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 [...]

Food and Things Changes Course

Happy New Year to all! Yes, I know Food and Things hasn’t been too active lately.  But now I’m back and I’ve decided to change the blog’s focus.  West Side Rag is covering the Upper West Side, including the food scene brilliantly. (I’m one of its columnists.)  So it’s time to move on and cover [...]

Vareli in Morningside Heights is a Welcome Addition to the Upper West Side Dining Scene

If you don’t mind wading through clots of soused Columbia Students, Vareli in Morningside Heights is a nice spot for some of the best food on the Upper West Side. The restaurant, which specializes in Mediterranean-themed small dishes dishes and tapas, is situated on the ground floor of the building that also houses that long-time [...]

Milk Bar to Open on Upper West Side

Milk Bar is coming to the Upper West Side in September.

Take the Zabar’s Lobster Salad Poll!

Want to voice your opinion (or is it outrage?) at the Zabar’s lobster née crayfish salad scandal? Here’s your chance. Go to the West Side Rag to vote for your favorite new name for this now-notorious seafood concoction. Tweet