Click on the photos for news about an ice cream social at Murray's Cheese, a hot plate cookoff with WNYC's Leonard Lopate, and more meat from the Big Apple BBQ Block Party. more ›

This week's Eat Cetera brings you news of the 8th annual Big Apple BBQ Block Party, the Taste of 7th Street food crawl and exciting plans for a new rooftop brewery, courtesy of DogFish Head Brewery and Mario Batali. more ›

New Yorkers love their barbecue, and they're certainly not going to let a little near-record-breaking heat get between them and their meat. Throngs of sweaty 'cue lovers waited in line at the sixth annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party to get a taste of dishes served up by award-winning pitmasters from across the country including brisket, sausage and coleslaw from The Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood, Texas; pulled pork shoulder from Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Decatur, Alabama; and whole hog and coleslaw from Ed Mitchell's The Pit in Raleigh, North Carolina. more ›