After the long, gray winter, outside is where I want to be more and more. And somehow all I want to eat is vegetables, perhaps as a kind of tonic. If your climate allows, this light, sunny menu is really more of a daylight meal, relaxed and best eaten outdoors (though, this year, it’s anyone’s…
Emily Meggett, a Southern home cook who never measured her ingredients or used recipes but became one of America’s most important Gullah Geechee cooks and last year published a best-selling cookbook on Gullah Geechee cuisine, died on Friday at her home in Edisto Island, S.C. She was 90. Her daughter Lavern Meggett said she died…
The first time I tasted changua, a dairy-rich Colombian soup, my wife, Adri, a Bogotana from the heart of changua country, grimaced as I swirled the golden yolk of a poached egg through some half-melted cheese. She pulled a sour face as I sopped up the milky broth, seasoned with cilantro and green onions, with…
Who would have thought that curried chicken salad, that darling of the 1980s fancy picnic scene, was ready for a makeover? Ham El-Waylly, that’s who. In his brilliant new recipe (above), he swaps out the chicken for roasted, charred cauliflower, creating a meatless classic brimming with texture: crunchy toasted walnuts, crisp chunks of apples and…
In late winter of last year, Maria Kitsopoulos, a member of the New York Philharmonic since 1996, arrived for rehearsal with a cello on her back and Rubbermaid container in hand. Inside, she had tucked little squares of homemade cheesecake, the luscious filling held together by two layers of flaky pastry. “Musicians love free food,”…
Dawn Davis, a veteran book editor who was hired in 2020 to put Bon Appétit magazine back on track after mass resignations and allegations of racism at its parent company, Condé Nast, resigned on Tuesday. She will return to Simon & Schuster as the publisher of 37 Ink, an imprint she founded in 2013, and…
As spring marched forward and cherry blossom petals covered city sidewalks, you filled our inbox with questions both practical and highly specific. One reader is searching for wheelchair-friendly dining. Another is looking for a replacement for a beloved restaurant — I found the perfect spot — and a third asked for recommendations in Upper Manhattan…
Headliner Ma-dé For their first restaurant, Cédric Vongerichten, his wife, Ochi Vongerichten, and their partner, Ezra William, chose Wayan, which means firstborn in Indonesian. They have now followed up with ma-dé, meaning second-born, in a narrow space next to Wayan. The restaurants have the same parents but very different personalities. Unlike Wayan, a destination for…
Some of the best food in New York City can be found along the No. 7 train line in Queens: crisp-edged samosas in Jackson Heights, tart aguachile in Elmhurst and rice rolls slicked with chile oil in Flushing. Now, directly below the 103rd Street-Corona Plaza station, you can find tripa mishqui from Ecuador, guisado from…
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