By now, your Thanksgiving preparations may nearly be set. You are on top of the menu, who’s cooking what, seating, tasks for the children. But what about the wine? This is the easy part of holiday planning, with just a few guiding principles to keep in mind. If you’re having a big party, don’t worry…
On Thanksgiving, Carey McKearnan and her family typically squeeze more than 20 firm Key limes for the juice her mother, Sherin McKearnan, uses to make Key lime pie. “It cleanses your palate; it adds brightness,” Carey McKearnan said of the pie. The Fort Lauderdale native and her family also serve turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and…
To be clear: There is nothing wrong with assembling a vegetarian Thanksgiving feast out of your favorite vegetable sides. A tray of scalloped potatoes with cider-glazed brussels sprouts and roasted mushrooms would be a very fine meal. But given that Thanksgiving is essentially the Food Super Bowl, you might want a showstopping star, something big…
Sally Darr, the exacting chef and owner of La Tulipe, a tiny 1980s-era French bistro in downtown Manhattan renowned for its exquisite yet homey French cooking — and often agonizing delays — resulting from her infamous perfectionism, died on Nov. 7 at her home in the West Village. She was 100. Her niece, Dorothy Darr,…
During the Hindu festival of Diwali, intricate neon-hued sand decorations called rangoli embellish the entrances of homes across India and the diaspora, their presence intended to ward off evil and usher in good fortune. At a recent Diwali dinner party at the Mumbai restaurant Masque, its owner, Aditi Dugar, 40, and chef, Varun Totlani, 31,…
One of my go-to gifts over the years has been flavored salt — always useful on popcorn or around the rim of a margarita, I figure — but this season I plan to present my loved ones with a different addition to their pantry: chile flakes. Easily slotted into a stocking or attached to a…
Plant-based foods are linked to a lower risk of heart disease and diabetes, a new study shows.
I know I’m not the only one who feels that the real star of Thanksgiving is dessert. Actually, make that desserts, because chances are there’ll be more than one sweet item gracing your table; maybe pies and ice cream, possibly rounded out with cheesecake, cookies, pudding and so on. On Thanksgiving, over the top is…
Recipe: Spicy Roasted Mushrooms With Polenta Incidentally (or maybe not), using flavored oils is another example of how I can, quite literally, see flavor happening. The best illustration for this is cilbir, a Turkish dish of poached eggs, served huddled in a bowl over garlic yogurt. To finish it off, simmering butter gets an infusion…
After roughly a decade of cooking Thanksgiving for my family, I’ve arrived at one simple truth: The more effort I put forward, the less I enjoy the meal. As a professional cook, I’ve planned elaborate menus, deboning a whole turkey and stuffing it with chestnuts and boudin blanc, for example, and preparing finishes like toasted…