Coffee, Italian Style, in East Harlem

An Italian-style coffee roaster has come to East Harlem. Michele Maturo, a native of Milan and a coffee aficionado, is consulting with Jake Leonti, a professional roaster, to process green beans from various countries into blends, both Italian and American style, to sell retail and wholesale. Beyond the handsome dark navy brick facade punctuated with…

This Coconut Cake Grants Wishes

The chef Harold Moore’s signature dessert is his lush coconut cake: four layers, with creamy frosting and a coating of lightly toasted coconut. The spotlight started to shine on it when he was at Commerce in the West Village, which closed in 2015. Now the chief culinary officer for the Charlie Palmer Collective’s restaurants, he…

Brad Leone Takes On the Pork Roll

Pork roll or Taylor ham, depending on where you live, is a cured meat product that’s similar to bologna but with more character, flavor and texture. Now Olympia Provisions, a meat company in Portland, Ore., has collaborated with Brad Leone, a chef and video star at Bon Appétit, to make its own mildly smoky version…

A New Wine Shop That’s Worth the Trip

Jonas Andersen is tied to train stations. Coming from Grand Central Terminal, where he was the beverage director at Agern and the Great Northern Food Hall, he has just opened Folkways, a wine store in the former Croton Falls, N.Y., railway station. His new shop can take you to some uncommon destinations, with bottles from…