Hetty McKinnon’s new charred eggplant recipe is such a good blueprint for summery cooking: Grill a vegetable that’s in season, then, while it’s still warm, let it soak up something delicious. Repeat. Here, the eggplant is sliced and browned in a grill pan until it’s nice and soft, then covered in a dressing made from…
Canada’s biggest city and North America’s fourth-largest metropolis, Toronto received more than 27.5 million visitors annually before the pandemic, making it Canada’s top tourism destination, according to Destination Toronto, the city’s tourism-marketing arm. As travel rebounds, Canadian tourists are predominating, with traffic from the United States just starting to return and overseas visitors still scant,…
Sweet & Vicious, a downtown Manhattan bar and restaurant popular for its “jargaritas” — frozen margaritas served in giant Mason jars — has been a nest of sexual, racial and gender-based harassment where workers endured racial slurs, had tips taken by the management and went unpaid for work, according to a 16-month investigation by Letitia…
Good morning. I may hawk recipes in this space, but I don’t always use them. That’s especially true in the middle of the week when I’m ground down by the realities of a working life and don’t have a moment to browse our app. Time sneaks up on me, and suddenly it occurs to me…
All vacation is in some way an observation of other people working while you do not. A stay at a hotel bears witness to maids and hosts; dinner sees chefs, busboys and waiters; an excursion requires a tour guide, a driver, a boat mechanic if you’re lucky. But there’s a peculiarity in going to a…
The ability of heat to transform ingredients is not, of course, limited to those that need to be transformed in order to be eaten. Even when something is very much edible as it is — a red bell pepper, for example, or a brioche burger bun — the process of heating can tease out flavor…
Chote Miya This Indian street food spot in the TimeOut Market in Dumbo, Brooklyn, has opened a branch in Chelsea Market. The owner, Jimmy Rizvi, also sells packaged Indian products in the new location. Chelsea Market, 75 Ninth Avenue (15th Street), chotemiya.com. Ol’Days Gradually moving north, from Buenos Aires and Miami to New York, this…
Today marks Day 22 of summer. Have you had your requisite ice cream cone(s) yet? Ice cream consumption is, of course, a year-round pursuit. But there’s just something about unrelenting daytime heat and balmy summer nights that makes every creamy bite all the better. What’s new and oh-so-nice in ice cream this season? I’m glad…
If you have eaten at Sofreh, the four-year-old Persian restaurant in a Brooklyn brownstone, chances are you know its mast-o musir, a yogurt dip. The first things you see are chips of dried musir, the Iranian wild shallot, prized for its courtly but distinct whiff of garlic. Underneath this is a bed of musir-enriched yogurt.…
Studies suggest that cocoa might benefit health, but it’s unclear how that may translate to a typical bar of chocolate.