NAPA, Calif. — Napa Valley and Sonoma County, the most popular destinations for those traveling to Northern California wine country, are full of alluring restaurants. But wine lists that offer both wide selections and good values are not so easy to find. Some lists are boringly predictable. Others are simply too expensive. That’s not surprising,…
My morning routine depends on how much time I have. Lately I’ve become a huge fan of using gadgets like the Red Light Face Mask from HigherDose while I’m still in bed in the morning. Or I do that old-fashioned trick of dunking your face in ice water. A male co-star of mine would do…
It was a familiar sound in any decent Central European restaurant: the reassuring whack-whack-whack of a chef flattening the schnitzel I’d ordered from the waiter a minute earlier. The crisp white tablecloth in front of me shined bright white, and the banquette seating offered the same minimalist design as some of the region’s trendiest spots.…
In the years after World War II, as a new wave of migration scattered Italians abroad, tens of thousands made the long journey to Australia to escape the poverty and devastation in their defeated nation. Even as they built a new life in a new land, many held tight to the habits and customs of…
Passover begins at sundown tonight, and if you’re cooking for a Seder, you’re probably knee-deep in the likes of gefilte fish, matzo ball soup (above) and flourless chocolate cake. The holiday runs for eight days; what else are you going to eat this week? My answer is matzo, and plenty of it. I leave the…
The gig I have held the longest was as an after-school caregiver, and a habit I kept alongside that job was eating bò né in the mornings. Weekday trips to my local Vietnamese cafe, tucked just behind Lee’s Sandwiches, steeled me for whatever the day decided to throw in my face. My local spot was…
Headliner Carriage House The bread service at this West Village restaurant, owned by the television chef Jordan Andino and built into a former police carriage house, is straight out of a TikTok trend. Candles made from seasoned butters are lit at the table and, as they melt, provide a warm dip for a range of…
A question that often appears in the Where to Eat inbox is, “Where should I take my teenager to eat when we visit New York City?” I love this question for two reasons: First, there’s the “broadening horizons” of it all — how else to create a potential future New Yorker? — and second, it…
To the marketers trying to reboot milk as a sports drink for Generation Z, Yvonne Zapata seemed like the perfect ambassador. An exuberant 24-year-old marathoner from Brooklyn, she describes herself as a proud Latina runner. Her nickname is Miss Outside. The Milk Processor Education Program signed her to its 26.2 project, an ambitious effort to…
Raghavan Iyer, who as a young man left India for the United States clueless about how to cook even a simple potato curry and went on to teach America’s heartland how to prepare one of the world’s most complex cuisines, died on Friday in San Francisco. He was 61. The cause was pneumonia complicated by…