MUMBAI, India — Aakanksha Porwal, the owner of a small retro diner called Vahnilla & Company, recently signed up for the Zomato food delivery app to make dishes like her veggie cheeseburgers and Kit Kat cakesicles available to a wider audience. She also joined Zomato’s Gold program, where she would offer two dishes for the…
Happy Friday! It’s still Melissa Clark here. And Sam Sifton is still away, I hope eating his weight in lobster and corn. Me, I’m acclimating to the workweek after my Greek vacation. But I am very glad it’s coming to a close so I can get ready for a long Labor Day weekend’s worth of…
Summer isn’t officially over until late in September, but we all know that Labor Day weekend is its unofficial end, so make the most of it: Soak up the sun, wear flip-flops and grill all of the things before photos of apple-picking and pumpkin spice lattes take over your Instagram feed. Here are some of…
FERNDALE, N.Y. — For their final days, the male Moulard ducks at the Hudson Valley Foie Gras farm are force -fed three times daily. They eat fatty, corn-based feed through a tube inserted into their throats, a process known as gavage that will swell their liver up to 10 times its size. A worker manually…
For much of its history, the Chilean export wine industry has been dominated by big companies that farmed in the huge Central Valley region, which stretches 250 miles south of Santiago and includes well-known river valleys like Maipo, Maule and Rapel. In recent years, interest has been growing in cooler regions, which have long histories…
What makes a wine French, or American or Spanish? Attributing national characteristics is a murky business, with one significant exception. Regardless of where they come from, the red wines of Italy often bear a similar signature: great acidity and sweet fruit or floral aromas and flavors, tempered by a refreshing bitterness that sets up the…
Hello there, it’s Melissa Clark here, taking over for Julia Moskin, who was taking over for Sam Sifton, who has vanished into the woods for a well-deserved rest. I’m just back from my own vacation. My family and I spent 10 glorious days in Greece, where I ate grilled fish — sardines, red mullet, mackerel…
Headliner Malibu Farm This collection of restaurants, which began as a pop-up on Malibu Pier near Los Angeles and grew to seven locations across the United States and in Mexico, has opened its latest branch in the seaport district, also on a pier. Helene Henderson, a former private chef, opened the first spot in 2014,…
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The rotis were flawless, king-size rounds. Each one was thin and even, freckled with char and shimmering. The dough had been rolled and cooked to order, so the rotis came out hot and supple, stacked on a paper plate alongside deli containers of dal and a few plastic spoons. It was a…
For a refreshing, even festive drink, there is now La Mademoiselle served in Bar Shun, the stunning new, brass-trimmed cocktail lounge across the hall from the restaurant Shun. The cocktail, created by Dushan Zaric, is grapefruit-based. To make it at home, combine 2 ounces each of pink grapefruit juice and gin, a half-ounce of simple…