Last year the chef Daniel Humm converted Eleven Madison Park, his much-lauded palace of haute cuisine, into a palace of haute, plant-based cuisine. Now he is offering training wheels for vegan dining: Eleven Madison Home, a weekly subscription box to the tune of $150 ($285 for two) that includes a day’s worth of meals, with…
Headliner Kono Omakase, a type of Japanese meal that leaves the selection of dishes up to the chef, is most often associated with a parade of sushi bites. But it is also applied to yakitori at this restaurant from Atsushi Kono, an expert in yakitori, or “grilled bird,” usually skewered chicken. Mr. Kono was the…
HOUSTON — The Hughie’s on West 18th Street is one among scores of Vietnamese American restaurants around this city. But it may have more in common with a Dairy Queen. For starters, it used to be a Dairy Queen. The sign out front still has the eye-shaped outline of the ice cream chain’s logo. On the…
Courtesy / Design Leah Romero Before Depop, there was eBay. The OG online auction site was one of the few virtual destinations for serious shopping enthusiasts, where you could find everything from Gucci’s fall/winter 1997 collection by Tom Ford to even rarer listings for niche hobbies, car parts, and more. At the time, it was…
Figuring out where to take the mom(s) in your life for brunch is no easy task. No two moms are alike! Some just want a nice, quiet place where they can hear themselves think, others prefer a booth over a chair that doesn’t offer long-term sitability. And if small kids are coming — it’s going…
As the pandemic enters its third year, long Covid has emerged as an increasingly important concern. And many people are wondering whether getting a Covid shot can reduce their chances of developing long-term symptoms. What does the research show so far? The jury is still out, but a growing number of studies suggest that getting…
Princess Margaret, Princess Anne, and the Queen Mother, 1969 Determined to stand out or just dressing according to royal protocol? The answer’s unclear, but these three all opted for electric hues on the day of Prince Charles’s investiture in Wales.
Finding Cheer in Cheerios “Family Size” was written in an aggressively large font on my Cheerios box. As I poured myself a second bowl, alone at 4 p.m. on Easter Sunday, the message reminded me that I don’t have a family (and, therefore, little need for such a big box). Divorce can cause this cynical…
Benita Kasbo, an entrepreneur who left Aleppo, Syria, as a toddler and lives in Chatham, N.J., makes jibneh, a variety of cheese served across the Middle East. She started making it at home before moving to a commercial kitchen in 2020; that summer Ms. Kasbo, 43, found stores to sell it under the name Kasbo’s…
The day I found out that I didn’t have to stand over the risotto pot, stirring constantly with one hand as I awkwardly ladled in simmering liquid with the other, was the day the rice dish went into my permanent dinner rotation. Before that, risotto was for special occasions only, something I’d trot out when…