By Kin Woo The Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos is known for her ambitious oversize sculptures that frequently elevate everyday objects. Her 2005 Venice Biennale contribution, “A Noiva” (The Bride), was a chandelier made of 14,000 tampons and “Valkyrie Miss Dior,” the imposing, tentacular fabric-wrapped installation that formed the backdrop of Maria Grazia Chiuri’s fall ’23…
There is a food-related bit on the Hulu series “Only Murders in the Building” that I think of often. It begins in the show’s second episode: At an apartment-lobby memorial for a deceased neighbor, the debt-stricken Oliver Putnam, played by the incomparable Martin Short, rushes to a table of free goodies. “You know, this is…
Ivan Menezes, who as chief executive of the spirits corporation Diageo used his canny understanding of the drinking public to help the company grow into a global colossus, died on June 7 in London. He was 63. The cause was complications of emergency surgery for a stomach ulcer, a Diageo spokesman said. Diageo is omnipresent…
During the Food section’s weekly staff meeting, everyone went absolutely nuts over the photo of Hetty McKinnon’s dumpling tomato salad with chile crisp vinaigrette (above). Hetty’s recipes are always top-shelf, but this one goes above and beyond with its gorgeous, summery simplicity. She marinates a mix of tomatoes with grated garlic, basil and salt while…
Meatballs in tomato sauce are a comforting thing, a ruddy, garlicky Italian American classic meant to be nestled on a pile of spaghetti and showered in cheese. This dish is not that. True, it has meatballs, assertively flavored with garlic and browned in hot oil. And yes, they finish cooking in a savory, brick-red tomato…
Around the world, most of the 1.4 billion tons of food thrown away each year goes to landfills. As it rots, it pollutes water and soil and releases huge amounts of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases. But not in South Korea, which banned food scraps from its landfills almost 20 years ago.…
First: the hand with the wooden spoon. While gathering the ingredients to make my zaalouk — a Moroccan salad or dip that’s so perfect for this time of the year, when vegetables are begging to be charred and eaten outside, with friends and bread — I had a deep sense of comfort. I was in…
I’m back! A special thanks to Becky Hughes for covering last week as I put the final touches on our big, colorful guide, “Where to Eat in New York City This Summer.” Have you checked out the beautiful interactive map yet? Over the past three months, New York Times food writers have assembled dozens of…
It is the age of the pizza geek. If you recently stood in line for a pizza, or used Resy Notify to get a table at which you later ate a pizza, or showed up at a certain place and time because you had learned on Instagram that it was going to be the site…
Hanna Hensley, 29, an assistant high school teacher in Arlington, Va., is glad to see some food prices come down recently, because it has helped ease her grocery bill. When egg prices shot up to around $5 a carton a few months ago, she stopped buying them. But on Sunday, while shopping at a Giant…