New York doesn’t have a ton of Persian restaurants, so we’re always excited to visit places that bring the Iranian cuisine to the forefront. There are a few Persian restaurants doing elegant versions of old favorites, with carefully sourced ingredients that showcase the cuisine at its best—but whether you want a cool special occasion spot, somewhere more traditional for family-style platters, or a place with dips that you can eat under a disco ball, you’ll find it on this list, along with tender lamb kebabs, homemade yogurt, fluffy rice pilafs, and a whole lot of saffron. No rating: This is…

Geddes, N.Y. — Ever since the State Fair started selling 7-ounce cups of milk for a quarter, chocolate has outsold plain ol’ boring white milk 12-to-1. That explains why it ranks No. 3 in State Fair Food Hall of Fame.As in years past, the state bigwigs will try to slow the outpouring of chocolate milk.Today and tomorrow, the tanks of white milk have been disconnected and replaced with strawberry. The pink lactose-laden liquid will be available through the end of the Fair on Labor Day, or until the supply runs dry.If the trend continues, it’ll likely be gone by noon…

Play video content TMZ.com Styles P says there’s a war going on outside no New Yorker is safe from — falling prey to bad eating habits that could ultimately kill them!! TMZ Hip Hop caught up with The LOX rapper on Friday, the eve of his first-ever Plant-Based BBQ, going down in his hometown at the Nepperhan Community Center in Yonkers, New York tomorrow. The event is free and open to the public and loaded with healthy food and juice options — the clear focus of his Farma Cares mission is to educate the uninformed about the danger they could…

The fastest way to my heart is through my stomach, and that rings especially true when it comes to pasta. I’m a sucker for Italian food, especially when it is done right. At first, when I heard about Soda Club being an iconic vegan Italian restaurant in New York, I wondered if vegan Italian food could be as good as original Italian food and boy, was I pleasantly surprised! Not only did I fall in love with this NYC Italian eatery, but as soon as I sunk my fork into the delicious pasta flight, I knew this would be a…

When former elementary school teacher Mike Graham started a lemonade stand in 2018, his only goal was to raise money for his new after-school program, Energy Boys. With a motto of “going from negative to positive,” Graham’s program mentored boys cast off as having too much energy by turning them into 5K runners.   “In order to get them running shoes, I would have to sell lemonade,” Graham said. “Oh my goodness, the people loved the lemonade so much that after COVID I started making it again, and then I started selling at a market.”  Now, Graham finds himself selling his…

A New Yorker was among six additional deaths to be reported as part of a deli meat-linked listeria outbreak in the U.S., which has left a total of nine people dead and nearly 60 people hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Since the last update earlier in August, the CDC said that 14 more people have been sickened as a result of listeria linked to Boar’s Head brand deli meats. As of Wednesday, 57 people had been hospitalized in connection to the outbreak. Of the deaths reported thus far, two have been in the tri-state…

Neurospora intermedia, an orange mold, turns day-old bread into a cheesy treat when toasted (left). The mold transforms sugarless rice custard into a sweet dessert served at the Alchemist restaurant in Copenhagen (right). Credit: Blue Hill at Stone Farm and Alchemist Chef-turned-chemist Vayu Hill-Maini has a passion: to turn food waste into culinary treats using fungi. One of his collaborators is Rasmus Munk, head chef and co-owner of the Michelin two-star restaurant Alchemist in Copenhagen, who serves a dessert—orange-colored Neurospora mold grown on rice—inspired by Hill-Maini. For the past two years, Hill-Maini has worked with a team of chefs at…

Summer is fun and all, don’t get us wrong, but there truly is nothing like fall in New York. This coming season offers no shortage of things to be excited about: there are new hot spots to dine at, luxury hotels opening their doors and plenty of big names coming to Broadway (Mia Farrow! Patti LuPone! Robert Downey Jr.! Adam Driver!). Below, WWD Weekend breaks down what not to miss in New York in the days ahead. Eel Bar Courtesy Where to Eat and Drink New to the city is Eel Bar, which opened late in the summer on the…

Ever since Casa Tua’s founder, Miky Grendene, opened the exclusive private club’s first location in Miami Beach 25 years ago, members have been asking him to open an outpost in New York. Grendene first opened additional locations in Aspen and Paris, and now — at long last — he has found a home for Casa Tua in New York.  “I looked at countless locations,” Grendene says earlier this summer from his house in Aspen. “For me it’s quality, not quantity. And most of the time quality and quantity don’t go together. So it was very important, if we open in…

For an event steeped in a long tradition, it’s perfectly reasonable question: Who (or what) is the oldest food vendor at the New York State Fair?That hasn’t always been easy to answer. In some cases it’s because stands have changed names or locations, moved on to new generations of owners or created whole new menu options.When the legendary Baker’s Chicken Coop ended its run in 2021, it was touted by fair officials (and the media) as the fair’s oldest food stand. It first opened in 1949.When the late Paulie Basilio, operator of the Basilio’s Sausage stand, retired in 2018, he…