You don’t need a ton of ingredients for a meal that sings. The recipes featured here are marvels of resourcefulness, offering enormous flavor in little time and with seven ingredients or fewer (minus those kitchen stalwarts salt, pepper and oil). We draw the line at seven rather than five or even three (like those buzzy…
Buldak, or “fire chicken,” is a modern Korean dish known for its intense spiciness thanks to a sweet marinade heavy on chile paste and pepper flakes. The chicken can be cooked in a number of ways — on a grill or fried, for example — before it’s broiled with a bubbly and browned blanket of…
In April, a bar called Martiny’s — pronounced like the drink — opened near Gramercy Park in Manhattan. As one might expect from a place named after the world’s most famous cocktail, there is a martini on the menu. It is purple. That signature cocktail — the Grand Martiny’s — is made of gin, manzanilla…
The ban of foie gras in New York City will not go into effect on Nov. 25, as a lawsuit brought by two Hudson Valley farms winds its way through the legal system. On Sept. 15, a New York State Supreme Court judge issued an injunction regarding the ban of the fattened livers of ducks…
Last week I got an email from a reader named Rachel that really spoke to me, and will probably speak to anyone who’s ever had to feed children or another phalanx of picky eaters: Could you also please share a recipe that all three of my kids will eat? One eats most things but not…
The best thing about a meal of steamed mussels is the sauce left at the bottom of the bowl. Yes, I adore the bivalves themselves — those sweet, saline nuggets plucked out of their blue-black shells. (Pro-tip: use an empty pair of shells like tongs to pluck out the meat.) But it’s their sauce —…
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Fred Franzia, the iconoclastic businessman who turned the wine industry on its head with his inexpensive Charles Shaw label, better known as Two-Buck Chuck, died on Tuesday at his home in Denair, Calif. He was 79. His company, Bronco Wine, announced the death in a statement. Neither the statement nor Mr. Franzia’s family gave the…
There was a storm here over the weekend — rumbles of thunder and thick, gray skies, a soaking wet garden in the morning. It’s cooled down a little too, and all I want now is soft and cozy food. You know, stews packed with beans and greens, dumplings and noodles in hot broths, all kinds…
It’s never too early for soup season. Whether you’re enjoying some crisp autumn air or you’re just cranking up the air conditioning and wearing a sweater as a form of cosplay, fall is nigh. It officially begins on Sept. 22. If you want to swap out a few of those quick weeknight salads for some…