Last Call for the Beer Bar?

Dave Pollack and his wife, Alex, opened the Diamond in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in 2007. Their quirky bar featured bathrooms decorated with cassette tapes, seating in a backyard ski gondola and good beer, drawing on Mr. Pollack’s experience working for a beer importer. At first, the diverse selection, from imported German kölsch to up-and-coming American I.P.A.s,…

For Shakshuka or What Have You

With their ever-increasing line of products bearing the New York Shuk label, Ron and Leetal Arazi are putting the Middle East, with an emphasis on Jewish and Moroccan flavors, on the table. Their latest is a thick, all-purpose tomato-based condiment called matbucha, a homemade staple of North African origin that is ubiquitous in Israeli households.…

Spooky Pasta and Ghastly Cookies

In the run-up to Halloween, the Brooklyn Kitchen, which just started giving cooking classes in the Essex Market on the Lower East Side, has scheduled hands-on lessons for savories and sweets for the holiday. Halloween pasta — black squid ink with a lemon-herb sauce and pumpkin gnocchi with a brown butter and sage sauce —…

Where Citrus Is the Star

The colder months feature citrus. This year, Evan Obsatz, an owner of the Butterfield Markets on the Upper East Side, and his produce specialist, John Weintraub, have gathered offbeat varieties of the fruit in the Madison Avenue store. Yuzu, a green- or yellow-skinned fruit with a flavor that’s increasingly popular thanks to Japanese chefs but…

A Domestic Prosciutto From the Ozarks

There’s a new domestic prosciutto from True Story Foods with a personality all its own. It’s a mellow, silky ham, less robust and salty than some, but lovely on a charcuterie board or in a sandwich. Russ Kremer, a Missouri hog farmer and partner based in the foothills of the Ozarks, has established a network…

Come for the Focaccia, Stay for the History

The province of Liguria on the northwest Italian coast has a diverse cuisine that varies greatly from the coast to the inland regions. Along the sea, the necklace of Italian Riviera resorts and the cosmopolitan city of Genoa serve elegant fare like stuffed veal rolls, decorative corzetti pasta, zucchini flowers and specialties also typical of…

Thanksgiving, Already?

Good morning. We’re just a month out from Thanksgiving, 30 days from a holiday that last year was deeply strange for a lot of us and that this year promises — what, a return to everything as it was in 2019? Probably not. We’re excited about what’s coming, but nervous, too. We’re managing as best…