Max Wittawat was a pastry chef at Spot Dessert Bar for 13 years, and sometimes you can see the imprint of that work in the Thai food he serves now as the chef of Bangkok Supper Club, a new restaurant in the West Village. His scallop ceviche is a dessert, essentially, or at least the…
Kabisera West A purveyor of Filipino fare in a Chinatown food court, adds this uptown branch. Sizzling plates of chicken adobo and bicol express pork belly, and fried chicken with sweet chile sauce, are the specialties. Gotham West Market 600 Eleventh Avenue (44th Street), 929-920-8250, kabisera.com. Rowdy Hall This reliable East Hampton favorite from Honest…
When I was growing up in Greenwich Village, my mother would take me uptown — an adventure in itself — to my pediatrician on Park Avenue. Afterward, we went to the Lexington Candy Shop on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 83rd Street for lunch (candy, deceptively, was in short supply). I’d have a chocolate…
We’re on the cusp of Thanksgiving, and whether you’re making one dish or eight this week, you’ve got some work ahead of you. How can I help? Do you need dead-simple dinners for the other nights of the week? Take a look at the five-star shrimp recipe below, and the chile crisp fettuccine Alfredo, too.…
When Dr. Georgianne Thomas, 80, an author and adjunct professor of humanities at Clark Atlanta University, pushes aside the yellow bracelet adorning her wrist to reveal a burn mark, the table of people she’s dining with are stunned. The mark, decades old but still visible, was left by a Ku Klux Klan member putting out…
Ever since I was a little girl I’d dreamed of going to Darjeeling. My imagination was captivated by this town nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas in the Indian state of West Bengal. Surrounded by lush, terraced tea gardens that extend across rolling hills, with the majestic snow-capped mountains behind them, Darjeeling is one…
For soup enthusiasts across America, the post-Thanksgiving turkey broth can be as sacred as the holiday meal itself. In many households, even before the dishes and the leftovers are packed away, the turkey carcass and trimmings are nestled into a pot of water for their hourslong simmer. Leftover turkey soup is a cozy way to…
Dishwashing, the B-side to Thanksgiving cooking, can be as satisfying as preparing the feast. There’s a certainty to the outcome, a calm that comes with cleanliness and a definitive end to all the work for the holiday. To make it less stressful, it’s important to first acknowledge that stubborn grease stains aren’t the only hard…
“Oh, no. Oh, no. Will they both fit? Absolutely not.” “I’ve made that dish 100 times. It’s never turned out like that.” “Where’s the butter? Do you where the butter is? Oh, sorry.” “No.” “Oh, no.” “The cranberries.” [MUSIC PLAYING] “Thank you.” “100.” “Yay.” “My partner’s dog, Darwin, really looks like Benjamin Franklin. He’s an…
It turns out that, if it tastes good together on your Thanksgiving plate, it’ll taste good baked into a pocket. Wrapping up Thanksgiving leftovers in store-bought pizza dough and baking it all together creates a hand-held pielike treat that’s somewhere between a calzone and one of those Costco chicken bakes. I love how all of…