Gladys Bourdain, a longtime copy editor at The New York Times who helped kick-start the writing career of her son Anthony, the chef who became a world-famous memoirist and television host, died on Friday at a hospice facility in the Bronx. She was 85. Her son Christopher confirmed the death. He said she had been…
Headliner Piggyback NYC Leah Cohen’s latest has a broader scope than her Lower East Side spot, Pig and Khao. “The food at Pig and Khao is from Southeast Asia,” she said. Piggyback NYC’s focus is “all over Asia except India, and is inspired by our travels.” This new spot in Chelsea features Chinese dishes like…
Those chocolate-dipped strawberries at Godiva have long been a popular gift. The company’s new line of chocolate products for home cooks includes little semisweet or milk chocolate tablets, specially formulated for melting, so you can coat your own fruit. For a more generous chocolate hit, you could also use them in chocolate chip cookies. There…
In 2013, when Daisuke Nakazawa began handing across the counter his first pieces of sea scallop sushi — harmless looking, but the peppery streak of yuzukosho inside could temporarily rearrange your facial structure — Sushi Nakazawa was something new to New York City. I didn’t know it was going to change the sushi landscape when…
After Pete Wells took Sushi Nakazawa to three stars from four in his latest review, only three restaurants in New York City have a four-star rating from the restaurant critics of The New York Times. The Flatiron district restaurant was first given four stars in 2009 by the Times critic Frank Bruni. And it retained…
The many whiskeys of Japan are complex and often expensive. Learning about them can be a challenge. The Brandy Library in TriBeCa is offering an interesting and unexpected Valentine’s Day program: a chance to learn something about rich and varied Japanese whiskeys at cocktail time. These classes sell out early, so consider this a heads-up.…
Have you ever tried to take your family out for a meal but you are put off by how crazy the price of food has become these days? A family of 4, out shopping for essentials and hoping to grab a quick bite to fill the hole developing in their bodies. And to close the…
This is how it began, the career of one of the most versatile, ingenious and adventurous chefs in the history of American cuisine. Jean-Georges Vongerichten can pinpoint the day, the place, the words. His family had taken him to Auberge de l’Ill, a restaurant with three Michelin stars in Alsace, the French region where they…
While overall wine sales have slowed in recent years, at least in the United States, oenophiles have started to consume more — and demand — better quality wines. To attract this traveler, hotels and resorts are increasingly ordering private-label bottles, producing their own and ramping up wine-centric experiences. “With so many lodging choices, wine programs…
Matty Maher, the patriarch of only the third family to steward the venerable dive bar McSorley’s Old Ale House since it opened in the East Village of Manhattan in the mid-19th century, died on Saturday in Queens. He was 80. The cause was lung cancer, his daughter Teresa de la Haba said. Mr. Maher, who…