Hoexter’s Returns to the Upper East Side

Headliner Hoexter’s Back in the 1970s and ’80s, the Upper East Side was a dining destination. Summon memories, if you can, of the Sign of the Dove, Parioli Romanissimo, Mortimer’s, Elaine’s, David K, Quo Vadis, Le Cirque, Jams, Arcadia, An American Place and many more. On the list was a chop house, Hoexter’s Market (two…

‘This Recipe is WOW!’

I’ve been on a chickpea kick lately, enabled by a stockpile of dried chickpeas and Ella Quittner’s extremely thorough guide to cooking them well. Her guide includes pressure cooker times — exactly what I needed. But canned chickpeas are one of the great gifts of the supermarket, something to always keep on hand at home…

How the Humble Sheet Cake Became Top Tier

The Los Angeles-based baker Michelle Boulos can still picture the sheet cakes she ate as a child: slathered with bright white frosting, decorated with tiny plastic balloons. But the confections she makes and sells via her Instagram account No Good Cakes are something else entirely. On one recent creation, frills of buttercream surrounded an acid…