Omicron BA.5 Surge: 5 Ways to Stay Safe
The BA.5 surge is a reminder that we need to take precautions to avoid illness, slow the relentless cycle of new variants and minimize the disruption to our daily lives.
Rumrunning, Bootlegging and More Criminal History of ‘Liquor Island’
For Amy Kasuga Folk, the Southold Town Historian in Long Island, it pays to know the difference between the Prohibition terms rumrunning and bootlegging. As she explains in her book “Rumrunning in Suffolk County,” rumrunning is about boats bringing verboten liquor to shore from ships moored at sea, where the bootleggers pick it up and…
‘The Better Bagel’ Goes All In on Nutrition
The rollout of the Better Bagel has been gradual, from an online debut about a year ago to a full complement of flavors now. Next month, its products will be available nationwide at Whole Foods. The “better” part of the name has merit; we’ll get to that. But except that it’s round with sort of…
Diana Kennedy’s Complicated Relationship With Mexican Cuisine
Diana Kennedy sank into a dimpled leather chair at the Hotel Emma in San Antonio, leaned over her glass of Scotch and told me that the real enemy of every writer was mediocrity. This was in 2019, when she was 96, and decades of deep culinary research had made her a leading authority on Mexican…
Restaurant Review: Kono Gives Yakitori the Omakase Treatment
One night last June, I found myself eating chicken skewers on the second-story terrace of a downtown hotel, wondering about the fire code. I was sitting at a counter inside a makeshift hut banged together out of unfinished lumber and partly sheltered by a corrugated-metal roof. Skewered chicken parts, from such everyday cuts as wings…
Jennifer Lopez Wore a Gorgeous Reformation Dress on Her Honeymoon—Shop It Now
It’s a Bennifer world, and we’re just living in it. As you likely know, the newlyweds are currently on vacation in Europe, celebrating their recent milestone and having a ball. And, as with anything you could expect involving Jennifer Lopez—excuse me, Jennifer Affleck—they’re doing it in style. Any piece of clothing the triple threat cosigns…
Scoops Go Flying at Catch‘n Ice Cream
After rising through the ranks at Cold Stone Creamery franchises in Michigan and Missouri, Dylan Lemay, 25, considered a franchise of his own. But on the way he discovered social media, and began posting ice cream videos to YouTube and TikTok. Now, with millions of followers across platforms in his pocket and a few backers,…
Meal Kits From James Beard Chefs-in-Training
A new program at the James Beard Foundation, Beard House Fellows, uses the Beard House in the West Village for residencies for young chefs. There the chefs, mostly those who have completed training with the Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP), work and learn. As part of the program they each create a meal kit…
South African Wine Without the Buzz
The choices when it comes to nonalcoholic wines, especially still wines, have been growing in recent years. Lautus De-Alcoholised Wine from South Africa is already five years old, but it’s a new import for the United States and a welcome addition. Like most of the more palatable products in the category it starts with real,…
Masala Cheese Toast, Courtesy of La Boîte
La Boîte, the spice boutique in Hell’s Kitchen, delivers a free online newsletter with news about their products and creative recipes. A recent one for masala cheese toast by Kanchan Koya, a spice expert with a doctorate in molecular biology, evokes an after school snack she once enjoyed. It essentially is a grilled cheese sandwich:…