Avery Ruzicka, the co-founder and a partner in Manresa Bread, the sister bakeries to the Michelin three-star restaurant, Manresa, in Los Gatos, Calif., has assembled a kit for baking baguettes at home. The results, eight modestly sized loaves with properly crackling crusts, nice crumb and good flavor, are worth the two days of effort, much…
This fall, the New York City Wine and Food Festival will mark its 15th year. Four days of events — from Oct. 13 to 16 — will involve restaurants and chefs for tastings, demos, lunches, dinners and so forth. New this year is a Champagne dim sum brunch led by the writer Molly Yeh, whose…
The fourth and largest iteration of Julien Boulangerie, the native French baker Julien Khalaf’s bakery, has opened on the Upper East Side. Mr. Khalaf, who was an executive chef for François Payard, established two other nearby locations after the success of his original store in Park Slope, Brooklyn, which opened in 2020. What distinguishes the…
Josh Roberts didn’t think twice about taking out a loan to pay for groceries. It was early in the pandemic, and he was making $16.50 an hour working for a technology company in Cincinnati while supporting his sister and her girlfriend. “We were just not making enough to live,” he said. So he started buying…
By 7 a.m. on most weekdays, when Evelia’s Tamales in North Corona, Queens, is in the thick of the morning rush, there is a good chance that all the tables will be empty. The dining room is inviting enough, with space for about two dozen diners. Papel picado flags stenciled with the restaurant’s name and…
PARIS — Air France pilots are under scrutiny after a series of incidents that have raised concerns over safety protocols on flights operated by the French flagship carrier, prompting aviation investigators to reprimand the airline last week. The latest incident to come to light involved two pilots who were suspended after a physical fight in…
Good morning. J. Kenji López-Alt recently brought us his recipe for guacamole with grilled corn (above), based on “esquimole” — a mash-up of guacamole and esquites, the corn-mayonnaise-cheese dish — that he tried at a Mexican restaurant in Bogotá, Colombia. Kenji riffs on that restaurant dish, his recipe a mix of darkly grilled corn kernels…
I work in a corporate environment which traditionally has been formal, but over the years there has been a greater shift toward business casual and away from suits. Recently I had an accident that required a medical procedure, and I’m wearing a visible bandage. Should I try to hide it with more clothing, nominally “cover”…
A VISIBLE MAN: A Memoir, by Edward Enninful In the five years since Edward Enninful became the editor-in-chief of British Vogue, a pattern has emerged: Whenever a new issue of the magazine comes out, it instantly becomes a part of the zeitgest — the cover often goes viral, and the inside images are shared and…
Some of the biggest jewelry houses raise their public profiles as major sponsors of film festivals, like Chopard at Cannes, Cartier in Venice, and Bulgari, which is supporting the Toronto festival for the first time in September. But what are the options for small independent jewelers that can’t afford such expensive affiliations? Several Italian brands,…