Kosterina, an olive oil company in the Peloponnese region of Greece that uses native koroneiki olives, has introduced chocolate bars, the dark chocolate blended with the extra-virgin olive oil. The result is rich, silky chocolate in some uncommon Mediterranean flavors like fig and balsamic vinegar; almond butter with vanilla; and nuts, including walnuts and pistachios,…
These days, an uncommonly large number of people are cooking every meal, and while recipes are not in short supply, inspiration might be. Cookbooks are still one of the best ways to pull yourself out of meal-planning fatigue and find an idea — a pasta sauce, a flavor combination, a technique — that can change…
Even that pour of club soda will take on a springtime rosé hue in this new glass. It comes in a stemless shape, now something of a classic, and has a bubbly pattern in pale salmon pink that deepens from top to bottom. It’s a fairly substantial glass, holding 16 ounces, and could even be…
A new online course from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in Chelsea explores the history of Jewish food through the lens of Ashkenazi traditions. It features personalities and scholars in the Jewish food world, like Darra Goldstein, Lior Lev Sercarz, Adeena Sussman, Leah Koenig and Niki Russ Federman, along with materials from YIVO’s archives.…
Before the pandemic, a reservation at Rezdôra was a challenge, and now it’s not possible to dine at Stefano Secchi and David Switzer’s year-old restaurant, featuring the food of Emilia-Romagna. But you can try a plate of the highly regarded homemade pasta, which impressed Pete Wells to the tune of three stars. Mr. Secchi is…
For several years, Patagonia, the outdoor gear company, has been selling a line of packaged shelf-stable, backpack-friendly foods like hot-smoked fish, dried fruit, snacks and soup mixes. Now they have expanded it to include pasta and sauces, nuts, grains and even baby food, not all of it packaged to carry on the trail. Patagonia Provisions,…
Kosher wine is commonplace, and has been for some time. Kosher spirits, not so much. Many spirits are, in fact, technically kosher, but in most cases, they got there accidentally. The Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky has taken a more proactive approach, working over the past 10 years with the Chicago Rabbinical Council on a…
In January, at a restaurant in Guangzhou, China, one diner infected with the novel coronavirus but not yet feeling sick appeared to have spread the disease to nine other people. One of the restaurant’s air-conditioners apparently blew the virus particles around the dining room. There were 73 other diners who ate that day on the…
A few nights ago, after their 18-month-old son, Nolan, went to sleep, Dr. Adam Hill and Neena Budhraja sat down on the living room couch in their apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Pen and paper in hand, they turned their attention to a pressing need: figuring out who would be Nolan’s legal guardian if the coronavirus…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageOfficers and relatives carried a coffin in a special area of a cemetery that the government opened for coronavirus cases in Istanbul in late March.Credit…Bulent Kilic/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Istanbul deaths suggest a wider outbreak than Turkey admits. Turkey has surpassed China in its number of confirmed coronavirus…