New York Magazine

"Got the veggie ramen and a yuzu-mint lemonade from Silverlake Ramen. Just the best. It’s probably my favorite ramen place in L.A., mostly because I don’t eat meat. So it’s hard to get vegetarian ramen that is very good where the broth tastes good — because I concede that ramen is all about the porky broth. And Silverlake Ramen does it really well."

"I met my friends at Lavagna on 5th Street in the East Village for a sumptuous feast. For dinner, I ordered the burrata and the rigatoni in a gorgeous pink sauce, and for dessert, tiramisu and espresso."

"I'm looking forward to other summer fruits. We get the best peaches ever, and last year I kind of missed them because of the pandemic. This year I’m going to drive out to David Mas Masumoto’s or Frog Hollow, and I’m going to get them myself. They’re something rare. They have no shelf life. They have to be picked ripe, and they’re glorious. I think of myself as kind of a peach specialist."

"I went to see Marvel’s Black Widow with my boyfriend, Augie, at the Battery Park Regal and stopped at Shake Shack before. I love their fried-chicken sandwich and demand “so many pickles that it’s mostly pickles.” For a vegetable side, I order the cheese fries. They’re my favorite salad."

"I was seeing a dance performance at Little Island so I headed to Pastis to meet my friend Kindall for aperitivi beforehand. A spritz, fries, oysters, and shrimp cocktail and then I rushed over to Little Island to meet Gabe for the performance."

"After lunch, I was late to meet Megan for a movie date at Alamo Drafthouse to see Black Widow. We preordered popcorn and a large Diet Coke, and after a few nibbles, I was knocked out. The combination of the late night and early morning made the movie a perfect time to take a quick nap."

"A cappuccino and then tomato toast. For coffee, I go to Saraghina Bakery half the time..."

"A Good Judy hangover can be cured by one thing, and that’s a bakery-restaurant in Park Slope called Winner. I ordered an iced coffee and a ham-egg-and-cheese on an English muffin."

"I went to a small little screening of my friend Joe’s new movie at his house, and there I had some cheese pizza. We were near Glendale, so I followed that up with lavender and strawberry frozen yogurt from Yoga-urt. I really do crave sweet after salty."

"Chicken and waffles from Brooklyn Waffle House on Hancock. I ate a bunch of comfort food and did a ton of CGI and painting in the evening. I also had shrimp and grits. Pancakes and waffles and sardines and grits — there’s certain things. And soul food reminds me of my upbringing in the South: chicken livers and candied yams and corn bread and collard greens and anything related to Black food in the South really gives it the aroma of just cooked soup bringing a sense of home."