My latest piece for City Scoops is in print and as of yesterday is now available on line. Allow me to start you off with this appetizer and then, feel free to choose from our one available entrees… if not, to go fuck yourself. Bon Appetit.

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FOOD IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA

You’re a foodie. It’s a recession. You’re broke. What to do? Sean Crespo introduces you to three who found a better way — or, at least, a way.

Given our dire economy, foodies used to expensive nights at our finest restaurants haven’t been this screwed since the time of cholera, as strapped budgets and rising costs force gourmands into eateries that once would have been anathema to their precious and dainty taste buds. City Scoops talked to three prominent Manhattan foodies who were tragically affected by the financial collapse, to find out how — and where — they were able to maintain their exacting culinary standards on such limited funds.

Meet Miles

“I’m 32, divorced, and I don’t have any kids. Well, not that I know of! Heh heh!” quipped this lifelong foodie who lost his VP of High Risk Investments position at Citibank last year. Tragically, Miles ran through his multimillion-dollar firing bonus a bit too quickly, and now can’t afford to eat at the restaurants he used to. Never the quitter, this former financier immediately scouted for more affordable replacements. Miles’ favorite new lunchtime getaway? A little Italian bistro called Sbarro. Found in only 78 greater metropolitan locations, Miles swears by this intimate, family-owned eatery.

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