Mother’s Day is this Sunday, and while moms everywhere insist they “don’t want anything,” they would almost certainly appreciate a good breakfast. (She might also like a stripy tote bag or an ikebana kit, but since we’re New York Times Cooking, we’re going to stick to food.) If your mom is the savory-over-sweet type, you…
The Man With Dimples I was 41, single and no longer looking. Rushing back to work from lunch, I was climbing the Metro stairs when a briefcase brushed against my leg. A tall man in a Barbour jacket excused himself — a rarity in Paris — and smiled, revealing his dimples. We entered the same…
Emilio Madrid Snuggling with my dog, who adorably woke me up about four hours earlier than what should be considered legal. Emilio Madrid Versus the reality of “snuggling” my dog in the morning. He just turned 1. He hasn’t figured out how to be sweet yet. Happy Met day! Emilio Madrid A sweet note from…
Humans have been rehabilitating rock-hard, stale loaves into edible food since bread was first invented. But the recipe that has become irrevocably rooted in American breakfast culture is French toast. Based on the French “pain perdu,” or lost bread, French toast is traditionally made from old, leftover slices softened in a mix of milk and…
My mother and I were not the “Gilmore Girls.” Growing up, I didn’t open up to her about the people I had crushes on, the friend groups that were on the outs or who was invited to whose bat mitzvah. But I did help her cook. Every day, when she came home from the office,…
One reason the Met Gala after-parties are nearly as famous as the Met Gala itself has to do with an incident that took place 10 years ago at the Standard Hotel in the West Village of Manhattan. On that night, Beyoncé was a star of the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, along…
Toward the end of the night at Theodora, an elegant Mediterranean restaurant that opened in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood in February, diners at the polished concrete chef’s counter are often treated to the last thing they might expect in such a setting: a shot. It’s a ritual, explains Maggie Dahill, 27, Theodora’s beverage director, designed…
Hello! Mia here, filling in for Emily Weinstein today. I’m delighted to be here in Five Weeknight Dishesland — I’m usually hanging out in the Cooking newsletter with Melissa Clark and Sam Sifton — to talk about my new favorite thing. I first found tofu cream — a pourable sauce made from blended tofu, miso…
Opening Tadhana With no shortage of ambition, Frances Tariga, 42, who came to New York from the Philippines in 2011 as the chef for a diplomat, is opening her first restaurant. Dinner, a 16-course tasting divided in seven categories, is $185. Intended to showcase her native cuisine, it progresses from a special mountain bread to…
If ever a Met Gala seemed primed to clash with its political moment, it was the 2024 Met. On the one hand, there was the event: the most opulent, extravagant, expensive party of the year, where a single ticket cost a whopping $75,000 — 50 percent more than last year’s ticket and more than $15,000…