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Spring Valley Man's Humble Chinese Treat Aims To Be NYC's New Go-To Snack
RAMAPO, N.Y. – Rockland native Brian Goldberg tried his hand at a number of careers – professional luge racing, for one – before he decided to go into the good eats biz, according to a recent write-up in The New York Times.
Goldberg, who grew up in Spring Valley, is a Chinese scholar who ran a few eateries when he lived in Hong Kong.
It was in Beijing that Goldberg got hooked on Northern Chinese street foods such as jianbing, which are crepes made with a whole egg, herbs, condiments and stuffed with duck, chicken or pork.
According to Goldberg’s website, he was studying Mandarin Chinese in…
Joe Taxiera, Graphic Artist, Fire Dispatcher, Of Ossining, 69
OSSINING, N.Y. -- Joseph (John) Taxiera of Ossining, a graphic artist and a dispatcher for the Ossining Fire Department, died Friday, Feb. 10. He was 69.
The son of the late Joseph and Ellen (Gramby) Taxiera, he was born in Tarrytown on April 23, 1947.
Taxiera graduated from Ossining High School in 1965 and was also a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.
He was a communicant of St. Augustine R.C. Church.
From 1966 to 2013, Taxiera was a member of the Ossining Fire Department, Ossining Hose Company No. 1, serving both as captain and a commissioner.
He was a graphic artist w…
