My New Book—Ice Cream: A Global History

Tenth Annual Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square Features Upper West Side Restaurants, Entertainment Nov. 30

A tree lighting, free entertainment and food tastings are just some of the events planned Nov. 30 for the Tenth Annual Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square holiday event.
Performers, street musicians, jugglers, stilt-walkers and more will entertain along Broadway from the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle to 68th Street.
When: Mon, November 30, 5:30 pm [...]

Riverside Park Leaf Cleanup Day Slated for Dec. 5

Want to burn a few calories while helping to keep Riverside Park beautiful?  Then stroll over to the park with your friends and family next Saturday and help clean up the leaves covering Riverside’s lawns and paths. If you’re worried about what all those latkes, candy canes and eggnog will do to your waistline this [...]

Happy Thanksgiving–We’re Taking a Break

Happy Thanksgiving to all! I’m still recovering from too much pumpkin pie. Be back on Monday with more food news for and about the Upper West Side.

Upper West Side: Bruni, Forer to Discuss Ethical Eating at Dec. 7 JCC Panel

If you’d like to chew on ethical eating issues, the JCC Dec. 7 will be presenting a panel discussion titled: Who Knew Food Could be So Fraught?
It used to be that eating ethically was about filling up your stomach. These days, of course, diners must consider a long list of dos and don’ts even [...]

Upper West Side: Fairway’s Steve Jenkins Takes on Trader Joe’s Threat

The Upper West Side’s supermarket wars are heating up. With Trader Joe’s scheduled  to move next year into a location at Broadway and 72nd Street, you would expect Fairway, the neighborhood’s iconic specialty grocer perched two blocks north at 74th Street, to be feeling the heat.
But Fairway’s longtime cheesemonger, Steve Jenkins, says he isn’t losing [...]