The theme that the Manhattan chocolatier Joan Coukos, of Chocolat Moderne, has selected for this collection of bonbons is English desserts. Each of the candies, decorated with a flower, has a creamy filling to evoke teatime at Claridge’s: sticky toffee; trifle, with raspberry and marzipan; and banoffee pie, with salted caramel and banana ganache. Chocolat…
Marmalade lovers can rejoice. Even in pandemic seclusion, the morning toast or late afternoon plate of cheese can glow with the citric sunshine of bittersweet Seville orange, rich blood orange, fragrant Cara Cara orange or tangy Meyer lemon. Laura O’Brien, the preserver who owns Josephine’s Feast, has introduced a gift box with 8-ounce jars of…
For the pandemic, Taylor Erkkinen, an owner of the Brooklyn Kitchen, has taken her cooking classes online. But, like the hands-on courses she was giving in her Industry City kitchen studio, they are limited to 20 students. They’re held on Zoom so students can ask questions and get answers in real time. On Saturday at…
OAKLAND, Calif. — For as long as I can remember, gathering people around a table has been a sacred act for me. I’ve happily lived by myself for over a decade, but I’ve always found joy in turning nearly every space I enter into a dining room. When I lived in a small apartment in…
Chefs and food writers are up for grabs, for a price. Winners in this online auction will get a 30-minute one-on-one with the chef or writer. The #AskChefsAnything auction starts Wednesday at 10 a.m. and continues through 8 p.m. on May 3, when the winning bidders will be announced. The minimum bid is $100. The…
Even a person as enthusiastic as I am about home cooking can feel fatigue, and six going on seven weeks of this quarantine, I am feeling it. It’s not so much the cooking. It’s the eating — probably because I am doing it all day long. Thin slices of Gouda, forkfuls of last night’s dinner…
The coronavirus pandemic has left retailers scrambling to meet a crushing demand for everything from milk to toilet paper to flour and yeast. But there is another shortage, perhaps less obvious but more heart-wrenching. In stores, next to an ample supply of birthday cards and thank you notes, the sympathy cards are nearly all sold…
After a slow, rainy start to the Brooklyn backyard growing season, the mint on my deck is finally powering its way back, taking over the herb box with vim and vigor. I clipped it back to make room for the slower-moving lemon thyme, and ended up with enough to season a batch of Thai larb.…
If you’re an involved parent, especially a mother, you’re supposed to play down that fact at work or risk being penalized — at least at many American workplaces. Family caregiving has been considered a private matter, one that should not interfere with job responsibilities. But social distancing has given the lie to that idea. Now,…
Good morning. One of the greatest first lines of a novel, ever: “One evening, it was toward the end of October, Harry Arno said to the woman he’d been seeing on and off the past few years, ‘I’ve made a decision. I’m going to tell you something I’ve never told anyone before in my life.’…