Best Seattle Restaurants

In the Where to Eat: 25 Best series, we’re highlighting our favorite restaurants in cities across the United States. These lists will be updated as restaurants close and open, and as we find new gems to recommend. As always, we pay for all of our meals and don’t accept free items. Filipino, Tasting Menu It’s…

Sunday Calls for Old-Fashioned Beef Stew

Good morning. Molly O’Neill brought her recipe for old-fashioned beef stew (above) to The New York Times in 1994, and it has since amassed five stars and more than 20,000 ratings on New York Times Cooking, testament not just to its staying power but its excellence. Molly’s is a delicious stew, one that benefits mostly…

The Many Lives of Tomato Pie

Pizza was then a local dish little known outside Naples, according to Stephen Cerulli, a lecturer in Italian American history at Hostos Community College. (Cheese did not appear on Neapolitan pizza until about 200 years ago.) Naturally, many of America’s first pizzaiolos were from the region. That included Frank Pepe, a baker who got his…

I Was a Pop-Tarts Taste Tester

Almost every family has a secret they never discuss. Ours is this: We were taste testers for Pop-Tarts. It was not long after Kellogg’s introduced the toaster pastry in 1964. But for several months one year (none of us can pinpoint the exact date), brown cardboard boxes arrived on our doorstep with an assortment of…

A Flawless Roasted Salmon Recipe

I hope you’ll give that salmon a try this weekend. But not only the salmon. Claire Saffitz has an ace new recipe for cinnamon rolls that would be just the thing for a late breakfast on Saturday or Sunday. Her recipe will be easier and more fun to make if you watch this delightful video…

Japanese Cocktail Bars NYC

Some of my favorite Japanese restaurants are bars. Of course, there are the izakayas scattered around the city, where eating and drinking are as inseparable as sushi and rice. But there are also bars that happen to have excellent food even though they are best known for their beverages (cocktails and highballs, most often, but…