The story of Fishs Eddy — the shop that specializes in vintage tableware — is the subject of a revealing graphic memoir by Julie Gaines, who founded the store and runs it with her husband, Dave Lenovitz. Their son, Ben, drew the illustrations. Named for an upstate New York town the owners happened through, Fishs…
Fear of pie-ing is a common affliction, even among experienced home cooks. As Thanksgiving — and its demand for apple, pecan and pumpkin pie — approaches, there is a remedy for those who don’t think they can handle the dough (yet do not want to rely on a bakery). Hands-on apple pie classes at the…
Last year Harrods, the London department store, began selling some Williams Sonoma products in its renowned food halls. Now Harrods is returning the favor, shipping some of its goods to Williams Sonoma. It’s the first time Harrods has made its products available in American. Gift hampers, priced from $195.95 to $999.95, and biscuits, teas and…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Bourbon has been on a winning streak for years now. The quintessential American whiskey enjoys a global reputation for quality, with demand outstripping supply and prices steadily rising. But in one arena, it can’t complete with world’s other great whiskeys: age. Most celebrated bourbons made in Kentucky are between four and 12…
LOS ANGELES — In a Hollywood strip mall, with a cramped kitchen and a shoestring budget, the tiny restaurant Baroo brought a singular, experimental spirit to this city’s food scene. Shortly after Kwang Uh and Matthew Kim opened it in 2015, the restaurant critic Jonathan Gold endorsed Mr. Uh’s cooking in a review, praising his…
LONDON — The owner of a take-away restaurant and a deliveryman in Britain have been found guilty of manslaughter for delivering food to a teenage girl who died from the effects of a peanut allergy. The teenager, Megan Lee, who was 15 at a time, suffered a reaction after ordering from her local takeout in…
If it’s Friday, there will be rabo encendido, oxtails dark as ink from a simmer in Presidente beer and Brugal rum. This is lunch and event at once, and may explain the crowd that forms before noon on the rainbow-planked porch outside Ajo y Orégano, a tiny gasp of a restaurant in Parkchester, the Bronx,…
Many people assume, based on what I do for a living, that I must have an extraordinary kitchen full of the latest tools and appliances. The reality here is that I have cooked with the same beat-up Dutch ovens for years, have a stove that is basically an Easy Bake Oven, and only last year…
Hi and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes, delicious recipes you can make on a Tuesday — but actually I also make them on Saturdays. Last weekend, a group of my closest friends came over for dinner, one of those things that miraculously comes together sort of at the last minute. I got to the store…
Green bean season is shorter than my list of ways to prepare them. Before I can cycle through the dozen or so dishes, it’s time to move on to wintry brussels sprouts and cabbage. This green bean dish, however, is good enough to squeeze into the lineup. It’s loosely inspired by Sichuan dry-fried long beans,…