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 teeming [...]

First Annual Beer Month Kicks Off With Grill-Off at Water Taxi Beach

There had to be a month devoted to local beer making and imbibing, right?  And what better month than July?  That’s assuming the sun comes out, it gets hot and steamy like a normal  NY summer–and it stops raining.  A tall order, I know, given that, weather-wise, we’ve turned into Portland, OR,
Slow Food is using [...]

Farming in New York City: A Panel Discussion at NYU

Are you farming in your backyard?
Well, you’re not the first New Yorker to ever harness a hoe in the five boroughs. NYU’s Fales Library–the home of a world-renowned food cookery collection–that’s cookbooks for you non-culinary history mavens–is having a panel discussion, New York Farm Connections: The Five Boroughs as Farmland and Marketplace, June 4. Here [...]

New Beer Garden to Open in LI City

Just in time for summer, a new beer garden is about to open in Long Island City.  The 18,000 square foot Studio Square will open in May with a cash-only self-serve menu featuring German bratwurst, Certified Black Angus
hamburgers, beef and chicken kebobs, and pulled pork sandwiches.
With both indoor and outdoor bars, the place will serve [...]

Queens: Trader Joe Parking Options

Our Queens sources report that parking at Trader Joe’s in Rego Park can be just a tiny bit stressful. People are circling like vultures around the TJ lot, waiting to pounce on an open space. Here are some options for avoiding the bumper car craziness that seems to prevail:
1. There’s lots of on-street [...]