Cozy Beef Udon Soup for Now

The Food section is as busy as a beehive this time of year. We are gearing up to support all your holiday feasts in the coming months, as well as getting ready for our own. People often ask me what I feed my family for dinner during these most hectic weeks — what is my…

George T. Stagg Bourbon Will Return in 2022

George T. Stagg, a sought-after Kentucky bourbon whose annual release is an event among aficionados, is returning for 2022, after a two-year absence. There was no 2021 release for George T. Stagg, a barrel-proof, unfiltered bourbon, because Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Ky., did not consider the barrels of whiskey it put down for the…

How to Do a More Conscious Fall Cleanup

Plants are flopping, and leaves are dropping; the garden is letting go. But while we may have the urge to check “garden cleanup” off the to-do list with one heroic push, it’s not like “mop kitchen floor.” There’s a valuable education, and a lot of life, tucked between and beneath all those fading bits. As…

Ina Garten Makes Risotto With a Longtime Fan

The designer Daniel Roseberry recalls first encountering “Barefoot Contessa,” the cookbook author Ina Garten’s hit series on Food Network, in 2006, during his freshman year at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. He instantly became hooked on the show, in which the warmly bantering Garten welcomes viewers into her East Hampton, N.Y., kitchen and guides…