Take It to 11

Good morning. I’ve spent the week making like Danny Meyer, the restaurateur, who many nights makes it his business to visit the dining rooms he maintains across the city, even as his Shake Shack empire expands across the nation. Of course I don’t own any restaurants. (That would be hilarious.) But this week The Times…

Interesting Facts About Ceramic Cookware

There is some controversy surrounding nonstick cookware since nonstick frypans and saucepans are frequently coated with a material known as Teflon. Teflon coatings break down when heated at high temperatures, which can release toxic fumes into the air. Many cooks are turning to alternative cookware. A popular trend at the moment is ceramic cookware. Ceramic…

The Art of Sourdough

Good morning. I was in Montauk over the weekend, the easternmost tip of Long Island in New York, chasing fish in the rips and off the point, then west along the south side of the island to Warhol’s and Ditch. On shore, there were the usual dock hangs, and two somewhat-larger affairs into which I…

Temaki Hand Rolls With a Twist in the West Village

Headliner Nami Nori The chefs Taka Sakaeda and Jihan Lee, who both worked at the sushi master Masa Takayama’s restaurants, are behind separate counters in this new restaurant’s elegant pale-wood dining room. (The operations director, Lisa Limb, also worked at Mr. Takayama’s restaurants.) But unlike at Masa, the specialties here are temaki hand rolls. And…