Gyunabe (literally “beef pot,”), a simple stew of sliced beef, onion and miso paste, quickly evolved into more well-known dishes like sukiyaki (“spade grill,” so named because farmers used their spades as makeshift simmering pots while working in the fields) and gyudon (“beef rice bowl”), which are each made with thin-sliced beef simmered in a…
You could say that shrimp scampi, like “chai tea,” is a dish so nice they named it twice. But really, it comes down to a mistranslation. The word “scampi,” in Italian, refers to a type of crustacean that’s similar to a langoustine — resembling a tiny lobster and often sautéed in olive oil with garlic…
HAIFA, Israel — A tangy scent permeated Mariam Sindawi’s kitchen as she scattered flecks of ruby-colored sumac into a simmering pot of caramelized onions, following a centuries-old Palestinian recipe handed down by her mother. Mrs. Sindawi, 82, was preparing mussakhan — flatbread layered with onions cooked in olive oil from the village where she spent…
Food is linked to everything, and that includes the climate. Last week I attended “A New Climate,” a New York Times event covering the intersection of the climate crisis and technology (one of a series of live and virtual climate-focused events). I was there to moderate a panel on food, specifically looking at plant-based meats…
Nadège La Vignes Herbel Vin de France Vigneronne 2019, 12.5 percent, $28 Here is another natural wine from the Anjou, a little more serious than Le Vin de Jardin but just as delicious. Nadège Lelandais farms organically and biodynamically, using grapes from various plots in the area. Vigneronne is made of cabernet franc and cabernet…
If my childhood were a candle, it would smell like Worcestershire, ketchup and brown sugar. As an adult, I like to mix equal parts of them for a makeshift sauce that glazes everything from tonkatsu and barbecued chicken to chargrilled kalbi and juicy hamburger steaks. It’s a glossy-sweet motif in my life, this flavor profile,…
I’m back! Thank you to Becky Hughes for covering for me while I was out sick. For this month’s reader questions, we have a reader who wants to know where to grab an early dinner with a large group before a concert at Madison Square Garden; someone in search of affordable, slurpworthy oysters; and visitors…
Headliner Maialino (vicino) Danny Meyer had success in relocating his Union Square Cafe. Now he’s moving another spot: his ode to Rome, Maialino. Formerly in the Gramercy Park Hotel, the restaurant closed at the beginning of the pandemic. He is now reopening it nearby (vicino means just that) in what were his Caffe Marchio and…
Noma, the celebrated Copenhagen restaurant led by the chef René Redzepi, will uproot itself again next spring, opening in Kyoto for a 10-week residency. Housed at the Ace Hotel, near the 700-year-old Nishiki food market, Noma Kyoto will be open four days a week from March 15 through May 20 for lunch and dinner. Reservations…
The dark ages probably began when the Rainbow Room stopped taking reservations and turned into a wedding space. After that, Rockefeller Center went for years without having a restaurant that you’d really go out of your way for. This didn’t strike most people as weird. The dining scene’s center of gravity moved downtown so long…