My New Book—Ice Cream: A Global History

Chelsea: Gluten-free Yucca-Cheese Roll from Big Booty Bread Company Satisfies

Finding something savory, satisfying and gluten-free for a breakfast on the run isn’t always easy. But at the Big Booty Bread Co. on 23rd St, you can get your needs met for a mere $1.75 with the bakery’s crunchy, rich—and gluten-free—cheese-yucca roll.
Dubbed the “Cheese Rock” by owner Jose Rojas, the treat is is [...]

All About Cheddar Cheese at Jimmy’s No. 43 Feb. 3

Some people travel the globe in search of love.  Others search for adventure.  But Diana Pittet looked far and wide for cheddar cheese. 
Eat, Pray, Love for cheese lovers?
Find out why Pittet embarked on a 10-month global search for the rich, savory cheddar–and what she learned along the way at this Feb. 3 event at [...]

Women in Cheese at the Astor Center Jan. 6

Ladies, are you hankering to become a cheesemonger?  Or maybe a cheesemistress?
Then come down to the Astor Center to hear about the world of cheese retailing from a group of New York’s best women cheese mavens.
Here are the details from Slow Food about the event at the Astor Center in the East Village:
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Upper West Side: Maya Schaper Reopens Her Cheese and Antiques Shop

It was a sad day when Maya Schaper closed her charming little antiques and cheese store last January. With its dainty vintage plates and other homey mapdata-upper-west-side/”>collectibles, the shop was a great place to browse. Now the New York Times reports that Schaper has reopened her shop in a tiny space on Columbus Avenue. [...]

From Lukins to Bacon: How Food Has Changed Since the 1980s

The death of Sheila Lukins, the cookbook author and one-time Upper West Side gourmet food shop owner last week, prompted an outpouring of memories about foodways in the 1980s.  Kim Severson of the Times wrote a charming essay in this Sunday’s paper about how Lukins’ chicken Marbella was a dinner party staple of that decade.  [...]