Welcome back! I hope you’re having a peaceful and productive week.

Not everyone is as lucky as we are to be here, reading about great food experiences and goofing around on the Internet.

I mentioned a few months ago that one of the next communities we’ll visit on Mouth Of The Border is the Haitian community, which makes up a big square of the quilt that is life and culture in Brooklyn.

Many friends and neighbors here have friends and family in Haiti, which has been absolutely devastated by the recent earthquake. Please consider getting out into the Haitian community this weekend, saying hello and supporting their businesses.

Not in New York City? Here are links to some legitimate ways to donate earthquake relief for Haiti: http://www.google.com/relief/haitiearthquake/

Credit: Cresny (via Flickr)

Credit: Cresny (via Flickr)

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Hello there! Happy 2010. I hope the holiday season was good to all of you. It was a good chance for me to decompress and also to get my next post up to share with you here. Since it’s been several months since we last covered the West Indian food scene in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, please feel free to take a few minutes to re-read the first post here: http://bit.ly/MOTBWI1

Nio's Trinidad Roti House & Seafood Shack

Nio's Trinidad Roti House & Seafood Shack

On my second trip to the neighborhood, I spent the day checking out a few more down-home spots getting better acquainted with different foods and flavor combinations. This is part one of two posts on that trip. [click to continue…]

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Casserole Crazy!! (Wait, What?)

October 20, 2009

I’m still cookin’!!

A couple of updates on Mouth of the Border:
1) I know, I know. We still have so much exploring to do in the West Indian communities I started us off on back in June. I am editing so much video I can’t even explain it. It’s good. It’s coming. Stay hungry, please.
2) I [...]

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Something Fishy…in Brighton Beach.

August 24, 2009

Hello, dear readers.
Upload speeds have been crazy-inducing amounts of slow at my home as of late, which prevents me from uploading videos and photos that are necessary to complete the next few posts. I have to take Mouth of the Border to a coffee shop with a stable connection this week to get this party [...]

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Mouth of the Border returns from South of the Border.

August 12, 2009

Someone had to make the inevitable connection between the name of this website and its play on the name of that place in South Carolina, so it might as well be me. (And, yes, I’ve actually been there.)
Seriously, though, I’m just back from an inspiring vacation to a tiny Mexican island and wanted to let [...]

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A Walk Through the West Indies, Via Crown Heights. Restaurants, Part 1.

July 11, 2009

Hi. I’m Emily. I have the WORST sense of direction in the world. I could get lost even if you put me in a clear Zip-lock bag. When I first moved here, the subway system was a little overwhelming because it’s so extensive with the number of lines and stops. I tried to figure out [...]

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Welcome to Mouth of The Border, Month One!

June 29, 2009

This is not a blog. This is an online food journal and love letter to the ethnic neighborhoods of New York City. The posts will generally be long-format explorations of a particular cuisine or cultural aspect of an ethnic neighborhood.
Together, we’ll spend about a month getting into a relationship with each ethnic neighborhood. Funny things [...]

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Hello world!

June 8, 2009

Hello world!

MouthOfTheBorder.com is an exploration of New York City’s ethnic neighborhoods’ food and cultures.
Launching late June 2009.
For more information, email emily at mouthoftheborder [dot] com.

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