George A. Cohon, a Chicago-born entrepreneur who, by introducing the Big Mac — or the Bolshoi Mak — to Moscow in 1990, helped whet Russians’ appetite for capitalism, died on Nov. 24 at his home in Toronto. He was 86. His death was announced by his son Mark. No cause was given, but he was…
Through it all, food provided a distraction from the news cycle. Cooking was our nourishment and comfort, our entertainment and delight. These are the 12 food stories that resonated most with readers this year. Just about everyone eats frozen pizza, even if they won’t admit it. Our staffers Julia Moskin, Cathy Lo, Vaughn Vreeland and…
Headliner Café Boulud What a difference a few blocks can make. The original Café Boulud, an Upper East Side neighborhood hangout and destination since 1998, has moved south about half a mile to an area where its customers are likely to be driven more by destination. It’s now installed in a somewhat grander setting near…
Scroll on Instagram or TikTok for even 10 seconds, and you know that recipe inspiration is easier than ever to come by. Despite the fire hose of cooking videos available online, we still can’t resist the allure of the analog: cracking the spine of a new cookbook. Hundreds of new titles publish each year, and,…
3. Shrimp Tacos You could lean into wintry weather, if you’re somewhere cold right now, and simmer some stew. Or you could make this beachy recipe from Yewande Komolafe, which comes with a side of sunshine. 4. Rosemary White Beans With Frizzled Onions and Tomato “Frizzled” is such a great word, a vivid and visceral…
George Recine, a Boston advertising executive, knew exactly where to eat lunch last week during a business trip to Philadelphia. “What better place to stop by than Goldie?’” he said. Mr. Recine, 45, had read reports about a protest there a few days earlier that Pennsylvania’s governor and the White House had condemned as antisemitic.…
Each year as we travel the country to scout out candidates for our many best-restaurant lists — whether the big national listing in the early fall or the new “best of” city lists we’ve begun rolling out — our reporters and editors eat hundreds of meals in dozens of states. Inevitably we come across that…
There’s an undeniable urge to roar — or at least growl — when setting a thick steak into a ripping hot pan. Hearing the hard hiss of the sizzling fat is satisfaction enough, but then the smell of charred meat follows fast, and it’s pure pleasure from there. And no cut delivers a bigger cooking…
At an office Thanksgiving potluck in Dallas last month, employees showed off their home cooking (and their catered shortcuts): There was spicy mac and cheese and roasted brussels sprouts, candied bacon and gumbo. Then, a woman held up a vat of mint-green fluff in a pan. Behold: The Watergate Salad. “It’s just a staple of…
“The Taste of Things,” a French food film, will be shown in theaters this week in order to qualify for the Oscars and to make you really, really hungry. The 145-minute film by Tran An Hung, starring Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel, is based on the 1920 novel “The Life and Passion of Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet”…