Chocolate is an easy choice for homemade Valentine’s Day desserts and this trio of recipes has something for everyone. Like relationships, they range in commitment: simple hot fudge sundaes get some help from store-bought ice cream; a dramatic soufflé cake takes about an hour but is big enough to serve a group; aspirational Earl Grey…
If you’ve ever been to a movie theatre, then you already know that popcorn is one of the best snacks in the world. With its buttery goodness, popcorn is a staple snack for most people on movie nights. But have you ever wondered if this delicious snack is actually healthy for you? If you’re a…
From hot toddies to chicken soup, there are a few important things to keep in mind, experts say.
“150 Delicious Squares” was the launching pad for Ms. Paré’s career as cookbook author, publisher and, it turned out, marketer and saleswoman. She loaded boxes of books in the trunk of her Oldsmobile and traveled to rural towns, calling small stores, pharmacies, gift shops and even a lumber store to ask if they would sell…
So-called “dry” January offers enough nonalcoholic liquid these days to float Noah’s Ark. Add to the list another cheeky entry from Louis and Matt Catizone, the alchemists behind St. Agrestis in Brooklyn. Joining their alcohol-free Phony Negroni is the new Amaro Falso. It offers the same blend of herbs, botanicals and citrus as their regular…
Brat Shoreditch is sort of the Williamsburg of London, and Brat is the epitome of a great Shoreditch restaurant, effortlessly cool and seemingly uncomplicated, yet exceptional. Everything is cooked in an open kitchen over wood, and smoke permeates the spare, dimly lit dining room. The space pulses with warm energy, and the food is terrific:…
Are you with me on Team Cabbage? In the United States, cabbage will probably never be voted most popular vegetable — not even in winter, when it’s at its best. Certainly not with all those adorable brussels sprouts and multicolored cauliflower heads flaunting their charms. Yet cabbages are revered in cultures around the world. The…
Before I went to Noma, Noma came to me. René Redzepi’s pioneering restaurant in Copenhagen planned to announce Monday that 2024 would be the final year it will be open for regular business, as it transforms itself into a different kind of enterprise, Noma 3.0. Tables for farewell meals at Noma 2.0 will no doubt…
Since opening two decades ago, Noma — the Copenhagen restaurant currently serving grilled reindeer heart on a bed of fresh pine, and saffron ice cream in a beeswax bowl — has transformed fine dining. A new global class of gastro tourists schedules first-class flights and entire vacations around the privilege of paying at least $500…
King Phojanakong, who in the 2000s led the charge in bringing Filipino cuisine to the American culinary mainstream with his first restaurant, Kuma Inn — an impossibly tiny spot on the Lower East Side that quickly developed a passionate following — died on Jan. 2 in Manhattan. He was 54. His wife, Annabel Nau-Phojanakong, said…