Front Burner: A Better Cocktail Glass

Drink-specific cocktail glasses are nothing new — who doesn’t recognize a rocks glass? — but the Austrian glassware company Riedel has taken it a step further, consulting with Zane Harris, a cocktail specialist, to fine-tune the details for each of the six shapes in a new line. The glasses follow classic contours, yet also take…

Eat : The Evolution of Curried Rice

Paul Carmichael, the chef at Momofuku Seiobo in Sydney, grew up in St. James Parish, Barbados, on the west side of the island. His mother woke early on Sundays to prepare the lunch they’d eat after church. One of his favorites, he told me recently: lamb, the meat folded into a cast-iron pot, marinated in…

5 PLACES: Five Places to Visit in Lima

In the coastal city of Lima, street art is plastered on many of the weathered colonial buildings in the bohemian barrio of Barranco, the neighborhood where the celebrated chef Virgilio Martínez reopened his world-famous Central restaurant last June. [How coveted is a table at Central? Some people build their trips around a reservation there.] “It…