We all have to start somewhere. That’s the inspiration behind this small but mighty collection of recipes for absolute beginners. We’re talking can-hardly-boil-water beginners. Maybe you just graduated from college and are on your own for the first time, or perhaps you never quite got the hang of cooking. Not to worry! These dishes —…
This is more complicated than running for the local Mister Softee truck, but also much more rewarding. Plan ahead and order ice cream sandwiches online from the Musket Room in NoLIta for pickup on Saturdays starting at 12:30 p.m. They offered the sandwiches last summer, but there’s a new twist: Each week’s offering, through the…
Just when you might have run out of ideas for something to toothpick alongside a drink, here comes Pariva: yogurt in a munchable format. Manjarrie Saha, a native of Kolkata who came to the United States to study and had a career in financial services, has introduced yogurt balls soaked in seasoned oil. She started…
Noughty, the rather good nonalcoholic sparkling wines , made by Thomson & Scott of London, have been joined by the company’s new still red nonalcoholic pour (at less than .5 percent alcohol). Produced in South Africa from syrah grapes and a far cry from Hermitage, it’s still an acceptable quaff alongside burgers or kebabs off…
As he tells it in his new book, “Stories of Japanese Tea,” Zach Mangan, a musician turned tea expert, first encountered fine Japanese tea in Paris. He went on to work for Ito En, a Japanese tea company in New York, then moved to Japan and established his tea company in Fukuoka Prefecture in southern…
A new set of four utensils for the outdoor grill, all neatly packed in a wooden box, is a summer essential for owning or gifting. From Food52, this set is safely long-handled and made from high-carbon stainless steel, with a spatula, fork, sturdy tongs and a basting brush with a conveniently angled head. They’re by…
When tugboats towed Jumbo Floating Restaurant away from Hong Kong last week, the giant vessel’s owner sent the public its “best wishes for a brighter future.” That future now lies at the bottom of the South China Sea. The 260-foot, three-story eatery capsized and sank as it was being towed through deep water over the…
Of the many feats Harriet Tubman accomplished, none awe me more as an historian than the estimated 13 trips she made to Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Each time, she stole family and friends from enslavement much in the way Tubman first secreted herself away to freedom in 1849. Born on the Eastern Shore, Tubman grew into…
As warm weather arrives, so does the opportunity to entertain outdoors — an especially appealing prospect this year, as the pandemic drags on but it feels like we’ve been isolated for long enough. Whether it’s in the garden, on a deck or on a small balcony, your dinner party should be one that guests remember.…
Communal bathrooms can harbor plenty of pathogens, but simple precautions will help keep them at bay.