A talk about James Hemings and clips from a 2021 documentary about him will be part of a program produced by the Museum of Food and Drink in New York, at the Africa Center early next month. Hemings, who was held in slavery by Thomas Jefferson, learned French cooking on a trip to Paris and…
On the heels of introducing its Tunisian-style preserved lemon condiment, La Boîte, the spice store in Hell’s Kitchen, has collaborated again with the chef Eric Ripert and the preserve-maker Le Bon Magot for its new, sweetly tangy kumquat compote with Cognac. As devoted a cook as you might be, don’t be shy about leaving to…
In time for warmer weather and well-chilled cocktails, slushy desserts and refreshing snow cones, KitchenAid has added an ice shaver to its roster of mixer attachments. Fill the molds that fit the unit and freeze them, then pop them in, activate your machine and a feathery cloud of shaved ice falls into your waiting container.…
In their new cookbook, Vittorio Assaf and Fabio Granato describe the unlikely creation of their still-expanding, New York-based Serafina restaurant chain: While stuck on a stranded catamaran in a storm off Long Island in 1994 they swore they’d open the restaurant if they survived. The vibrantly photographed cookbook based on the restaurants’ dishes describes essential…
In 1905, the prima ballerina Anna Pavlova premiered a solo ballet created just for her, “The Dying Swan,” which she would go on to dance about 4,000 times before her death in 1931. “It was a combination of masterful technique with expressiveness,” Michel Fokine, the piece’s choreographer, said of his composition in a 1931 interview…
MADISONVILLE, Tenn. — Allan Benton started selling country hams here in the 1970s, figuring he could make a better living than he did as a high school guidance counselor. His early efforts were not encouraging. “I would peddle them on the back of a pickup truck up through Maryville, over to Townsend, through Wears Valley…
Some diners said that tips allow business owners to deflect the responsibility for paying a living wage. Gabriel Ramirez, who works in a Los Angeles smoke shop, said he would prefer that labor costs were reflected in menu prices rather than leaving it up to customers to tip. “It is our social duty to make…
When you develop a hiatal hernia, foods that you used to love can become painful to ingest. To help cut down the sadness that this can cause, it’s important to find delicious, hernia-friendly foods to take the place of the fatty meats, cow’s milk, and sugar-heavy products that you used to devour. Thankfully, there are…
As people get older and responsibilities stack up, they tend to consume less alcohol. “The 40-year-old liver is not the same as a 25-year-old liver,” said Garrett Oliver, the brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery, which introduced Fuzzy Details, a hazy I.P.A. that is 2.5 percent alcohol, at its taproom in December. Mr. Oliver fondly recalled the…
I sort of love Valentine’s Day, which is coming up on Monday, and which I acknowledge is a little ridiculous as a day on the calendar. But I find its retro sweetness irresistible, especially when it’s done right, with French toast, strong cocktails, fudgy desserts and homemade Valentines. I don’t yet know what I’m making…