Grub Street

Many people who love food will readily tell their best story about finding something delicious to eat in Flushing. The north-central slice of Queens near LaGuardia Airport has long been considered to be the best place to enjoy Asian food, but also your best shot at finding any authentic regional specialty or special ingredient that won't be found anywhere else. The last few months have seen the opening of a Xi'an Famous Foods spin-off and a new stall serving food from China's Yunnan province; probably three or four more interesting grilled-meat carts have opened in the time it took to read this sentence. Now, the Flushing Business Improvement District seeks to capitalize on the diversity and promote the neighborhood as a kind of food destination. All aboard the 7 train! [NYDN, Earlier]

It's the dawning of the testosteroni: The U.K.-based megagrocer Sainsbury's today christens the portmanteau manapé, a "heartier canapé" marketed to men, who are apparently spending more on food these days. Keeping it appropriately British, the chain is launching a full line of bite-sized dude food, like Mini Beef Wellingtons and Mini Aberdeen Angus Burgers. Meanwhile, the people at Men's Health would like to remind you there are only a few days left to vote your picks for America's Manliest Restaurants, whatever that means, and also, the hive minds of marketers at Procter & Gamble, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, and others will undoubtedly be psyched to see their inventory stocked along the shelves of the "man aisle," a special place in the Westside Market where men can easily locate all their favorite unhealthy food and nondescript beer in one spot.