Even for more experienced cooks who think nothing of whipping up a pot of birria de res, these straightforward recipes are packed with smart tips and nuggets of kitchen wisdom to bookmark. For example: Pressing down on a quesadilla in a pan will produce with what Nikita calls a “halo of crispy-crunchies” around the edges.…
The things I miss most about Sweet Tomatoes are sitting across from Becky at a booth close to the salad bar (so we could refill our plates as quickly as possible); catching up on the humdrum of our young-adult lives (e.g., my latest breakup, her latest archnemesis); and absolutely depleting the buffet of its round…
La Piraña Lechonera, which provides the nearest thing New York City has to the experience of eating roast pork at a lechonera in Puerto Rico, is sometimes mistaken for a food truck. It is, in fact, a trailer. A long metal box resting near the corner of East 152nd Street and Wales Avenue in the…
A new paella kit made in Spain has hit the shelves at Despaña Brand Foods, a retail and wholesale source for Spanish foods. It consists of a can of enough seasoned seafood broth with some bits of seafood to serve three or four with precisely measured rice. The proper paella pan, at 34 centimeters (13…
New York City’s top-tier walkability has always made it a perfect place for a crawl — to bars, galleries, “Sex and the City” filming sites. There are so few places that can’t be reached by foot. (Governors Island footbridge when?) I’m always looking for a new crawl. And since the dessert and pastry beat could…
Cornbread Farm to Soul Cornbread Holdings, with casual soul food restaurants in Maplewood, N.J., and Newark and soon in Jersey City and Montclair, N.J., has added Brooklyn to its portfolio. Fried or baked chicken, turkey wings, mac and cheese, collard greens, fried whiting, catfish, peach cobbler and the signature cornbread are on the menu. The…
On a recent afternoon in Brooklyn, a man known as Moody stood behind his dark blue cart in front of the Bushwick location of BK Lobster, gingerly prying open Fanny Bay, bluepoint and Prince Edward Island oysters with his shucking knife and presenting them to customers on a bed of ice. Occasionally, a curious passer-by…
We all have to start somewhere. That’s the inspiration behind this small but mighty collection of recipes for absolute beginners. We’re talking can-hardly-boil-water beginners. Maybe you just graduated from college and are on your own for the first time, or perhaps you never quite got the hang of cooking. Not to worry! These dishes —…
This is more complicated than running for the local Mister Softee truck, but also much more rewarding. Plan ahead and order ice cream sandwiches online from the Musket Room in NoLIta for pickup on Saturdays starting at 12:30 p.m. They offered the sandwiches last summer, but there’s a new twist: Each week’s offering, through the…
Just when you might have run out of ideas for something to toothpick alongside a drink, here comes Pariva: yogurt in a munchable format. Manjarrie Saha, a native of Kolkata who came to the United States to study and had a career in financial services, has introduced yogurt balls soaked in seasoned oil. She started…