A Pasta to Please Everyone

Hi and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. This is one of those strange in-between weeks, right? Not bad-strange, not at all, but what you need for the next few days most likely bears no relation to what you’ll need in two weeks, as we loll around in these post-Christmas, pre-New Year’s days. And so below…

T’s Most Gripping Long Reads From 2019

ImageRachel Weisz, photographed in New York City on May 10, 2019. Sabina jumpsuit, $495, shop‑sabina​.com. Weisz’s own necklace.Credit…Photo by Craig McDean. Styled by Marie Chaix “Rachel Weisz Is Performing for Herself” by Susan Dominus In a profile as beguiling as the actress herself, who was one of T’s four Greats honorees this year, Dominus subverts…

For a Sweet 2020, Look to the Bitter in Wine

Many good wines have a built-in defense against being consumed by children: They are inherently bitter, a flavor that children seem genetically hard-wired to abhor. Eventually, taste buds evolve. Young adults come to love many bitter flavors, whether in beer, dark chocolate, arugula, Negronis, coffee or tea. Despite the prevalence of bitter flavors in popular…

Greek Wines Get Back to Their Roots

AMYNDEON, Greece — The landscape of the Macedonian region in northern Greece is tapestried with vineyards. They supply wineries that are producing some of the best red wines Greece has to offer. The Alpha Estate here in the northwestern corner of Macedonia is a fine example. In a tasting of Greek reds by the wine…

Confused in California

The 52 Places Traveler Nearing the end of his round-the-world trip, the 52 Places Traveler was confounded by the Golden State cities of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Dec. 24, 2019 ImageThe Griffith Observatory offers panoramic views of the surrounding hills stretching all the way to the coast. The whirlwind pace of my yearlong trip…