Steve Mosco
Steve Mosco, the former editor-in-chief at Anton Media Group, is a columnist for Long Island Weekly's food and sports sections. He fancies himself a tastemaker, food influencer and king of all eaters.
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Pizza Showdown
Editors square off on who's got the better pizza: New York or Chicago By Steve Mosco and Christy Hinko Everyone loves pizza−but not everyone loves each other's pizza. Long Island Weekly editors Steve Mosco, a pizza purist...
Celebrations
Eat Your Heart Out: When Candy Just Won’t Do On Valentine’s Day
Aphrodisiacs aren’t real. It doesn’t matter how many oysters you slurp down, how much chocolate you stuff in your face or how many hot peppers you burn down your throat—if your partner’s not in the...
Food & Leisure
The Pantry Reborn
Iconic Long Island eatery breathes new life into diner fare Rockville Centre’s Pantry Diner burned to the ground in 2011. With the family business completely destroyed, owner Tommy Mavroudis’ gut reaction was to immediately rebuild the...
Arts, Music & Entertainment
Music To Your Mouth: What To Eat At A Grammy Awards Viewing Party
“I don’t know what this means. I don’t think it means anything.” —Eddie Vedder, of Pearl Jam, upon receiving a Grammy award in 1996 for Best Rock Performance. Despite what the institution itself wants you to...
Food & Leisure
Party Pairings: Food And Drinks To Ring In The New Year
To some people, the very idea of food and drink pairings conjures up images of snooty high-brow types sipping from tea cups with pinkies proudly protruding. The more modern day stereotype is that of a...
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Abbondanza! An Italian-American style Thanksgiving
Think about the typical Thanksgiving day for a moment. For most of us, it’s the day when family members gather in the kitchen to prepare an obscenely large feast while playfully harassing one another and...
Food & Leisure
Obsessive Cookie Disorder
Ranking cookies like the monster that I am If you were to diagnose all of those furry characters on Sesame Street, Cookie Monster certainly wouldn’t be placed in the “obsessive-compulsive disorder” category (that would clearly be...
Arts, Music & Entertainment
Punk Rock, Chicago Style
Sincere Engineer set to open at the Paramount Nov. 17 Sometimes you wake up on the bathroom floor. Sometimes existential angst keeps you from getting up from the couch. Sometimes apathy mixes with social anxiety and...
Food & Leisure
Flash In The Pancake
It’s hard to hate on flapjacks Have you ever woken up in the morning with a portion of your comforter in your mouth? No, seriously. Probably on a Saturday morning, the sun shines through your bedroom...
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Great Eight: Ivy Leagues Accept Elmont Teen
Elmont Memorial High School salutatorian Harold Ekeh has been accepted to all eight Ivy League schools. The high school senior, who has earned a...
Long Island Restaurant Week Falls Into Action On Nov. 3
Restaurants dish best bites with $29.95 prix-fixe menus for eight days The tri-annual and award-winning Long Island Restaurant Week kicks-off its Fall 2019 campaign on...
Northwell Health Cancer Institute Appoints Chief Of Cancer Genetics
The Northwell Health Cancer Institute has recently appointed Noah D. Kauff, MD, chief of cancer genetics for the health system. He joined the Cancer...
Emerson String Quartet To Perform At Staller Center
A multimedia theatrical creation, Shostakovich and the Black Monk: A Russian Fantasy featuring the Emerson String Quartet and an ensemble of actors, comes to...
Aldo Sohm’s Mulled Wine
When the wine director of the Michelin three-starred restaurant Le Bernardin shares a wine recipe, you know it’s going to be good. Sohm oversees...