Quick noodle soup for a long day By The New York Times Cooking Noodles are fun and soup is soothing, which makes this somen noodle soup with bok choy and mushrooms from Sue Li delightful and comforting. Sue creates a gently seasoned broth out of soy sauce, dehydrated shiitakes and sesame oil, but feel free…
Few grapes have traveled so jagged an up-and-down journey as zinfandel. It has oscillated wildly in both style and popularity. Twenty years ago, at the height of California’s embrace of powerfully fruity, potently alcoholic red wines, zinfandels reached a peak of esteem as the dominant critics of the time pushed wines that rose to head-splitting…
At Sushi Yoko in Norcross, Ga., as at Japanese restaurants across the world, each booth has a red-capped bottle of shichimi togarashi, the seven-spice blend that makes food taste spicy, savory, nutty and electric all at once. This combination delivers an exciting interplay of dried red chile, orange peel, sesame seeds (both black and white),…
If you’re on TikTok (or have a youth in your home that’s on the app), you may have heard of marry me chicken, a dish so delicious it has motivated countless feet-draggers to drop their doubts and pop the question. (You can read Christina Morales’s fun piece on the subject in The New York Times.)…
Months passed. I ate okonomiyaki: the only thing my stomach could stand the first few weeks of Covid isolation. The only thing to settle my nerves after the uprisings a few months later. And then a version shared among friends, at a long-delayed reunion, on a patio in Oakland. A recipe I cooked during months…
Like other rewards programs, Blackbird collects basic personal data — name, ZIP code and birth date — as well as the details of each check: what you ordered, special requests, food allergies and the like. “Independent restaurants don’t have the tools to make use of that raw data,” Mr. Leventhal said. “There’s a difference between…
Atmosphere The white tablecloths and leather-bound wine lists communicate seriousness, not formality. Servers are welcoming, helpful and quietly efficient at turning tables. Noise Level There’s music, but it’s so soft you probably won’t hear it. The room is only as loud as the conversations around you. Recommended Dishes Artichoke salad; bresaola with smoked stracciatella; antipasto…
Ambra In case you were wondering what the chef John DeLucie has been up to, it’s this new steadfastly Italian West Village spot. The menu features veal meatballs, roasted peppers, pizzas, spaghetti cacio e pepe, tonnarelli fra diavolo, linguine with clams, and branzino with Italian chicories. 569 Hudson Street (West 11th Street), 646-989-8120, ambranyc.com. Marea…
Tito Ibarra traveled from Clemson, S.C., to New York City with one mission: to eat a slice from all 35 pizzerias at the One Bite Pizza Festival. He was in the city for just about 12 hours: He landed in the morning, after driving two hours to Atlanta and taking a two-and-a-half-hour flight. Then, he…
You need recipe basics the same way you need wardrobe basics: the pair of jeans or white shirt that you can easily throw on, items that mix and match with other things or stand alone. The baked fish below from Ali Slagle is just that, a streamlined dish that’s simple to make and goes with…