Foragers around the world hunt for wild mushrooms to bring their earthy, nutty, meaty flavors to the table. But every so often, people mistake a potentially lethal variety for the edible ones. A mushroom called the death cap — Amanita phalloides — and dozens of related species containing the same toxin, alpha amanitin, account for…
Headliner Jaffa Cocktail + Raw Bar The Hoxton hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has again expanded dining options. Joining Laser Wolf, a rooftop destination for skewered food sizzled over charcoal, and K’Far, the lobby restaurant, is this bright, spacious cocktail and raw bar inspired by Jaffa, the Israeli port city adjacent to Tel Aviv known for…
In the episode that aired on Sunday, the family reaches the heights of both their incompetence and their power. Election Day in the newsroom was already tense for Tom without the Roy siblings stomping around, sliding notes directly to TV anchors, pushing their agendas on his top voting analyst, scrolling through Twitter, reframing the headlines…
The fruity chile odor filled my nostrils as I took a sip of the mezcal that Juana Amaya Hernandez had poured for me. I was drinking it out of a chile de agua, a large lime-colored chile local to Oaxaca, its rim dipped in homemade sal de gusano, a spice made with ground agave worms,…
The World Health Organization on Monday warned against using artificial sweeteners to control body weight or reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases, saying that long-term use is not effective and could pose health risks. These alternatives to sugar, when consumed long term, do not serve to reduce body fat in either adults or children, the…
It’s been 10 years since Dominique Ansel created the Cronut sensation. Earlier this year, another croissant-style novelty appeared, this time at Mercado Little Spain, José Andrés’s food market in Hudson Yards. Xuxo is a traditional crunchy fried pastry from the Catalonian city of Girona, said the market’s head chef, Nicolás López. Mr. Andrés was taken…
Here’s a familiar restaurant scene: Dinner is over, the plates have been cleared and the server discreetly drops the bill on the table. But there’s something less familiar at the bottom of the check — a service charge, tacked on with little explanation. Questions immediately swirl. Is this a tip? Does it go to the…
There are two kinds of carrot cake. The first, often found next to the bran muffins, emphasizes the carrot as vegetable and icing as frippery to be rationed, and firmly declares itself to be a healthful baked good. The second uses the carrot as an alibi for a generous spackling of cream cheese frosting so…
In the early 2000s, Roger Dahle attended an outdoor pancake breakfast cooked on a commercial flattop at his local Rotary Club, a civic organization, in Utah. “I love cooking breakfast outdoors, but you couldn’t buy an outdoor griddle for home use,” Mr. Dahle said. So the entrepreneur set out to create one. He experimented with…
Good morning. Happy Mother’s Day to all who celebrate. My mom sure didn’t. She called it a Hallmark holiday and resisted all efforts to take her to brunch, a meal she loathed with passion and eloquence. Once I tried serving her a mimosa. She gave me a withering side-eye and didn’t touch it. For my…