Although their name suggests that they’re defined by sweetness, sugar snap peas are really about the crunch. They aren’t any sweeter than regular peas. When you get good regular peas in season, they can be so sugary that it’s impossible not to eat them all right as you shell them, leaving nothing for dinner. (Produce…
About two weeks ago, I found packets of yeast for sale at a corner market, displayed on a shelf like it was no big deal, like yeast hadn’t become a precious commodity during the coronavirus pandemic as supermarket shelves emptied and Americans took up bread-baking like a national pastime. I don’t even bake bread. But…
Father’s Day is fast approaching, but there’s still time to get the dad in your life a fabulous gift that he will cherish and appreciate. Dads have many different personalities and interests, but here are a few gift ideas that anyone would love to receive: Photo Book of Memories A beautifully laid out, professionally printed…
Last week, Gushers and Fruit by the Foot, two fruit candies from the 1990s, now manufactured by General Mills, joined forces on Twitter to announce a deep commitment to … something. “Gushers wouldn’t be Gushers without the Black community and your voices,” the brand’s tweet read. “We’re working with @fruitbythefoot on creating space to amplify…
I had a lot of reasons not to write this column. For one, it stretches back to the other side of the divide, before the pandemic, when the wine panel was able to convene and taste together without trepidation. It seems unreal to recall sitting down in unmasked fellowship on a chilly day at the…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Just Eat Takeaway, a European food delivery service, said on Wednesday that it was in advanced talks to buy Grubhub, a deal that would give it a foothold in the United States. The proposed deal would be an all-stock transaction, Just Eat Takeaway said in a statement. Its stock fell about 13…
It’s hot outside. Which means summer is coming. Which means sweet corn is ripening somewhere not too far from Brooklyn, and in a few weeks, I’ll get to buy some. So I finally forced myself to use up the last of my summer 2019 corn kernels, the ones I carefully sliced off the cob last…
Welcome. We’re still working from home, those of us with work, anyway, those of us who can afford to be home, those who don’t have to commute to essential jobs as the pandemic continues on its silent path. But sometime over the course of the last couple of weeks — as states began slowly to…
Condé Nast named Amanda Shapiro as the acting deputy director of Bon Appétit on Tuesday, after the swift fall of the magazine’s former editor in chief, Adam Rapoport, who resigned on Monday. Ms. Shapiro, 33, was the editor at Healthyish, a newsletter and digital companion to the magazine, and had recently taken on more editing…
Before the coronavirus lockdowns, Matt Majesky didn’t take much notice of the fees that Grubhub and Uber Eats charged him every time they processed an order for his restaurant, Pierogi Mountain. But once the lockdowns began, the apps became essentially the only source of business for the barroom restaurant he ran with a partner, Charlie…