Pasta — that pantry workhorse, a staple of easy weeknight meals — can take on just about any ingredient thrown at it. But it also comes with its share of pitfalls: clumping,...
Read moreGood morning. When there are snapper bluefish running in the bays nearby, I like to catch a couple and break them down into chunks and fillets — the chunks for a freestyle...
Read moreMerry heat wave! I’m back filling in and I’ll be writing more of this newsletter, alternating with our beloved Nikita through the summer.On that subject, New York summers … can feel like...
Read moreTo the person who first wrote H.A.G.S. in my yearbook a lifetime ago: Thanks a lot. I’ve taken that mandate to heart ever since, dedicating myself year after year to having the...
Read moreWe’re on a high with cooking at my house. Pretty much everything we’re eating is from one farmers’ market or another, because glorious summer produce is upon us. It’s heavenly. The fresh,...
Read moreI usually start these newsletters with a personal anecdote or some deeply insightful cooking observation (just go with me here), but all I can say about Hetty Lui McKinnon’s dumpling tomato salad...
Read moreThis week, Brett Anderson looked deep into America’s emergence as a pizza capital, and the New York Times Food staff shared their list of 22 of the best pizza places in the...
Read moreI’ve long hoarded the fat from every strip of bacon, every duck breast or leg I cook, decanting the drippings into jars like drops of a golden elixir. Almost every potato that...
Read moreHello! Mia again, filling in for Melissa Clark today. She’ll be back with us next week.When I moved into my first New York City apartment (on 112th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam...
Read moreSendo has a new counter for sushi, Nordic fare in a rustic setting at Kabin and more restaurant news.
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