Every year, as Father’s Day approaches and the gift guides suggesting $300 supercharged charcoal grill lighters and backyard pizza ovens roll in, I’m left wondering if I’m truly dad enough in the kitchen. I do most of the cooking for my family. My wife is a public-school teacher with a relentless schedule who rarely has…
Bstro38 What was Havana NY, since 1991, has now become this more all-purpose bistro with steamed mussels, tuna tartare, roast chicken and cauliflower “steak.” The chef is William Rosenberg. 58 West 38th Street, 212-944-0990, bstro38.com. Due Madri The butchers Erika Nakamura and Jocelyn Guest, who are also in the sausage business, have opened this kiosk…
MSCHF, the creative collective responsible for the Big Red Boots that clomped across New York Fashion Week in February, is thinking smaller for its next accessory release. A lot smaller. On Wednesday, the group plans to unveil its Microscopic Handbag, a specklike rendition of Louis Vuitton’s OnTheGo tote. The bag measures 657 by 222 by…
This year’s recipient of the Julia Child Award, recognizing those who have had an impact on the American culinary scene, is Sean Sherman, a chef, author and the co-founder of the nonprofit North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS) and its Indigenous Food Lab. The award has been given by the Julia Child Foundation for…
The island of Nantucket, Mass., has long been Tom Forman and Tanya McQueen Forman’s favorite place. Mr. Forman, 50, a television producer, grew up outside Boston and spent summers on Nantucket with his family. When he introduced the island to Ms. McQueen Forman, who is originally from Texas, she was smitten, too. “We brought our…
It was too early to try the aperitivo spots that followed on my list, so I asked ChatGPT to show me a few of Milan’s “hidden gems.” It came up with several options, including the Porta Ticinese, which it described as a “trendy area with vintage shops, street art and a lively nightlife.” But I…
Doctors are generally held in high regard today, but Romans of the first century were skeptical, even scornful, of medical practitioners, many of whom ministered to ailments they did not understand. Poets especially ridiculed surgeons for being greedy, for taking sexual advantage of patients and, above all, for incompetence. In his “Natural History,” Pliny the…