My New Book—Ice Cream: A Global History

Flushing’s New World Mall Food Stalls: Not Your Mother’s Food Court

By now, the Flushing malls, with their compact food booths from which emerge some dazzling regional Chinese dishes, are a well-known stomping ground for the culinarily curious. The New World Mall, which opened last year, is hidden on the lower floor of a nondescript office building on Flushing’s bustling Main Street, the predominantly Chinese area’s [...]

Upper West Side Restaurant: Ozen

A few weeks ago, I noticed that a new restaurant was opening in our ‘hood. This is cause for celebration since mostly what’s been going up lately is bank branches and Duane Reades. With our neighbors, Marlene and Dave, we decided to check the place out. Named Ozen, it bills itself as Asian fusion, which [...]