Empellón Taqueria’s Alex Stupak cut his teeth making sweets like Anjou pears with smoking cinnamon at Chicago’s Alinea, the country’s top restaurant, then at wd~50, its most avant-garde. 53.

Because at the Canal Newsstand in Chinatown, You Can Get: 1. Bronx Brewery pale ale on tap, 2. Sir Kensington’s Scooping Ketchup, 3. the Australian women’s magazine _Frankie_, 4. Tom’s of

Maine natural Peppermint-Wave Mouthwash, and 5. a lemon, cayenne, and agave drink.