Some restaurant owners go into the business with an implicit idea of giving their neighbors a deeper view of where they’re from. This was a major inspiration for Basir Ghiasi, who came to New York from Soviet-occupied Afghanistan, and his son Mohamed, who began plans to open an Afghan restaurant in Brooklyn last year after…
“I haven’t given you anything particularly Indian today,” Ms. Jaffrey said, warming a chicken biryani in her kitchen in Hillsdale, New York, the small town upstate where she and her husband, the violinist Sanford Allen, live most of the year when not at their Manhattan apartment. They purchased the property, which is decorated with artwork…
If any building in New York City could house a spacious food hall, it’s the Starrett-Lehigh Building. The Olly Olly Market, opening Wednesday, eats up 17,000 square feet on the ground floor of that blocklong 1931 International-style structure in Chelsea. Assembling and running the food hall is the responsibility of a Chicago hospitality company, 16”…
While the soup simmers, you could bake a not-too-sweet cornbread to serve alongside, or a sweeter, moist-centered pumpkin bread (which is really cake, who are we kidding?). Or these savory four-cheese flatbreads, which come together quickly using premade naan, flatbread or pita. The recipe calls for corn kernels (fresh, or frozen and thawed), but you…
This week’s newsletter was inspired by a craving that struck like a lightning bolt. It was Sunday evening, and I had to have stuffed shells. It was too late for me to get to the store, buy the ingredients and make them myself. I texted people who I thought might know where to get it…
Everyone loves Stewie. Standing at 5 feet 8 inches tall — 7 feet, if you count the wooden paddle coming out of his head — Stewie is the official mascot of Brunswick County, Va. A smiley cast-iron pot, he’s filled with Brunswick stew, the motley mix of shredded meat with the “Virginia trinity” of tomatoes,…
If you were to place an order this week at a restaurant that exclusively served viral foods, here’s what you’d be eating: a salad tossed in a special dressing made by Olivia Wilde; an omelet made with only egg yolks; and a Negroni Sbagliato to wash it all down. Let’s begin with the salad. If…
Anyone who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1990s will almost certainly have the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk commercials stamped on their subconscious, alongside their best friend’s landline. But Santa Cruz is much more than a West Coast Coney Island. (The Boardwalk, incidentally, is California’s oldest amusement park and is a…
Every corner of the turkey market is stretched thin. Restaurants can’t get orders filled. Deli owners are scrambling to find sliced turkey breast. Shoppers are paying as much as 112 percent more for fresh, skinless turkey breasts than they were last year. The fast-food chain Arby’s is warning customers that turkey sandwiches are not available…
This article is part of our Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on how museums, galleries and auction houses are embracing new artists, new concepts and new traditions. Food — a subject of universal appeal — is a big deal in many cities and especially in New York. There are delis, lots of them, and…