For most kugel lovers, the very best version is whatever you grew up eating. Whether you were raised on savory, schmaltz-laden potato kugel or sour cream-slathered noodle kugel dotted with raisins, there’s...
Read moreWhatever you call it, the centerpiece of this winter menu — a slow-cooked dish of lamb and beans — is not fast food.In one pot, you’ll simmer lamb shanks to obtain succulent...
Read moreThis past weekend, I spent a fantastic afternoon with 60 high-spirited grade-schoolers — most under the age of 7 — at a holiday kickoff party to benefit the charity God’s Love We...
Read moreKare rice is for celebrating, and kare rice is a current for living, but mostly kare rice is for lunch. Seasoned lightly (or heavily), served alongside accouterments (or solo), the dish is...
Read moreEisenberg’s Sandwich Shop, a narrow, anachronistic lunch counter on lower Fifth Avenue, went up for sale several times over the years. Each time, its regulars reacted the way you would if an...
Read moreIf you’ve been tuning into “The White Lotus” on HBO every week, then you know that the hotel lobby is ripe for excitement. Much of that has to do with its public-private...
Read moreIf you’ve been tuning into “The White Lotus” on HBO every week, then you know that the hotel lobby is ripe for excitement. Much of that has to do with its public-private...
Read moreIn “Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure,” a new live-action and animated series on Netflix, an ambitious television producer thinks he’s stumbled onto the perfect subject for a show: a sentient egg and a...
Read moreHeadlinerEssential by ChristopheChristophe Bellanca, the French chef who rose to prominence in New York at Le Cirque and L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon, is opening his own restaurant on the Upper West Side....
Read moreYes, there are likely to be latkes, but what else can you offer for a gathering on one of the eight nights that Hanukkah is celebrated? Daniel Soskolne and Loren Abramovitch, Brooklyn-based...
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