My New Book—Ice Cream: A Global History

Where to Watch the Super Bowl on the Upper West Side

The Super Bowl is coming—without the Jets, of course. Still, it’s kind of a national holiday. Bar and restaurant owners on the Upper West Side are  offering up food and drink  that you can mindlessly consume while watching 350-pound men pummel each other.
There are no rules when it comes to making food for Super Bowl [...]

Which Restaurants Are Open Christmas Day on the Upper West Side and Elsewhere in New York

By j.o.h.n. walker via Flickr.
Your Aunt Tilly doesn’t feel like cooking her usual Christmas feast. And you don’t relish the stress of pulling it all together. For one, there’s the shopping marathon. Then there’s the need to cater to a variety of food allergies and sensitivities. This one doesn’t eat dairy. That one is gluten [...]

Upper West Side: Recipe Has Best Lunch Deal in Town

If you’re looking for a cheap and scrumptious lunch, treat yourself to the two-course special at Recipe on Amsterdam Ave. and 82nd Street.
For $ 11.95 a friend and I had fried pumpkin gnocchi with shredded chicken, turnips, and brussel sprouts, then red snapper resting on a bed of creamy polenta studded with calamari, mussles and [...]

Labor Day Weekend: North Fork Restaurant Luce & Hawkins Boasts Free Gallery Opening this Sunday

Jamesport restaurant Luce & Hawkins presents a gallery opening this Sunday with Max Moran’s painting.

Upper West Side: Ditch Plains is Bringing Lobster Rolls to the Upper West Side

Ditch Plains, the lobster roll joint, is opening up an Upper West Side restaurant.