Profiles of farmers and their farms in Western Massachusetts and other nearby areas fill “The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook.” Springtime lingers in this simple, approachable book, with an egg on a bed of fava beans, peas, garlic scapes and zucchini; summer shines, in a handsome casserole of eggplant with tomatoes and mozzarella, and a pizza…
Nick Morgenstern, the high-profile ice cream specialist, with locations on West Houston Street and on Rivington Street in Manhattan, is expanding his footprint nationwide. This week, Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream will be available for shipping to 48 states. (Alaska and Hawaii are excluded.) Pints in classic flavors, like cookies and cream and butter pecan, or…
Yewande’s the greatest, and that tofu situation is firmly in my running list of top 5 recipes of the year. R.S.V.P., if you would, and come join us on Thursday. (Definitely make the recipe this week so you can thank her in person.) Here’s another great recipe, which Mark Bittman pulled out of the chef…
As parents stay home with their children, in a situation of anxiety and uncertainty, the recurring rituals of daily life — eating and sleeping and occupying your time — can be opportunities for comfort and family bonding or fraught expressions of stress, and sometimes both in rapid succession. Eating together can help a family through,…
ImageCredit…Illustrations by Tom JollyThe New York Times and Tom Bodkin/The New York Times By Max Read May 18, 2020 I’m not, traditionally, a breakfast person. I can house a fry-up, but only when the occasion calls for it — say, hypothetically, an extra drink or six the night before — and, sure, I’ll dip into…
In the hierarchy of essential things in America, it appears, cheeseburgers rank near the top. The president’s recent declaration that meatpacking plants are “critical infrastructure” and meat is “essential” under the Defense Production Act speaks volumes about this country’s attachment to an abundant supply of beef and pork even amid a pandemic. That President Trump…
Despite the fact that I’ve been keeping my family knee-deep in snickerdoodle cake and shortbread, everyone’s been craving peanut butter cups. But since we didn’t want to wait for our grocery delivery, I whipped up a pan of buckeye-inspired chocolate peanut butter bars instead. They have that same fudgy-salty-sweet vibe, but with a layer of…
Hello and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. My daughter said something kind of funny the other day at lunch: “Dinner is coming for us, Mama!” She was just narrating the events of the day as she expected them to unfold, using her toddler syntax. But she had divined a feeling I often have these days:…
Restaurants are slowly returning in many states. Just because you can eat out again, though, does not mean that you should. And if you decide to go back before the virus is under control, it will not necessarily be clear which dining rooms are safest. Restaurants will have to navigate a situation that is new…
The sad truth about summer 2020 is that you may not be ushering it in by grilling giant trays of food for a horde of your family and friends. But if you have a grill, you can still use it to make a feast this Memorial Day — though possibly on a somewhat smaller scale.…