My New Book—Ice Cream: A Global History

Fairway Upper West Side Does Food Demos Saturday

If you’re shopping at Fairway Saturday, you can get free samples and watch some demos by the supermarket’s chefs and other food experts. No, there’s no demo of how to avoid mixing it up with the market’s famously aggressive shoppers. The program takes place from 11am to 3 pm at the Upper West Side store [...]

e.e. cookies: Moist and Rich and Made on the Upper West Side

I rarely buy cookies. That’s because I try to find the time to make my own.  Not surprisingly, I customize them to my liking.  Like I put double the amount of chocolate chips—make that 70 percent dark chocolate chunks—in my version of that classic cookie. But often, I’m too busy to bake, so I buy.  [...]

These Rich Sugar Cookie Sandwiches Got Raves

Sugar cookies are a smash hit.

The Best Rugelach and Croisaants: Two New Bakery/Cafes Open on the Upper East Side

Two new bakery/cafes have opened in the last several months on the Upper East Side. Le Moulin a Cafe, a French spot on York Avenue between 76th and 77th streets, serves up some of the best croissants I’ve eaten in the city. Plenty specializes in homey desserts like rugelach and crumb cake, along with cakes [...]

Black Cat Halloween Cookies

black cat Halloween coookies