The Fancy Food Show, an annual trade show held this week by the Specialty Food Association, covers less territory at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York than in prepandemic...
Read moreWednesdayI don’t always cook with recipes, particularly in the middle of the week when I’m in no mood to follow anyone’s orders. You should give that a try. This prompt for a...
Read moreGood morning. I shop the deli counter sometimes. There’s joy to be had at a good one. I’ll pick up some egg or tuna salad for lunch, some mortadella for rollups (with...
Read moreChâteau de Manissy Tavel Cuvée des Lys 2020, 14 percent, $20The dark, powerful rosés of Tavel in the Southern Rhône Valley are not everybody’s mouthful. They are more appropriate with a meal...
Read moreFor much of my life, I thought I didn’t like cucumbers. I liked sour pickles and Sichuan-style smashed cucumbers, but in most other settings — especially bad renditions of Greek salad — cucumbers struck...
Read moreWhen Ms. St. Clair started Animal Farm in 1999, she knew she wanted to raise Jersey cows. With them came a seemingly endless river of milk that needed a purpose.“Everyone else in...
Read moreAs Russia’s invasion of Ukraine helped push global agricultural prices to soaring heights, some Asian governments restricted the export of products they viewed as essential to domestic food security.For Indonesia it was...
Read moreSean Thackrey, an autodidactic polymath who, in between collecting antiquarian books, running a San Francisco art gallery and learning five languages, developed a cult following as one of California’s most intriguingly eccentric...
Read moreIn early 2020, I developed long Covid and stopped being able to tolerate alcohol. In my experience, it was among the triggers of relapses so severe I would spend long stretches of...
Read moreMy favorite, no-nonsense way to cook a globe artichoke at home is whole and steamed, or boiled. When they’re cool enough to touch, I pull the leaves away one by one and...
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