“There was a feeling of abundance,” she told The Independent, describing the Hole in the Wall. “The food was enticing, there were no unnecessary frills. Everything was done on a generous scale.” Mr. Perry-Smith became a silent partner in the Carved Angel. His stepson, Tom Jaine, was an active partner, a role later filled by…
I got so many emails in response to my newsletter last week, on what New York Times Cooking staffers feed their kids, that I’m devoting this entire edition of Five Weeknight Dishes to reader suggestions. I could include only a fraction of the dishes, but I did want to shout out the parent who let…
Good morning. I’ve never been much for salad on Thanksgiving. In fact, I’ve been pretty strident about not serving salad at all on Thanksgiving. If you want an acidic hit against the richness of gravy-slicked turkey and buttery mashed potatoes, isn’t that what the cranberry sauce is for? But holy cow, Yewande Komolafe may have…
There may be regional disagreements over the name for the scrumptious, carb-forward dish that may or may not go inside the turkey, but there’s one thing everyone can agree on: When done right, stuffing (or dressing!) is the absolute best part of the Thanksgiving table. New York Times Cooking has pulled together a wonderful collection…
Erik Longabardi was driving along a congested, monotonous strip of the Cross Island Parkway in Queens when he spotted a row of apple trees growing on the side of the road. It was unclear how they got there. Someone could have been eating an apple in a car and chucked it out the window. Or…
During her childhood in Bangkok, the chef Rose Chalalai Singh recently recalled, the city seemed to be teeming with exotic blooms: there was the bounty of the flower market near the Chao Phraya River, the garlands of saffron-colored marigolds at the city’s Buddhist temples. Later, as a teenager, she spent three years living on her…
Hi there! I’m Lex, an editor and recipe developer with New York Times Cooking. As an adoring Veggie reader, I was delighted when Tejal and Tanya asked me to step in this week and tell you about the vegetarian Thanksgiving menu I’ve been working on for three months. Thanksgiving is not the time to reinvent…
Because mashed potatoes are a nonnegotiable part of my family’s Thanksgiving meal, I argue year after year that we do not need stuffing on the table. Potatoes, I believe, render stuffing superfluous. Inevitably, I end up making stuffing anyway, but my reasoning stands. On a holiday when real estate — stomach, oven and table —…
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Vegetables star in these five new dishes that were made for vegetarians and created to appeal to everyone. Maybe you’re adopting a meatless holiday meal for the first time or maybe you have never felt tethered to turkey and are finally skipping the bird this year because of its increasingly high cost. These recipes provide…