When it comes to food, I will forever favor crispy over saucy, because saucy is the enemy of crispy, and crispy is the best and most pleasant thing about food. For example, I can’t stand when people squeeze lemon over my fried calamari or schnitzel, and think eggplant Parm is a waste of a crunchy…
Good morning. The autumn migration continues along the East Coast, with striped bass and false albacore oozing south to the Carolinas, feasting on bait. Here are Bluefin tuna in close to shore, whales, gannets divebombing in formation. It’s wild. They’re harvesting Canada geese in western Nassau County, a bag limit of eight a day. Some…
This weekend, make creamy chickpea pasta with spinach and rosemary (above) — our most popular recipe right now — chicken Vesuvio, Swedish cardamom buns or any of recipes in the collection below.
Veggie Mijas is a collective of over 300 nonbinary, female-identifying people and women of color in 12 chapters across the United States, and the group — originally founded by Amy Quichiz and Mariah Bermeo — facilitates community building through vegan potlucks, cleaning up community gardens and hosting youth seminars to teach children about the importance…
The swimming pool at Dorp, a new hotel in Cape Town.CreditStephanie Veldman The hotel’s homey interiors were designed by the property’s owner, the hotelier Gail Behr.CreditStephanie Veldman In South Africa, a New Hotel With an Antique Feel Cape Town, in the shadow of Table Mountain on the South African coast, has become one of the…
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Are there any ingredients more helpful to the harried home cook than sausages? Available at all kinds of markets (from super to farmer), they come preseasoned, so you don’t need to fuss with them when you get them home. Just plop them into a pan, and apply high heat. They will practically cook themselves, their…
Good morning. We’re through the Jewish High Holy Days and still more than a week out from Diwali, and we’re not quite at the point yet where we’re jotting down ideas for Thanksgiving. It’s a perfect time to do a pantry cleanse, a pantry reboot, get yourself squared away for recipes new and old. This…
This is the second of a four-part series on winemaking and climate change. HOPEWELL, Ore. — Mimi Casteel hates the word “weeds,” particularly when referring to unexpected plants growing in her vineyard here in this hamlet in the Willamette Valley. To think of weeds as invasive species, she believes, is to vastly simplify the intricate…
The simpler the dish, the more it demands of the cook. Every gesture counts, even the smallest, like the way Aida Demce, the chef of Dua Kafe in the East Village, places an earthen casserole into the oven while still empty, so it will be hot when the ingredients go in. Then, she sautés bell…