Fort Hamilton Distillery, a five-year-old enterprise in Industry City, Brooklyn, named for the 19th century military installation guarding the east side of the Narrows in New York Harbor (Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island faces it to the west), specializes in rye whiskies, and also makes bourbon. To this portfolio it has just added a bourbon…
Iberico, the prized pork from Spain’s free-ranging heirloom breeds is best known in its cured state, as ham. But fresh Iberico in the muscle cuts typical in Spain, is delicious roasted, grilled or pan-seared. Campo Grande, an American company that works directly with small farmers in Spain, is a new source for the meat. The…
Para el desafío Come bien, las técnicas de atención plena, como “surfear los impulsos”, pueden ayudar a frenar el comer demasiado sin prohibir los alimentos favoritos.
NIKISKI, Alaska — Before the sun rose on Nov. 11, 10 students from Nikiski Middle & High School had gathered with their teacher, Jesse Bjorkman, at a gas-station parking lot here in this small community on the Kenai Peninsula — to gear up for a moose hunt. Dispersed among five vehicles, the group drove about…
In 2019, Dr. Forman published the follow-up results of a larger randomized controlled trial of 190 people, which found that participants who practiced acceptance and mindfulness strategies were twice as likely to have maintained a 10 percent weight loss after three years compared to those who focused primarily on resisting temptations and suppressing thoughts of…
When you’re thinking about what to make for dinner, the question is often “What do I feel like cooking?” But it can also be “How do I feel like cooking it?” Sometimes, you want to towel-dry, salt-scrub and bronze each piece of chicken, relishing the sizzle, before adding liquid. Other times, you’d rather take it…
Here’s a New Year’s resolution to embrace: Do less! That can mean many things, but it should especially mean doing fewer dishes. And what better way to stick to that goal than to cook more one-pot meals from New York Times Cooking? This is not permission to compromise on flavor; in fact you’ll find that…
LONDON — The quiet of January offers me a moment to look back at the weeks that came before and make heads or tails of them all. I am particularly interested in traditions: how they almost sneak up on us and surprise us, despite our misguided assumption that we are fully in control. And I…
Happy New Year-ish and welcome back to the workweek routine. Blessedly I spent the holidays with my in-laws, who cooked just about all of our meals and also fed my children. Such luxury! As a result, I returned to regular life having completely forgotten what my young kids will eat for dinner, aside from a…
Cooking a big pot of beef, beans and spices for hours may be one of the most traditional ways to make chili. But it’s not the only way, and it’s not what I’ve been doing lately as my beef consumption continues to plummet. To my mind, once you have all those beans and onions and…