How’s the Jewish Deli Doing?

The Jewish deli is such a defining part of New York City that it might as well be the very air we breathe (along with pizza, dim sum, Trinidadian doubles and curbside halal). On Friday, an exhibit about just that arrives at the New-York Historical Society on the Upper West Side. “‘I’ll Have What She’s…

Make Room for Pie

A burnished turkey may be the eminent Thanksgiving centerpiece, but everyone knows that the real star of the meal is pie. Be it pumpkin, apple, mango or whatever your folks used to make, a golden-crusted pie on the dessert table is a happy sight — even at the end of the most prodigious meal of…

What We Make for Our Kids

People with young kids often ask me what I cook for mine, since dinner can’t actually always be plain rice or pasta. (Or can it?) This goes doubly for what I put in my daughter’s lunch box: I’m sorry to tell you I don’t have any brilliant, genre-exploding solutions there. I always have that question…