 >> LOCATED ON THE EDGE OF 703 00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:47,300 TRIBECA AT 25 MURRAY STREET, 704 00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:49,168 TAKAHACHI BAKERY IS A CROSS 705 00:17:49,168 --> 00:17:51,237 BETWEEN A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE 706 00:17:51,237 --> 00:17:53,272 BAKERY AND SOMETHING YOU COULD 707 00:17:53,272 --> 00:17:55,141 ONLY FIND IN NEW YORK CITY. 708 00:17:55,141 --> 00:17:57,109 THEIR BAKED GOODS RANGE FROM 709 00:17:57,109 --> 00:17:59,278 SWEETBREADS WITH SWEET FILLINGS 710 00:17:59,278 --> 00:18:01,280 TO SAVORY OFFERINGS LIKE THEIR 711 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,082 SOFTSHELL CRAB SANDWICHES. 712 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:04,984 SO WHAT'S SO UNIQUE ABOUT 713 00:18:04,984 --> 00:18:06,319 TAKAHACHI? 714 00:18:06,319 --> 00:18:07,587 >> OUR BAKERY IS KIND OF 715 00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:08,621 TRADITIONAL BAKERY. 716 00:18:08,621 --> 00:18:10,056 WE HAVE MORE LIKE A JAPANESE 717 00:18:10,056 --> 00:18:12,124 TRADITIONAL BREAD HERE. 718 00:18:12,124 --> 00:18:15,061 IN JAPAN, PEOPLE REALLY LIKE 719 00:18:15,061 --> 00:18:16,662 FRENCH STYLE. 720 00:18:16,662 --> 00:18:20,466 NOT MANY LIKE THIS IN JAPAN 721 00:18:20,466 --> 00:18:22,001 ANYMORE. 722 00:18:22,001 --> 00:18:24,971 ALSO, WE HAVE SPECIAL SANDWICHES 723 00:18:24,971 --> 00:18:27,039 LIKE SPICY SALMON AND 724 00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:29,442 TUNA TATAKI LIKE SESAME STYLE. 725 00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:32,111 WE SELL REALLY NICE SIZE TO 726 00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:33,012 SNACK. 727 00:18:33,012 --> 00:18:35,147 TODAY WE GONNA MAKE ANPAN -- 728 00:18:35,147 --> 00:18:37,249 SWEET DOUGH WITH SWEET RED-BEAN 729 00:18:37,249 --> 00:18:38,317 PASTE INSIDE. 730 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:39,785 >> IT'S TIME FOR ME TO SUIT UP 731 00:18:39,785 --> 00:18:41,187 AND HEAD INTO THE KITCHEN TO 732 00:18:41,187 --> 00:18:42,588 MAKE SOME OF THEIR SIGNATURE 733 00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:44,423 BUNS -- ANPAN. 734 00:18:44,423 --> 00:18:46,025 ONCE THE DOUGH IS READY, THE 735 00:18:46,025 --> 00:18:47,593 PRE-WEIGHED BALLS GET ROLLED 736 00:18:47,593 --> 00:18:48,995 INTO ROUNDS, AND THIS IS 737 00:18:48,995 --> 00:18:50,563 A TECHNIQUE THAT TAKES SOME 738 00:18:50,563 --> 00:18:51,230 PRACTICE. 739 00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:52,732 A BALL OF THE SWEET RED-BEAN 740 00:18:52,732 --> 00:18:54,367 PASTE GETS PLACED IN THE MIDDLE 741 00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:55,201 OF THE DOUGH. 742 00:18:55,201 --> 00:18:57,069 THEN THE DOUGH IS STRETCHED UP 743 00:18:57,069 --> 00:18:58,637 AND AROUND IT, SEALING IN 744 00:18:58,637 --> 00:18:59,972 THE SURPRISE CENTER. 745 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:01,874 FROM THERE, THEY GET PUT INTO 746 00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:03,175 A PROOFER TO RISE. 747 00:19:03,175 --> 00:19:04,977 SEE YOU IN 40 MINUTES. 748 00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:06,979 ONCE RISEN, AN EGG WASH MAKES 749 00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:08,881 THEM SHINY, AND A PERFECTLY 750 00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:11,017 PLACED DOT OF POPPY SEEDS MAKES 751 00:19:11,017 --> 00:19:12,018 THEM PRETTY. 752 00:19:12,018 --> 00:19:13,919 AND INTO THE OVEN THEY GO. 753 00:19:13,919 --> 00:19:15,454 THE FINISHED PRODUCT LOOKS GOOD 754 00:19:15,454 --> 00:19:16,288 ENOUGH TO EAT. 755 00:19:16,288 --> 00:19:17,456 WELL, THEN LET'S EAT IT. 756 00:19:17,456 --> 00:19:18,257 >> YOUR CHANGE. 757 00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:18,891 >> ARIGATO. 758 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:19,525 >> ARIGATO. 759 00:19:19,525 --> 00:19:20,626 [ SPEAKS JAPANESE ] 760 00:19:20,626 --> 00:19:21,894 >> [ SPEAKS JAPANESE ] 761 00:19:21,894 --> 00:19:23,229 >> SO HERE WE ARE. 762 00:19:23,229 --> 00:19:25,297 WE HAVE OUR BEAUTIFUL FINISHED 763 00:19:25,297 --> 00:19:26,298 ANPAN. 764 00:19:26,298 --> 00:19:27,600 NOW THE TRUE TASTE TEST. 765 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,101 OOH, THERE'S SOME GOOD WEIGHT 766 00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:31,771 TO IT. 767 00:19:31,771 --> 00:19:33,939 MMM. 768 00:19:33,939 --> 00:19:34,740 THAT'S GOOD. 769 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:36,208 THE DOUGH ITSELF IS JUST SO 770 00:19:36,208 --> 00:19:38,377 SWEET AND SOFT. 771 00:19:38,377 --> 00:19:41,047 THAT'S A REALLY TENDER, 772 00:19:41,047 --> 00:19:42,548 DELICIOUS DOUGH. 773 00:19:42,548 --> 00:19:43,949 AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE NICE 774 00:19:43,949 --> 00:19:45,384 SURPRISE IS THE SWEET RED-BEAN 775 00:19:45,384 --> 00:19:46,719 PASTE INSIDE. 776 00:19:46,719 --> 00:19:48,387 I THINK JAPANESE BAKERIES MIGHT 777 00:19:48,387 --> 00:19:50,890 BE MY NEW BAKERY. 778 00:19:50,890 --> 00:19:53,225 TAKAHACHI IN TRIBECA. 779 00:19:53,225 --> 00:19:55,127 TO SHAKE UP YOUR BAKERY CHOICES 780 00:19:55,127 --> 00:19:56,896 AND HEAD TO TAKAHACHI, HERE'S 781 00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:58,798 THE INFO YOU'LL NEED. 782 00:20:04,336 --> 00:20:06,005 WHEN IT CAME TIME TO DECIDE HOW 783 00:20:06,005 --> 00:20:07,606 TO END MY FOOD EPISODE, I KNEW 784 00:20:07,606 --> 00:20:09,341 IT HAD TO BE A DESSERT, AND WHEN 785 00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:11,043 I ASKED FRIENDS ON STATEN ISLAND 786 00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:12,478 FOR A RECOMMENDATION, THEY 787 00:20:12,478 --> 00:20:13,979 OVERWHELMINGLY SAID 788 00:20:13,979 --> 00:20:16,615 THE COOKIE JAR. 789 00:20:16,615 --> 00:20:18,451 HEAD TO 1226 FORREST AVENUE 790 00:20:18,451 --> 00:20:19,852 IN THE WEST BRIGHTON 791 00:20:19,852 --> 00:20:21,854 NEIGHBORHOOD OF STATEN ISLAND, 792 00:20:21,854 --> 00:20:22,988 AND YOU'LL FIND 793 00:20:22,988 --> 00:20:24,590 A BEAUTIFUL-LOOKING AND 794 00:20:24,590 --> 00:20:26,425 TERRIFIC-SMELLING BAKE SHOP 795 00:20:26,425 --> 00:20:28,461 WITH OWNERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE 796 00:20:28,461 --> 00:20:30,596 ABOUT ALL THINGS COOKIE. 797 00:20:30,596 --> 00:20:31,997 >> MY NAME IS JAMES CARROZZA, 798 00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:33,466 THE ONE AND ONLY CAKE CHEF HERE 799 00:20:33,466 --> 00:20:34,800 ON STATEN ISLAND, AND WE ARE 800 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,069 STANDING IN MY SECOND BAKERY 801 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:39,972 CALLED THE COOKIE JAR. 802 00:20:39,972 --> 00:20:41,674 MAKING COOKIES, I'VE BEEN DOING 803 00:20:41,674 --> 00:20:43,409 IT FOR OVER 35 YEARS, EVER SINCE 804 00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:45,478 I WAS ABOUT 13 YEARS OLD. 805 00:20:45,478 --> 00:20:47,346 I'VE MADE COOKIES IN KOSHER 806 00:20:47,346 --> 00:20:49,148 BAKERIES, GERMAN BAKERIES, 807 00:20:49,148 --> 00:20:50,449 ITALIAN BAKERIES. 808 00:20:50,449 --> 00:20:52,518 MAKING COOKIES IS MY PASSION. 809 00:20:52,518 --> 00:20:53,853 >> WHEN YOU WALK INTO 810 00:20:53,853 --> 00:20:55,588 THE COOKIE JAR, WHILE YOU MAY 811 00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:57,456 NOTICE THE TREMENDOUS ASSORTMENT 812 00:20:57,456 --> 00:20:58,991 OF FRESHLY BAKED COOKIES, 813 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:00,926 THE WALL OF COOKIE JARS WILL 814 00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:03,062 CERTAINLY CATCH YOUR EYES FIRST. 815 00:21:03,062 --> 00:21:04,663 BUT WHERE DID THEY ALL COME 816 00:21:04,663 --> 00:21:05,364 FROM? 817 00:21:05,364 --> 00:21:06,866 >> COOKIE JARS ARE FUN TO GO 818 00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:07,733 SEARCHING FOR. 819 00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:09,101 I LIKE SEARCHING FOR THEM 820 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:09,969 AT YARD SALES. 821 00:21:09,969 --> 00:21:11,837 THEY'RE ALL FOR SALE, AND WE 822 00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:13,539 SELL THEM WITH COOKIES IN 823 00:21:13,539 --> 00:21:14,273 THE JAR. 824 00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:15,374 SO PEOPLE, WHEN THEY GIVE 825 00:21:15,374 --> 00:21:16,475 THE JAR AS A GIFT, THERE'S 826 00:21:16,475 --> 00:21:17,543 COOKIES ALREADY IN THEM. 827 00:21:17,543 --> 00:21:19,545 >> AND THE COOKIES ARE INCLUDED 828 00:21:19,545 --> 00:21:21,514 IN THE PRICE OF THE COOKIE JAR. 829 00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:23,249 SPEAKING OF PRICES, THERE'S ONE 830 00:21:23,249 --> 00:21:25,017 VERY SPECIAL THING ABOUT THE WAY 831 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:26,585 THE COOKIE JAR'S COOKIES ARE 832 00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:27,486 PRICED. 833 00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:29,388 THEY'RE ALL THE SAME PRICE. 834 00:21:29,388 --> 00:21:31,090 AT $11 A POUND, YOU CAN GET 835 00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:32,892 ANYTHING FROM LINZER TARTS TO 836 00:21:32,892 --> 00:21:34,827 SOMETHING FOR THE PEANUT-BUTTER 837 00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:35,694 LOVERS. 838 00:21:35,694 --> 00:21:37,163 WE SELL A LOT OF COOKIES WITH 839 00:21:37,163 --> 00:21:37,596 NUTS. 840 00:21:37,596 --> 00:21:39,465 WE USE REAL PISTACHIOS. 841 00:21:39,465 --> 00:21:41,267 WE MAKE COOKIES WITH MACADAMIA 842 00:21:41,267 --> 00:21:43,202 NUTS, COOKIES WITH PECANS, WITH 843 00:21:43,202 --> 00:21:45,004 WALNUTS -- JUST A COOKIE THAT 844 00:21:45,004 --> 00:21:46,338 HAS SUBSTANCE. 845 00:21:46,338 --> 00:21:47,740 >> BUT WITH A VARIETY LIKE 846 00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:49,375 THE COOKIE JAR'S, THERE'S STILL 847 00:21:49,375 --> 00:21:50,576 GOT TO BE A FAVORITE. 848 00:21:50,576 --> 00:21:51,944 >> MY ACTUAL FAVORITE COOKIE 849 00:21:51,944 --> 00:21:53,379 IS THE ONE THAT I CREATED FOR 850 00:21:53,379 --> 00:21:54,046 THE MISSUS. 851 00:21:54,046 --> 00:21:55,247 IT'S CALLED THE MARIA. 852 00:21:55,247 --> 00:21:57,383 IT'S A BUTTER COOKIE ROLLED INTO 853 00:21:57,383 --> 00:21:59,218 CHOPPED ALMONDS FILLED WITH 854 00:21:59,218 --> 00:22:00,986 RASPBERRY JAM AND DRIZZLED 855 00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:01,821 WITH CHOCOLATE. 856 00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,455 WE CAN'T MAKE ENOUGH OF THOSE. 857 00:22:03,455 --> 00:22:04,523 PEOPLE LOVE THOSE. 858 00:22:04,523 --> 00:22:06,358 >> THE FANTASTIC SMELL WAFTING 859 00:22:06,358 --> 00:22:08,127 THROUGH THE STORE COMES FROM 860 00:22:08,127 --> 00:22:09,895 THE OPEN KITCHEN WHERE ALL OF 861 00:22:09,895 --> 00:22:11,597 JAMES' SECRET RECIPES LIVE. 862 00:22:11,597 --> 00:22:14,033 THEY ARE A SECRET, RIGHT? 863 00:22:14,033 --> 00:22:14,934 SO, JAMES, I SEE SOME 864 00:22:14,934 --> 00:22:15,501 INGREDIENTS. 865 00:22:15,501 --> 00:22:16,669 THERE'S A LITTLE RECIPE HERE. 866 00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:17,503 WHAT ARE WE MAKING? 867 00:22:17,503 --> 00:22:19,738 >> WE'RE GONNA MAKE A VERY 868 00:22:19,738 --> 00:22:21,740 VERSATILE COOKIE DOUGH. 869 00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:22,208 >> OKAY. 870 00:22:22,208 --> 00:22:23,442 >> AND WITH THIS DOUGH, WE CAN 871 00:22:23,442 --> 00:22:24,743 MAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 872 00:22:24,743 --> 00:22:25,444 >> PERFECT. 873 00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:26,779 >> SO IT'S BASICALLY JUST 874 00:22:26,779 --> 00:22:27,813 A FEW INGREDIENTS. 875 00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:28,547 EIGHT EGGS. 876 00:22:28,547 --> 00:22:29,381 LET'S DO THAT. 877 00:22:29,381 --> 00:22:29,915 >> WOW. 878 00:22:29,915 --> 00:22:31,417 YOU'RE AN EGG-CRACKING WIZARD. 879 00:22:31,417 --> 00:22:32,818 >> AND SOME BAKING POWDER. 880 00:22:32,818 --> 00:22:33,819 >> BAKING POWDER. 881 00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:34,620 >> ONE OUNCE. 882 00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:35,387 PUT THAT IN. 883 00:22:35,387 --> 00:22:36,789 >> I LIKE THAT YOU'RE NOT AFRAID 884 00:22:36,789 --> 00:22:37,923 TO TELL THE MEASUREMENTS. 885 00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:39,391 >> NOWADAYS, THERE'S SO MANY 886 00:22:39,391 --> 00:22:41,060 FABULOUS RECIPES ONLINE, THERE'S 887 00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:42,361 NO REAL SECRETS ANYMORE. 888 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:43,629 >> THERE IS NO SECRETS. 889 00:22:43,629 --> 00:22:45,397 >> WHEN I STARTED -- WHEN I WAS 890 00:22:45,397 --> 00:22:46,966 13 YEARS OLD, AND I STARTED 891 00:22:46,966 --> 00:22:49,101 WASHING POTS IN A BAKERY, 892 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:50,803 THE BAKERS WOULD ACTUALLY GET 893 00:22:50,803 --> 00:22:52,571 MAD AT YOU IF YOU WATCHED THEM 894 00:22:52,571 --> 00:22:54,006 WHILE THEY WERE SCALING. 895 00:22:54,006 --> 00:22:54,974 >> NO KIDDING? 896 00:22:54,974 --> 00:22:56,108 >> THEY'D SAY, "WHAT ARE YOU 897 00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:56,675 LOOKING AT? 898 00:22:56,675 --> 00:22:57,443 GET OUT OF HERE." 899 00:22:57,443 --> 00:22:58,544 THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO TAKE 900 00:22:58,544 --> 00:22:59,178 THEIR SECRETS. 901 00:22:59,178 --> 00:22:59,645 >> RIGHT. 902 00:22:59,645 --> 00:23:00,446 >> IT WAS A SECRET. 903 00:23:00,446 --> 00:23:00,913 >> RIGHT. 904 00:23:00,913 --> 00:23:01,847 >> THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO 905 00:23:01,847 --> 00:23:02,147 KNOW. 906 00:23:02,147 --> 00:23:03,649 >> THERE'S A FANTASTIC BUTTER 907 00:23:03,649 --> 00:23:04,817 SMELL IN THIS BAKERY. 908 00:23:04,817 --> 00:23:05,384 >> YEAH. 909 00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:06,652 WE USE ONLY BUTTER, REALLY. 910 00:23:06,652 --> 00:23:07,920 THIS DOUGH IS SO VERSATILE, 911 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:08,988 YOU COULD LEAVE IT IN 912 00:23:08,988 --> 00:23:10,289 THE REFRIGERATOR FOR A WEEK. 913 00:23:10,289 --> 00:23:11,123 IT WON'T GO BAD. 914 00:23:11,123 --> 00:23:12,324 >> AND STILL MAKE COOKIES 915 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:12,858 WITH IT. 916 00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:14,226 >> AND STILL MAKE COOKIES WITH 917 00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:15,394 IT ALL THROUGH THE WEEK. 918 00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:17,296 YOU COULD TAKE THIS AND ROLL IT 919 00:23:17,296 --> 00:23:18,497 INTO SESAME SEEDS. 920 00:23:18,497 --> 00:23:19,198 >> OKAY. 921 00:23:19,198 --> 00:23:20,633 >> TAKE IT IN THE MIDDLE LIKE 922 00:23:20,633 --> 00:23:22,134 THIS, RIGHT, AND JUST TWIST IT. 923 00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:23,402 >> OH, THAT WAS A COOL TRICK. 924 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:24,536 TAKE IT, FOLD IT IN HALF, 925 00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:25,371 AND THEN TWIST IT? 926 00:23:25,371 --> 00:23:25,871 >> YEAH. 927 00:23:25,871 --> 00:23:27,239 >> OR PERHAPS THE BEST 928 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:29,041 APPLICATION -- SHAPING IT INTO 929 00:23:29,041 --> 00:23:30,509 YOUR FAVORITE LETTERS OR 930 00:23:30,509 --> 00:23:31,744 NUMBERS. 931 00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:33,345 IF YOU'RE PICKING UP A POUND 932 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:34,847 FOR A PARTY, IT'LL BE HARD 933 00:23:34,847 --> 00:23:36,348 TO RESIST RIPPING IT OPEN. 934 00:23:36,348 --> 00:23:38,117 SO GRAB A FEW AND A COFFEE 935 00:23:38,117 --> 00:23:39,952 TO ENJOY RIGHT IN THE SHOP. 936 00:23:39,952 --> 00:23:41,987 NOW, I'D LIKE TO THINK I'VE GOT 937 00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:43,689 THE PERFECT VARIETY HERE. 938 00:23:43,689 --> 00:23:45,224 I HAD TO GET THE MARIA COOKIE 939 00:23:45,224 --> 00:23:46,792 THAT JAMES WAS TALKING ABOUT. 940 00:23:46,792 --> 00:23:48,294 A WHOOPIE PIE, I THINK, KIND 941 00:23:48,294 --> 00:23:49,895 OF HANDLES THE MORE CAKEY SIDE 942 00:23:49,895 --> 00:23:50,562 OF THINGS. 943 00:23:50,562 --> 00:23:52,264 YOU GOT TO REPRESENT WITH 944 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:53,565 A COOKIE BAR, TOO. 945 00:23:53,565 --> 00:23:55,334 SO I'M GONNA TRY THE MARIA 946 00:23:55,334 --> 00:23:57,670 FIRST. 947 00:23:57,670 --> 00:23:58,904 MMM. 948 00:23:58,904 --> 00:24:00,639 THAT'S A DELICIOUS COOKIE. 949 00:24:00,639 --> 00:24:01,874 YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES AT 950 00:24:01,874 --> 00:24:03,242 BAKERIES, ALL THE COOKIES TASTE 951 00:24:03,242 --> 00:24:05,077 THE SAME. 952 00:24:05,077 --> 00:24:07,413 THIS IS SUPER UNIQUE. 953 00:24:07,413 --> 00:24:09,248 THE SWEETNESS OF THE DOUGH, 954 00:24:09,248 --> 00:24:11,116 THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE JELLY, 955 00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:12,985 THE CRUNCH OF THE ALMONDS -- 956 00:24:12,985 --> 00:24:14,820 THAT'S FANTASTIC. 957 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:15,554 OKAY. 958 00:24:15,554 --> 00:24:18,557 NOW WHOOPIE PIE -- 959 00:24:18,557 --> 00:24:22,561 RED VELVET WHOOPIE PIE. 960 00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:24,229 MMM. 961 00:24:24,229 --> 00:24:27,633 OKAY, MACADAMIA COOKIE BAR. 962 00:24:31,170 --> 00:24:33,505 OOH. 963 00:24:33,505 --> 00:24:35,207 I THINK I FOUND MY FAVORITE. 964 00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:36,608 THESE ARE REALLY GOOD. 965 00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:38,177 THIS IS OUT OF THIS WORLD. 966 00:24:38,177 --> 00:24:39,378 WELL, IF YOU'RE IN 967 00:24:39,378 --> 00:24:41,146 STATEN ISLAND, OR I CAN GO SO 968 00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:42,815 FAR AS TO SAY THIS IS WORTH 969 00:24:42,815 --> 00:24:44,316 A TRIP TO STATEN ISLAND. 970 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:45,884 WITH OVER 100 VARIETIES OF 971 00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:47,486 COOKIES, THERE'S SOMETHING 972 00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:48,654 YOU'RE GONNA LIKE. 973 00:24:48,654 --> 00:24:50,489 THE COOKIE JAR. 974 00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:52,124 TO FILL YOUR COOKIE JAR, 975 00:24:52,124 --> 00:24:55,427 HERE'S THE INFO YOU NEED. 976 00:24:55,427 --> 00:24:57,262 THOSE WERE SOME DELICIOUS 977 00:24:57,262 --> 00:24:58,063 COOKIES. 978 00:24:58,063 --> 00:24:59,365 THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME 979 00:24:59,365 --> 00:25:00,599 TODAY AND HAVING A BITE, BUT 980 00:25:00,599 --> 00:25:01,867 BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE, LET'S 981 00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:03,936 RECAP THOSE BITES WE HAD. 982 00:25:03,936 --> 00:25:05,437 MIKE'S DONUTS IN BAY RIDGE 983 00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:07,039 IS A GREAT WAY TO START YOUR 984 00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:08,207 DAY, AND WITH THEIR 985 00:25:08,207 --> 00:25:10,209 DOUGHNUT HOLES PRICED AT 15 986 00:25:10,209 --> 00:25:12,311 FOR A DOLLAR, THAT MIGHT JUST 987 00:25:12,311 --> 00:25:14,380 BE THE BEST BARGAIN IN TOWN. 988 00:25:14,380 --> 00:25:15,981 DOUBLES ARE A BREAKFAST TREAT 989 00:25:15,981 --> 00:25:17,683 IN TRINIDAD, AND IF YOU WANT TO 990 00:25:17,683 --> 00:25:19,418 START YOUR DAY ON THE SPICY SIDE 991 00:25:19,418 --> 00:25:21,086 OF LIFE, HEAD TO BED-STUY 992 00:25:21,086 --> 00:25:23,021 WHERE DOUBLES ARE JUST $1.50 993 00:25:23,021 --> 00:25:24,056 EACH. 994 00:25:24,056 --> 00:25:25,891 FERDINANDO'S FOCACCERIA IN 995 00:25:25,891 --> 00:25:27,960 CARROLL GARDENS SERVES CLASSIC 996 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,661 SICILIAN PANELLE SPECIAL 997 00:25:29,661 --> 00:25:32,164 SANDWICHES FOR 6 BUCKS. 998 00:25:32,164 --> 00:25:33,766 AT LLOYD'S CARROT CAKE IN 999 00:25:33,766 --> 00:25:35,534 THE BRONX, GET THE SIGNATURE 1000 00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:37,536 SLICE WITH NUTS AND RAISINS 1001 00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:38,704 FOR $3.00 1002 00:25:38,704 --> 00:25:40,806 FULL CAKES START AT $11.25 1003 00:25:40,806 --> 00:25:42,007 FOR A 6-INCH. 1004 00:25:42,007 --> 00:25:43,742 AT BEST PIZZA IN WILLIAMSBURG, 1005 00:25:43,742 --> 00:25:45,811 SLICES ARE THE STAR OF THE GAME. 1006 00:25:45,811 --> 00:25:47,613 WHETHER ROUND OR SQUARE, WHITE 1007 00:25:47,613 --> 00:25:50,015 OR RED, TWO SLICES AND A SODA 1008 00:25:50,015 --> 00:25:51,750 FOR UNDER 10 BUCKS. 1009 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:53,585 TAKAHACHI BAKERY IN TRIBECA 1010 00:25:53,585 --> 00:25:55,254 HAS A GREAT SELECTION OF 1011 00:25:55,254 --> 00:25:56,989 JAPANESE SWEET AND SAVORY 1012 00:25:56,989 --> 00:25:58,657 TREATS, AND PRICES START 1013 00:25:58,657 --> 00:26:00,325 AT JUST $1 APIECE. 1014 00:26:00,325 --> 00:26:01,760 AND THE COOKIE JAR IN 1015 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,162 STATEN ISLAND HAS AN 1016 00:26:03,162 --> 00:26:04,930 UNBELIEVABLY VAST SELECTION 1017 00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:06,999 OF COOKIES ALL THE SAME PRICE -- 1018 00:26:06,999 --> 00:26:08,600 11 BUCKS A POUND. 1019 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:09,835 SO IT JUST GOES TO SHOW, YOU 1020 00:26:09,835 --> 00:26:11,069 DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A TON OF 1021 00:26:11,069 --> 00:26:12,237 MONEY TO HAVE A GREAT TIME 1022 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:13,071 IN NEW YORK CITY. 1023 00:26:13,071 --> 00:26:14,773 YOU JUST GOT TO GET OUT THERE 1024 00:26:14,773 --> 00:26:15,541 AND DO IT. 1025 00:26:15,541 --> 00:26:17,176 FOR "$9.99," I'M DAVE EVANS, 1026 00:26:17,176 --> 00:26:18,744 AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 1027 00:26:18,744 --> 00:26:23,248 I WILL DO THIS.U NEXT TIME. 1028 00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:24,249 >> YEAH, GO AHEAD. 1029 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:25,117 OH, YEAH, YEAH. 1030 00:26:25,117 --> 00:26:25,751 VERY GOOD. 1031 00:26:25,751 --> 00:26:26,285 >> HEY! 1032 00:26:26,285 --> 00:26:27,086 >> VERY GOOD. 1033 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:28,153 >> YOU CONTRIBUTED. 1034 00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:28,887 >> THAT'S IT. 1035 00:26:28,887 --> 00:26:30,088 THAT'S ALL I COULD DO IS 1036 00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:31,056 THE STRAIGHT LINE. 1037 00:26:31,056 --> 00:26:32,724 >> WE DON'T NEED THE DOT, THEN, 1038 00:26:32,724 --> 00:26:33,258 RIGHT? 1039 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:34,827 >> OF COURSE WE NEED THE DOT. 1040 00:26:34,827 --> 00:26:35,494 >> I DON'T KNOW. 1041 00:26:35,494 --> 00:26:36,428 >> [ Italian accent ] EH! 1042 00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:37,229 MARRONE, OFF-CAMERA. 1043 00:26:37,229 --> 00:26:39,832 [ LAUGHS ] 1044 00:26:39,832 --> 00:26:41,600 >> AND THEN JUST ROLL OUT... 1045 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:42,901 >> [ Normal voice ] "STARRING 1046 00:26:42,901 --> 00:26:43,569 DAVE EVANS." 1047 00:26:43,569 --> 00:26:44,703 THAT WON'T TAKE TOO LONG. 1048 00:26:44,703 --> 00:26:45,737 >> SURE.