Headliner Bixi Serena Bass, the caterer and chef who, for many years, has turned out the food of Italy at Lido, a brick-walled corner spot in Harlem, now looks to Asia with Bixi. It’s her newest venture with Susannah Koteen, who is an owner of both restaurants, and it’s a few doors south of Lido,…
You’ve spent hours baking gorgeous holiday cookies, and now it’s time to share them with friends and family. Careful packing can mean the difference between receiving a box of joyful confections or a box of buttery crumbs (still tasty, less pretty). Here’s how to do it right, whether you’re shipping them or leaving them on…
This year, I have made a conscious effort to revisit the memories of holidays past, and those memories have been kind to me. They have allowed me to recall my family’s traditions, and to feel connected to loved ones in a challenging time. My parents met as graduate students in 1970s Berlin, and their years…
Adam Kolesar, who makes quality cocktail syrups under the name Orgeat Works in Brooklyn, approached his friend Jeff Berry in 2018 with an offbeat idea: What if they made a Mai Tai mix — like the cocktail mixers you see in the supermarket but, you know, good. Mr. Berry was skeptical. “Premixes were something we…
Good morning. Dorie Greenspan introduced me to the mystery novelist Louise Penny this weekend, in a delightful column in The New York Times Magazine that begins in Penny’s fictional Three Pines, a village in Quebec “with a good boulangerie; a bookstore that smells like tea and flowers; a bistro with an excellent chef; and a…
KHOMUTYNSI, Ukraine — Valery Kravchuk, a seasoned mushroom hunter, pushed aside some dead leaves to reveal his prize: a beautiful blusher, so called because it turns pink when pinched. “Mushrooms are like magnets for me,” he said. “I feel them.” This fall, Ukrainians have been driving their cars down country roads, getting out and walking…
Hello and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. Margaux here, filling in for Emily this week. I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving, whatever that looked like for you this year. Mine was small and different, but kind of perfect? It’s been a challenging several months in so many ways, and yet I’ve also never felt…
The must-have accessory for many businesses this winter is basic, but lately it has been hard to find: the humble space heater. As coronavirus cases surge, and as people shun or are even barred from gathering in indoor spaces, restaurants, hotels and office buildings are installing outdoor heaters on sidewalks and terraces in a bid…
Welcome. It’s Thanksgiving, and for many of us it’ll be smaller and quieter than in years past. I recommend taking a minute to read Mark Vanhoenacker on how he’s fending off sadness at not being with family for the holiday; it might broaden your perspective. And check out Sam Sifton on adding new flavors to…
When Laura Kim was a child, her mother used all kinds of tricks to get her to eat. “She made it a sort of theater,” says the formerly finicky Kim, who, along with Fernando Garcia, is co-creative director of both Oscar de la Renta and Monse (the label she and Garcia launched in 2015). In…