Author: Joshua Shoopman

Joshua is a lover of travel and food based in New York City

Introducing the Newdie Mag team

We love food and it shows! Newdie Mag is happy to announce two new contributors and a new weekly schedule so you can know what to expect and when! Here is an outline of our programing:

Mondays: New YouTube Videos

JR Bruno and Hannah Boone peel peaches for fried eggplant with peach salsa
This is peachy

Every Monday look for us to team up with some of the funniest comedians around and Broadway’s JR Bruno to bring you a new video. Whether it is Cooking with Comedians by Newdie Mag or a Newdie Mag Extras videos, we want to bring the laughs to you to brighten up the start of your work week. Continue reading Introducing the Newdie Mag team

Eating Myself: An introduction to me

Where’s my next meal?

Pollo Saltado as I fended off a hungry llama in Cusco, Peru. Carne de Porco a Alentejana in as I fended a hungry friend in Sintra, Portugal. Seafood Gumbo as I filmed a hungry comedian in New Orleans. These are just a few of my favorite memories tied to food.

Food defines a place as much as the people and buildings in it do. Around the world people have distinct cuisines that define their culture. What they eat is a huge part of who they are. The question that I asked is: “Who am I?” Continue reading Eating Myself: An introduction to me

Cooking with Comedians E3 – Mexican Casserole with Michael Salgarolo

This week on Cooking with Comedians by Newdie Mag celebrity guests help us make a mexican casserole. Will Barack Obama and Donald Trump get along for enough time to list off the ingredients? Will Gilbert Gottfried burn the casserole? Find out by watching. Continue reading Cooking with Comedians E3 – Mexican Casserole with Michael Salgarolo

The Korean Food Smackdown

Hot Stone bibimbap
The tetris of food bowls

It’s like fate, as I was talking to Newdie Mag contributor Megan Kojima  while she is on  vacation to South Korea I walked past Mokja Korean Restaurant. Suddenly it hit me: I should challenge that ****** **** (amazing lady) to find a better version of the same dish. Korean food in Korea vs. Korean food in New York. Come at me bro (Sis?). Continue reading The Korean Food Smackdown

Gettin’ Spicy 2: Revenge of the spice | Poboys

New Orleans is home to the worlds oldest continuously operating streetcar line (and after a night out on Bourbon Street I feel like the worlds oldest continuous partier). The streetcars have been rolling down St. Charles Avenue since 1835. What does this have to do with a delicious sandwich served on a baguette like french bread?

A lot actually.

Continue reading Gettin’ Spicy 2: Revenge of the spice | Poboys

Cooking with Comedians E2 – Eggplant and Peaches with Hannah Boone

Eggplant ? and Peaches ? have gone together since the dawn of emojis ? , mostly thanks to the body parts ? they resemble. We’ve all sent the flirty ? text or two using these emojis. The only problem is they have never gone together in a dish ?…until now. The very funny ? comedian Hannah Boone teamed up with our Cooking ? with Comedians ? by Newdie Mag host JR Bruno to make fried eggplant ? topped with a peach ? salsa ?.

Continue reading Cooking with Comedians E2 – Eggplant and Peaches with Hannah Boone

The Haunted Kitchen Spooktacular

Welcome to Newdie Mag’s Haunted Kitchen! The Haunted Kitchen is home to lots of bad puns and words with extra letters in them to make them spoooooooky. Now it is also home to the Haunted Kitchen Spooktacular. Watch as JR Bruno and comedian Kattoo King give you pumpkin carving tips while the hideous Haunted Kitchen Ghost shows up.

Continue reading The Haunted Kitchen Spooktacular