Beyond Recipes

Good morning. Remember when there were handshakes and hugs, crowded delis at lunchtime, crowded elevators at the mall, crowded rest stops on the interstates, close-quartered Elmos in the Elmo pens of Times Square? That was back in the before times, when you could do things like pop out for the turmeric you forgot to buy…

When E.V.O.O. Met Chocolate

Kosterina, an olive oil company in the Peloponnese region of Greece that uses native koroneiki olives, has introduced chocolate bars, the dark chocolate blended with the extra-virgin olive oil. The result is rich, silky chocolate in some uncommon Mediterranean flavors like fig and balsamic vinegar; almond butter with vanilla; and nuts, including walnuts and pistachios,…

A Glass to Keep Half Full

Even that pour of club soda will take on a springtime rosé hue in this new glass. It comes in a stemless shape, now something of a classic, and has a bubbly pattern in pale salmon pink that deepens from top to bottom. It’s a fairly substantial glass, holding 16 ounces, and could even be…