Walk into any pizzeria in New York City, with a few well-known exceptions, and you can order with your eyes closed: A thin-crust cheese slice is inevitable, a Sicilian or grandma slice is likely, an all-cheese white pie is probable. There will definitely be pepperoni, and because many owners buy from the same suppliers, the…
Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli, the owners of Frankies 457 Spuntino in Brooklyn, plan to open a location in Nashville, their first outside New York City. Mr. Castronovo and Mr. Falcinelli, who became childhood friends in Queens, opened Frankies 457 Spuntino in Carroll Gardens in 2004. In the years since, the owners have capitalized on…
Whenever I slice and sauté onions, I think of my mother. No, she did not make me cry, but her meticulous handling of a mundane kitchen task left a lasting impression, one that informs my own cooking. Slice the onions and monitor their progress in the skillet so the result is a bronzed, sweetly fragrant…
If you think the enjoyment of green tea is a relatively new pursuit in the United States, a Zoom talk for the Culinary Historians of New York will set you straight. Robert Hellyer, an associate professor of history at Wake Forest University and the author of “Green Tea with Milk and Sugar: When Japan Filled…
Dungeness crab season is shorter and more delicate than it used to be — this past year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife delayed its start in an effort to protect whales moving through the area. The previous year, a toxic algal bloom, likely caused by warming and acidifying waters, shut down crab fisheries…
A cafe and market has opened at Beach Green Dunes II, an affordable housing development in Edgemere, Queens, near Far Rockaway. With a mission to provide modestly priced food to the neighborhood, the cafe sells whole roast chickens and prepared items, $4 to $21, for delivery, to eat in or take away. There is a…
The sommelier and restaurateur Joe Campanale’s new wine book, “Vino: The Essential Guide to Real Italian Wine,” is not for novices. But those who already understand Chianti and the D.O.C.G. classification might be primed to discover wines made by small producers from native grapes like frappato, grechetto and bonarda. Mr. Campanale started in the wine…
At the European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF), an international art fair held at the Park Avenue Armory this week, oysters are included. Roving teams of shuckers open and serve oysters and Champagne, gratis, so visitors can slurp while they shop. Red Oyster, a New York company, supplies the bivalves and shuckers. The fair, based in…
Tcho, a chocolate company based in Berkeley, Calif., has collaborated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium to create a new bar: Deep, Dark and Salty, incorporating sea salt and seaweed for a slightly crunchy, saline profile to complement the fruitiness of the dark chocolate. Tcho’s chocolate maker, Brad Kintzer, and the aquarium’s executive chef, Matthew Beaudin,…
HONG KONG — The lines begin forming before lunchtime and wind on well into the night, with customers outside craning their necks for views of the day’s selection through the window. It is not a newly anointed Michelin bistro or the latest photogenic, Instagram-friendly confection that has captivated Hong Kong, a famously epicurean city. It…