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Iconic New York Foods: 12 Classics and Where They Began — The iconic New York foods are the New York slice, the bagel with lox and cream cheese, pastrami on rye, New York cheesecake, the street cart hot dog, the…
New York Coffee Regular: What the Order Means — In traditional New York diner, deli, and coffee-cart shorthand, a “regular coffee” generally means hot drip coffee with milk and sugar already added—often…
New York Style Pizza: What Makes a Real NY Slice — New York style pizza is a large, thin-crust pie — usually around 18 inches — hand-tossed, lightly sauced with cooked tomato sauce, topped edge to edge…

New York Black-and-White Cookies Recipe — To make 12 New York-style black-and-white cookies, mix a thick sour-cream batter flavoured with vanilla and lemon zest, scoop ¼-cup portions and bake at…
New York Cheesecake Recipe: Dense, Creamy, No Cracks — A New York cheesecake is a dense, tangy cheesecake built on two pounds of full-fat brick cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and a little sour cream over a…
New York Crumb Cake Recipe with a Deep Topping — New York crumb cake pairs a thin, tender sour-cream cake with an unusually deep layer of large brown-sugar cinnamon crumbs.

What Is a Bialy? The Bagel Cousin Explained — A bialy is a round, chewy yeast roll with a thin center depression commonly filled with chopped onion, sometimes with poppy seeds.
Why Are New York Bagels So Good? The Real Reasons — New York bagels are so good because skilled bakers coordinate a relatively stiff dough, strong gluten development, shaping, fermentation, a water bath,…