Creamy, tangy, sweet and savory, a mayo-dressed potato salad is the crowd-pleasing heart of countless American cookouts and picnics — just as long as you make sure to keep it out of the sun. But what if your crowd is not among the legion of mayonnaise lovers? Alternative options abound! Potato salad in some form…
Some people imagine the best wines in hot weather are exclusively whites and rosés. But I have never subscribed to this thinking. I still want to drink reds with plenty of the foods that might end up on a grill at any sort of summer gathering. What changes seasonally for me is weight and temperature.…
I’ve been accused of reaching the age where I regularly refer to the past. It is true that I’m old enough to have built up a sizable store of memories and experiences. But I’ve been focused on the past all my life. Not because I believe in some hazy golden age from which it’s been…
One year, when I lived in Brooklyn, fuzzy perilla plants took over my building’s shared courtyard, so my husband washed and dried the abundance of leaves and stacked them with a quick kimchi sauce he’d puréed in the mini food processor. It was so simple, and so good, that we made more every few weeks…
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Even for more experienced cooks who think nothing of whipping up a pot of birria de res, these straightforward recipes are packed with smart tips and nuggets of kitchen wisdom to bookmark. For example: Pressing down on a quesadilla in a pan will produce with what Nikita calls a “halo of crispy-crunchies” around the edges.…
The things I miss most about Sweet Tomatoes are sitting across from Becky at a booth close to the salad bar (so we could refill our plates as quickly as possible); catching up on the humdrum of our young-adult lives (e.g., my latest breakup, her latest archnemesis); and absolutely depleting the buffet of its round…
La Piraña Lechonera, which provides the nearest thing New York City has to the experience of eating roast pork at a lechonera in Puerto Rico, is sometimes mistaken for a food truck. It is, in fact, a trailer. A long metal box resting near the corner of East 152nd Street and Wales Avenue in the…
A new paella kit made in Spain has hit the shelves at Despaña Brand Foods, a retail and wholesale source for Spanish foods. It consists of a can of enough seasoned seafood broth with some bits of seafood to serve three or four with precisely measured rice. The proper paella pan, at 34 centimeters (13…
New York City’s top-tier walkability has always made it a perfect place for a crawl — to bars, galleries, “Sex and the City” filming sites. There are so few places that can’t be reached by foot. (Governors Island footbridge when?) I’m always looking for a new crawl. And since the dessert and pastry beat could…