Headliner Maialino (vicino) Danny Meyer had success in relocating his Union Square Cafe. Now he’s moving another spot: his ode to Rome, Maialino. Formerly in the Gramercy Park Hotel, the restaurant closed at the beginning of the pandemic. He is now reopening it nearby (vicino means just that) in what were his Caffe Marchio and…
Noma, the celebrated Copenhagen restaurant led by the chef René Redzepi, will uproot itself again next spring, opening in Kyoto for a 10-week residency. Housed at the Ace Hotel, near the 700-year-old Nishiki food market, Noma Kyoto will be open four days a week from March 15 through May 20 for lunch and dinner. Reservations…
The dark ages probably began when the Rainbow Room stopped taking reservations and turned into a wedding space. After that, Rockefeller Center went for years without having a restaurant that you’d really go out of your way for. This didn’t strike most people as weird. The dining scene’s center of gravity moved downtown so long…
Bananas, it turns out, are not what we thought they were. Sure, most, when ripe, are yellow and sweet and delicious slathered in peanut butter. But a global survey reveals many more appealing counterparts than the generic banana found in American supermarkets, with edible varieties that can be red or blue, squat or bulbous, seeded…
Visiting a South Asian sweet shop during Diwali is a joyous and chaotic experience. Lines trail out the door. Employees furiously pack ornate boxes containing laddoos enriched with ghee, spongy rasgula and all manner of colorful sweets, often made with dairy, sugar and nuts and sometimes topped with a layer of edible silver foil. Friends…
At Via Carota, the elegantly rustic restaurant that Rita Sodi and Jody Williams have been running in Manhattan since 2014, the deceptively simple seasonal food requires attention to countless details, unseen but tasted. The restaurant’s cookbook, organized by seasons, starts with spring and pages of what’s required to do justice to fava beans and a…
With crunchy, juicy, new-crop apples finally here to relieve their long-stored counterparts from last year, apple season is in full swing. There are approximately 7,500 varieties of apples currently grown in the world, and 2,500 in the United States alone. You’ll find only four or five kinds in most supermarkets, but your local farmers’ market…
“Restaurants began as places to show off status,” said Andrew P. Haley, an associate professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi. Generally, this took place in public, where discerning diners could be seen demonstrating their discernment. The members-only clubstaurant, on the other hand, confers another kind of status, suggested Megan J. Elias, the…
Ease is subjective, and its meaning can vary depending on who you ask. In this collection of staff favorite recipes, easy can mean that your meal comes together in 15 minutes, or that it requires no more than six ingredients, or that you can pop a casserole dish of kitchen staples into the oven without…
After last week’s newsletter about soup, which generally takes longer to cook, I thought this week I’d focus exclusively on dishes that you can make in less than 30 minutes — and, in one case, less than 15. These are the recipes I need most right now, in the craziness of high fall and its…