A Big, Beautiful Seafood Pasta

In this week’s New York Times, Dan Pelosi (a.k.a. @grossypelosi) writes about the Feast of the Seven Fishes, that multicourse seafood dinner served in Italian American households on Christmas Eve. The classic menu serves up seven different fishes in seven different dishes, but Mr. Pelosi has recalculated the math to subtract the drama that making…

A Frugal Exploration of Christmas Markets Along the Rhine River

In Strasbourg, France, throughout the holiday season, Santa-capped teddy bears festoon a restaurant’s facade. Stuffed polar bears adorn another. In a Yuletide arms race, buildings are affixed with giant, gift-wrapped packages, glittering white deer and oversize gingerbread men. Turning the central medieval quarter into a Christmas maze, curtains of lights glow above cobblestone lanes lined…

Tongue-Tie Releases: What Parents Should Know

It’s an increasingly common scenario faced by new mothers across the country: A lactation consultant examines their newborn and suggests that cutting a “tongue-tie” may ease their difficulty breastfeeding. The quick procedure, known as a tongue-tie release, involves a dentist or doctor snipping a tight band of tissue connecting the tongue to the bottom of…

A Chicken Curry That Doesn’t Hold Back

Good morning. I am all about Naz Deravian’s new recipe for chicken vindaloo, a Goan dish with Portuguese influences that is generally billed as one of the spiciest curries served at Indian restaurants in the west. (The name is adopted from the Portuguese dish carne de vinha d’alhos, in which meat, usually pork, is prepared…