A taste of fusion cuisines in New York

When it comes to food no other city lives up to the term the melting pot quite like New York.

Enjoying holiday cocktails in New York City | The Sip

It is time to shake things up with a wintertime cocktail or two. Matt Donohue is the bar manager at Refinery Rooftop in Midtown, where you can cozy up by the fireplace and take in views of the Empire State Building.

Eat Like a Rockstar
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A legendary member of the Supremes shows us how to eat like a rock star. Mary Wilson wrote the introduction to best-selling author Mark Bego's book "Eat Like a Rock Star." With more than 100 recipes, the book invites the ultimate music fan to put on an apron and join them at the table.

Belly in Brooklyn is for bacon lovers | The Dish

Bacon, bacon, and more bacon. Belly in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is every bacon lover's dream.

Lap of Luxury: Caf? Boulud
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This edition of the Lap of Luxury brought us into the kitchen at Caf? Boulud with Chef Daniel Boulud and Chef de Cuisine Aaron Bludorn, who are making two beautiful fish. Chef Boulud started working in a kitchen in Lyon, France as a teenager, himself. And legend has it, he had never been inside a restaurant before. Chef Boulud told me that isn't an urban legend at all. It's true. The first time he stepped in a real restaurant kitchen was the first time he went into a real restaurant.

Damaris Phillips
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Damaris Phillips has released a cookbook called "Southern Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy." She is also a host on the Food Network.

Cooking with NYC Wine and Food Festival
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Chef Mike Reilly of Nomad Hotel, and Ivy Mix and Lynnette Marrero, mixologists and co-founders of speed rack, an all-female bartending competition, came into the Good Day Caf� to demonstrate some recipes. The New York City Wine and Food Festival donates a portion of proceeds to No Kid Hungry and Food Bank NYC. Speed Rack raises money for breast cancer research.

Food halls in New York
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The biggest obstacle to starting a successful restaurant in New York is often being able to afford the rent. A solution to that problem is turning into the hottest trend for finding amazing food: food halls have been popping up around town.

NYC nightlife director
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New York is the city that never sleeps. Nightlife is a $10 billion business in the five boroughs and employs more than a 100,000 people, according to a City Council member. And now, the city will be getting a director of nightlife who will be a liaison among the vibrant restaurant, bar and nightclub scene, the neighborhoods where they are located, and City Hall.

Pizza box empire | Made on Long Island

Who doesn't love pizza? Statistics show 93 percent of Americans eat at least one slice a month. If that's a takeout order, it'll probably come in an old-fashioned clay-coated box. Buy a pie and you'll get a sturdier corrugated one. But this wasn't always the case. In fact, back in the early 1900s--

Made on Long Island: Freeport Paper Industries
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Who doesn't love pizza? Statistics show 93 percent of Americans eat at least one slice a month. If that's a takeout order, it'll probably come in an old-fashioned clay-coated box. Buy a pie and you'll get a sturdier corrugated one. But this wasn't always the case.

Good Day Cafe: Summer Cocktails
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Gretchen Connelie of Tommy Bahama Restaurant and Bar shares her favorite summer cocktail recipes.

Cocktails at the reborn Chumley's | The Sip

Behind some walls in the West Village lies a piece of New York City history.

Resorts World expansion begins
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Resorts World Casino New York City symbolically broke ground Thursday on a $400 million expansion that will feature a luxury hotel, more dining options, and retail space. The expansion is expected to be completed in 2019. Resorts World is New York City's only casino. More than 10 million people visit a year.

10 cocktail recipes that will make you the star of a hot summer party

After publishing a guide to festive drinks in the winter, Fox5NY.com is back this summer with a sequel: refreshing cocktails to make and enjoy while soaking in the sun and the season's vibe. Better still, if you master a few of these drinks you can confidently share them with your friends at a summer get-together. They will be plenty impressed.

Lunch Crowd Dying Out
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Fewer people are taking their lunch break at restaurants and that's taking its toll on the industry.

PD's Secret Kitchen, a hidden Italian restaurant in Manhattan | The Dish

Chef Patrick D'Andrea is cooking up something different in his hidden restaurant. It is called PD's Secret Kitchen. Patrick was born and raised in Florence, Italy. His mom owned a bed and breakfast where he learned to cook. After culinary school, Patrick moved to New York where he now works as a private chef for celebrities.

What's Hot in the Hamptons?
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Hamptons magazine editor Samantha Yanks has the latest on events, restaurants and more to enjoy while in the Hamptons this summer.

Favorite restaurants close
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Popular Eateries in the West Village and the Upper West Side of Manhattan have become the latest victims of New York's ultra-competitive restaurant scene. Restaurant owners say turning a profit is getting harder and harder.

Fond, pop-up Hungarian cuisine | The Dish

New York's restaurant scene is a melting pot of dishes from around the globe. But you don't see a lot of Hungarian food places. One chef is trying to win over New Yorkers with a few dishes at a time. Jeremy Salamon is stirring up something fresh in the kitchen with a new spin on Hungarian classics.