Kerry DiamondCreditvia Museum of Food and Drink Yasmin KhanCreditMatt Russell In her new book, “Zaitoun,” Yasmin Khan, a human rights activist and food writer, explores the significance and history of the olive in the culture of the Palestinians and Jews, especially in Israel. Ms. Khan will discuss Palestinian home-cooking and the role of food in…
ATLANTA — In 2000, the last time this city hosted the Super Bowl, the St. Louis Rams beat the Tennessee Titans, and Watershed had been frying its famous fried chicken in peanut oil flavored with country ham for only a year. The new Southern food movement that the restaurant in nearby Decatur helped define had…
New York used to be a one-mole town, and that was mole poblano. A chocolate-colored, bittersweet agglomeration of two dozen or so ingredients, it comes, like most of the city’s Mexican immigrants, from the state of Puebla. Typically simmered with chicken, mole poblano was a staple of takeout joints and lunch counters and restaurants before…
WEST COMPTON, Calif. — In a sunny field here in Los Angeles County, the chef Diep Tran folded a banana leaf like wrapping paper, running her fingers along the crease. As she spooned some pork jowl and rice on top, a dozen women leaned over to observe her technique. “Not too much!” Ms. Tran said.…
May I say there are few combinations better than fish and potatoes? I don’t think anyone could argue convincingly to the contrary. Fish and chips are an obvious example of how good a pairing it is, and New England fish chowder would be decidedly one-dimensional without the world’s best-loved tuber in the picture. This week…
When you’re shopping for someone who has a food allergy, a trip to the grocery store is like a police investigation. Each product must be scrutinized. Labels are examined, each ingredient studied. My 5-year-old son, Alexander, is allergic to almonds and hazelnuts, so my wife and I spend a lot of time trying to decipher…
BOSTON — At 5 on a windy winter morning, in a cold, harshly lit warehouse in Boston’s seaport district, Baracat Paiva stared down at the 200-pound bigeye tuna before him and reached for his knives. Mr. Paiva, as tall and imposing as the dead fish before him, dipped his cloth-gloved hand in warm water, to…
Delicious sweet buns. Ingredients and cooking flour 550 gr.butter 80 gr.2 yolks 1 egg,120 gr. Milk5- 6 tbsp. sugar (adjust the sweetness to taste)25 gr. fresh yeast100 gr. orange juice and zest of 1 large orange.Leave the dough to ferment for 2-3 hours.Formed buns leave for 30-40 minutes and then smear with milkBake at 180…
I had hoped to avoid ushering in the new year with yet another weight/diet column, but three circumstances prompted me to reconsider: 1) The latest data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the weight of American men and women has continued its upward climb, with the average B.M.I. now almost…
Fatima Ali, who was voted by fans of the television show “Top Chef” as their favorite contestant of Season 15, died on Friday at her family’s home in San Marino, Calif. She was 29. A brother, Mohammad Ali, said the cause was cancer. While her season of the reality culinary competition show was airing, Ms.…