Few things influence the choice of wine as much as the weather. Food is one, of course, if you think of wine primarily as an accompaniment to meals, as I do. But what you choose to eat often depends on what’s happening atmospherically, barometrically and meteorologically — that is, the weather partly determines what sort…
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Tejal Rao, The New York Times’s California restaurant critic, enlisted a fridge full of ’70s-era vegetable Muppets this month to help announce her new vegetarian newsletter on Twitter — and her followers couldn’t get enough…
Is there anything vegetarian cooking can’t do? Whether it’s sweet and spicy tofu larb, an aromatic toor dal with whole boiled peanuts or the beautiful simplicity of a pile of roasted brussels sprouts, vegetarian cooking offers seemingly endless combinations of flavor profiles and textures — enough to satisfy any type of eater. The Veggie, a…
In this series for T, the author Reggie Nadelson revisits New York institutions that have defined cool for decades, from time-honored restaurants to unsung dives. It’s a luminous July morning when I arrive in Coney Island and I feel the same excitement I did when I was 9 and, on warm summer Sundays, my father…
It’s Kim, not Sam, lol. He’s on his annual sojourn to fish and chill but left strict instructions for us to continue working. Whatevs! There will be some decidedly non-Sam things in here this week, but there will be a no-recipe recipe today. I call this Girlfriend Pasta because my girlfriend makes it for us…
The first place I saw the sun used as an oven was Greece, on a trip with my mom. When we came back from lunch to our rented whitewashed cool room in someone’s whitewashed cool house on a small whitewashed island — the woman of that house had picked her ripe, jammy figs in the…
There are few things that I enjoy more than eating good food with people I love in a beautiful place. That’s not a particularly difficult situation to create in New York City, where there’s an abundance of interesting neighborhoods and restaurants (or rooftops) with stunning views, but when I don’t want to deal with reservations…
Headliner Saga The celebrated financial district restaurant Crown Shy, which reopened at 100 percent capacity in June, will grow by four stories by summer’s end. The restaurant has taken over four floors (62, 63, 64 and 66) at the top of 70 Pine Street, an Art Deco building. The spaces were used in the past…
As I write each week’s restaurant review, I call an owner to ask whether somebody in a wheelchair would be able to enter the dining room and enjoy a meal. By that time, I’ve already eaten there and spent a few minutes looking around for features that might make a space inaccessible, like steps, narrow…
Peppers are cosmopolitan, a vegetable that comes in far more varieties than there are nations in the world. One day you can slice a mild orange bell pepper to dip in hummus. Another you may roast red peppers and blend them into a dip or a sauce of their own, like ajvar or romesco. Poblano…