Time for New Yorkers to eat load of French food (8)
I believe the answer is:
escargot
'french food' is the definition.
(French snail delicacy)
'time for new yorkers to eat load' is the wordplay.
'time for new yorkers' becomes 'EST' (Eastern Standard Time, time zone in New York).
'to eat' is an insertion indicator.
'load' becomes 'cargo' (synonyms).
'est' enclosing 'cargo' is 'ESCARGOT'.
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for escargot that I've seen before include "A dish of cooked land snails" , "mollusc, from Paris" , "Cart goes carrying edible French snail" , "One continually moving house" , "French delicacy" .)