TASTE: New York crumb cake in Ozone Park
The door of the midcentury Oxford Bake Shop, in Ozone Park, Queens, opens like few doors do anymore in New York City. It’s wooden,
Seven tastes for the seventh month
In annual City Lore tradition, Sense & the City presents seven brief sensory experiences for the seventh month. Here, seven iconic New York City taste
TASTE: Häagen-Dazs immersive bodega
One Wednesday in April, Häagen-Dazs took over a vacant former bodega on an East Williamsburg side street and turned it into a free immersive pop-up
TASTE: Nesselrode pie, a long-lost New York City Christmas tradition
No one seems sure how the Nesselrode pie landed in New York City, but by all accounts it was on every dessert menu and
TASTE: Rice Pudding
Rice pudding—that humble, homely, nourishing dessert—has been an unsung staple of New York City cuisine for centuries, brought here in many varieties by waves of
TASTE: Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda
In the refrigerators of New York City bodegas, you can often find cans of Dr. Brown’s black cherry soda, root beer, cream soda, and ginger
TASTE: Biscuit tortoni, a classic New York confection
I admit that I find it hard to resist any food served in a paper cup. Having tasted the Charlotte Russe, a cake-and-cream dessert that
TASTE: The perfect New York City snack from Lahore Deli taxi stand
Sense and the City Every time I’m in SoHo, whether I’m hungry or not, I duck into the shadows of Crosby Street and head toward
TASTE: Chive momos at a secret Tibetan food counter
Much as snippets of chive are hidden within the folds of a momo, a dense Tibetan dumpling, the restaurant Lhasa Fast Food is hidden within
