This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. The pandemic has forced restaurants to confront an urgent question: Was technology helping or hurting them? For Glasserie, a Mediterranean restaurant in Brooklyn, N.Y., the answer was both. When restaurants were forced to close for sit-down meals,…
There’s something so homey about a warm dessert so tender you must serve it with a big spoon and a deep bowl. Depending on the occasion, there are a couple of recipes you could try. One is spoonbread, the usually savory, sometimes sweet Southern dish. To make it, you’d stir fully- or par-cooked cornmeal into…
So you’re checking out piercings? Nice! You’re not even remotely alone in your pursuit of good piercings or even tattoos. As a matter of fact, piercings and tattoos are becoming more popular than ever before. Yet, if you’re a newbie, then things might look rather intimidating at first glance. After all, piercings are rather permanent…
Changing careers is never easy. There’s a lot of friction, self-doubt, and logistical details that must be worked through. But if you make the right switch – meaning you transition into a career that’s more lucrative or beneficial to your lifestyle – a pivot could be the best thing that ever happens to you. While…
Going to the dentist isn’t a pleasant experience. This is essentially the case for everyone, but for some people, the minor discomfort of an exam or a filling is transformed into absolute terror. Formally known as dental phobia, such fear is unusually common compared to other phobias, and it can cause people to miss out…
Has everyone’s surreptitious chocolate chip consumption gone way up since we’ve all had to stay at home? Or is this phenomenon limited to my particular kitchen? And is it also why, no matter how often I replenish the stock, there’s never quite enough left in the bag whenever I try to bake cookies? Luckily, chocolate…
After two decades selling homemade tamales in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Sonía Pèrez has received her fair share of tickets from the police. Often, they’re for minor infractions: being too far from the curb, being too close to a crosswalk. But a few years ago, an encounter with the police frightened her. While checking to see her…
This stellar weeknight meal takes advantage of ingredients you may already have stashed in the cupboard or fridge. The centerpiece is salmon. The fillets are easy to prepare and quick to cook, making them the perfect protein for easy weeknight dinners. And salmon can take on many different flavors, which explains its versatility and mass…
Hello! And welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. I’m Margaux Laskey, an editor at NYT Cooking, and I’m filling in for Emily Weinstein this week. As a mom of two little kids, there is a definite silver lining to this whole sheltering-in-place business: Before quarantine, our day-to-day life was a blur of to-dos and drop-offs, but…
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. You don’t need to have been born in New York, or even to have lived here very long, to be a real New Yorker. All it takes is a certain…