My New Book—Ice Cream: A Global History

Pizza Man: A Sad Night at Sal and Carmine’s

Last night, we walked up to Sal and Carmine’s to get a pizza.The gloomy weather matched Carmine’s mood. It was so sad to see the legendary pizza man, minus longtime partner Sal, standing all by himself in his pizza joint, gazing mournfully out the shop’s window fronting Broadway.
Asked about the circumstances surrounding Sal’s death in [...]

Sal the Pizza Maker of Sal and Carmine’s Dies

Ed Levine of Serious Eats writes a loving tribute to pizza maker Sal Malanga, who died recently.  As Levine points out, Sal was one of New York’s great pizza men.
Sal’s legacy will live on, says Levine:
I hailed a cab to take my pizza home. My son, Will, was watching the Mets-Yankees game. We each put [...]

Is the New York Pizza Slice Dead? Find a Fine One at Penn Station

Is the classic New York pizza slice being pushed aside by gourmet pies? That’s what Newsweek reports in a recent article. New York Magazine disagrees, and so do I.
As proof, I give you the humble slice that can be had from Rose’s Pizza, a narrow, bustling joint located along the cavernous Long Island Railroad concourse [...]

NJ and NY: Great Pizza and Lox and Eggs

Who would think that two iconic New York dishes–pizza and lox and eggs–would be made better in New Jersey?
The Times today recounts how the owners of Ray’s Real Pizza migrated to the Garden State to set up shop. They were a mainstay in West Midtown, serving ordinary diners and celebrities alike. All who [...]