My New Book—Ice Cream: A Global History

Ice Cream: Coolhaus vs Shake Shack

Guinness Chip Ice Cream + Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie In an ice cream face-off, how do Coolhaus ice cream sandwiches and Shake Shack Concretes fare? OK, the two ice cream products differ in several key ways. For one, Coolhaus sandwiches are filled with ice cream; Shake Shack’s products are made from frozen custard. Yet they’re [...]

The Best Hot Dog In the New York Area

What’s the best hot dog in New York? Well, you’ll have to travel a bit to find it. For this beautifully-flavored and sauced hot dog, you’ll need to hop the Jitney or rent a car and travel out to the North Fork of Long Island. There, at a food truck operated by the award-winning  North [...]

Two New Food Trucks: Van Leeuwen Ice Cream on Upper West Side; Taim Launches Truck

Two new NY food trucks: Van Leeuwen ice cream and Taim falafel.

Food Trucks: Cupcake Stop, Rickshaw Dumpling Arrive on Upper West Side (Sort Of)

Photo: Laura B. Weiss Today, I spotted Cupcake Stop and Rickshaw Dumpling trucks on the Upper West Side. OK, they were parked a couple of blocks south of Columbus Circle. But that’s at getting pretty close. I asked the Cupcake Stop guy why they didn’t park further up on the Upper West Side Cupcake Stop [...]

Upper West Side: Super Tacos Truck is Back on 96th Street

Super Tacos, the truck with the to-die-for mole poblamo, is back on its home turf at 96th Street just west of Broadway. While the new subway station was being built, the truck was banished to Amsterdam Ave., but now it’s been restored to its rightful home. Bueno! Tweet