Category: Food & Drink
An Old Formula With New Freedom
On July 11, 2018 by MargotAn impressive roast chicken; bread soaked with chicken jus and extra jus in a boat on the side; spoonable potato purée with mushrooms; a fistful of watercress; an unusual wine from Roussillon with a goat’s head on the label: The pleasures of Frenchette can be traditional or eccentric or in between.
What to Cook: Alison Roman! Alison Roman!
On July 11, 2018 by MargotGood morning. Alison Roman is a cook and author who has contributed occasional recipes to NYT Cooking for a few years now. Today I come to you with great news: She’ll be doing so regularly from this point forward, as a columnist for The Times. Read her debut, about butterflied fish and her mom and
Q&A: Where the Shake Shack Founder Loves to Travel
On July 11, 2018 by MargotAdvertisement Q&A Danny Meyer, who has opened several restaurants in New York this summer, talks about some memorable trips — and where he would like to go next. The restaurateur Danny Meyer at Maialino, in New York’s Gramercy Park Hotel.CreditMelissa Hom By John L. Dorman July 11, 2018 Danny Meyer, the restaurateur and chief executive
Off the menu: Stir, in Philadelphia Museum of Art, Prepares for October Opening
On July 11, 2018 by MargotHeadliner First, you eat. In early October, the dining facilities at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a neo-Classical landmark built in 1928, will be the first component of the Frank Gehry-led redesign of the museum’s interior to open to the public. Mr. Gehry was selected for the renovation in 2006, but the wheels for the
A Restaurant Takes On the Opioid Crisis, One Worker at a Time
On July 10, 2018 by MargotLEXINGTON, Ky. — Five years ago, Rob and Diane Perez found a spoon and a ramekin in the trash at a branch of their Saul Good Restaurant & Pub, and realized that their top server was doing heroin in the bathroom. They had already lost the first manager to join their staff; she died in
Restaurant Review: It’s Not Fake French, It’s Frenchette
On July 10, 2018 by MargotRiad Nasr and Lee Hanson named their new restaurant after a David Johansen song from 1978, “Frenchette.” The first line is, “You call that love in French, but it’s just Frenchette,” and later when he rhymes that with “naturalette” and “leatherette” you know the suffix isn’t diminutive, it’s dismissive. The song is about what you
Front Burner: Coming Soon to a Grocery Near You
On July 10, 2018 by MargotAdvertisement Front Burner Gochujang, frozen arancini and more food trends from the Fancy Food Show. More than 200,000 food products were on display at this year’s Fancy Food Show.CreditJeenah Moon for The New York Times July 9, 2018 Surveying the Specialty Food Association Summer Fancy Food Show at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan
Recipe Lab: Mastering Chinese-Style Ribs at Home
On July 10, 2018 by MargotI started my quest with a recipe from the invaluable Katie Workman, friend to frazzled cooks everywhere, who has a knack for making food that children like and that also tastes good to adults. Her recipe for Chinese-style ribs is so easy that I’ve made it countless times, simply baking the racks at low heat
My Detox: What One Writer Eats After a Slew of Rich Restaurant Meals
On July 9, 2018 by MargotHaving little prior exposure to fine dining, Danler found that her learning curve was steep, but the job inspired a lifelong love of gustatory pleasures. Even the bathroom of her Echo Park bungalow is decorated with the De Long grape varietal table, a technical chart used by vintners to index fruit. “I eat whatever I
It’s Easy. It’s Impressive. It’s Dinner.
On July 9, 2018 by MargotI always thought of my mom as an impressive home cook. When I was growing up in the San Fernando Valley, she made things that felt a bit fancy in a California-in-the-’90s way, like steamed artichokes with lemon butter and toasted rice pilaf, sun-dried tomatoes scattered on everything. But it was her whole butterflied trout
