Big-Batch Cocktails for Summer Parties
Fruit Puree + Prosecco = Party Warm weather demands that you find some outdoor space and have a party in it. Back yards, beaches, decks, rooftops, or balconies – any slice of outdoors will do as long...
View ArticleSuper(Duper)Market!
This weekend a short-term pop-up shop is open in New York City’s Chelsea Market. Curated by Kim Hastreiter — a fine lady who is the publisher of Paper magazine and who has a famously inspirational...
View ArticleBitters, Bitters Everywhere
If you’re a cocktail enthusiast, you’ve noticed the recent explosion of artisanal bitters. That dusty bottle of Angostura bitters just won’t cut it anymore when there are dozens of lovingly crafted...
View Article8 Spectacular Craft Ciders
We can’t get enough of this season’s Honeycrisps — or Pippins, Braeburns, and Jonagolds. For a sparkling take on that bright apple taste, our food editors tasted the full crop of American craft...
View ArticleA Sommelier’s Top Thanksgiving Wine Picks
Paul Grieco, co-owner and wine director of New York City’s Hearth Restaurant and Terroir wine bars, is a known champion of unusual wines. In an effort to think beyond our typical Thanksgiving reds, we...
View ArticleVery Merry (and Modern) Port Cocktails
When you think of Port (if you do think of Port), you might envision an austere after-dinner drink in a tiny crystal glass. But thanks to the cocktail revolution, this fortified wine is busting out of...
View ArticleChase Away Chills the Swedish Way
For our January issue, New York cooking instructor Anna Harrington warmed friends with a feast based on her Swedish mother’s recipes. The only exception? Her friend (and cultural attache at the Swedish...
View ArticleThe Food Department’s Hangover Helpers
Happy New Year! Diet Coke, “hair of the dog,” a bagel deluxe — everyone swears by his or her go-to, no-fail hangover cure, and in the food department, we’re no different. Below, we share our trusted...
View ArticleIt’s What’s for Breakfast … Lunch … Dinner … and Dessert
To stumble upon a great beer is to have a new adventure, and that’s exactly what Founder’s Brewing Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan, offers with their Breakfast Stout. The beer is aptly named, as...
View ArticleMensday Wednesday: Pollos a la Brasa de Mario
What is that saying about best laid plans going astray? Well, the gods were laughing at our dinner plans last night when we exited the 7 train at 82nd street and strolled up to our destination only to...
View ArticleMensday Wednesday: Mexicocina
I do not think it would cause a great fuss to claim that, of the five boroughs in New York City, the Bronx has long been the least fashionable dining-wise. It goes without saying that Manhattan reigns...
View ArticleMeatless March: Black-Rice Stir-Fry
We’ve stayed true to our commitment to go meatless in March (we weren’t even tempted by the corned beef on St. Paddy’s Day) and have been cooking our way through the new cookbook Meatless. Over the...
View ArticleMensday Wednesday: Lotus of Siam
We may not have had the litany of goodies described in Hunter Thompson’s seminal book “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” but the spirit of utter and wild abandon–for a recent trip to the city of...
View ArticleSo You Want to be a Mixologist?
Have you ever dreamed of being the glamorous, smoothly proficient mixologist in command behind the bar of a high-end cocktail den? It takes more than an exquisite moustache and a love of bitters to do...
View ArticleMensday Wednesday: Mad For Chicken
Imagine this being said in Homer Simpson’s thick-witted and salivary voice: “Mmmmmm Korean fried chicken.” Granted all fried chicken is pretty amazing. In fact, it is more noticeable when you have...
View ArticleMensday Wednesday: Kabab Cafe
If the cuisine of Alexandria, Egypt is a symphony orchestra it’s rhythm section would be played by lemon and olive oil. You would definitely taste a symbol crash of garlic, brash trumpet notes of...
View ArticleA Conversation with Charleston’s Lee Bros.
The latest cookbook from food writers and recipe developers Matt Lee and Ted Lee offers an intimate glimpse inside Charleston’s home kitchens—as well as some new twists on the city’s cooking...
View ArticleDispatch From: Lafayette, Louisiana
Earlier this spring, I had the chance to visit my parents in Lafayette, Louisiana. My father and I drove out towards Breax Bridge (a small city in St. Martin Parish known as the “Crawfish Capital of...
View ArticleDerby Party
If you’re not making the pilgrimage to Churchill Downs to watch the 139th Kentucky Derby this year, why not turn sofa-side viewing into a real party? Here are a few easy suggestions to get Derby Day...
View ArticleMensday Wednesday: BBQ Village
Just as the grillerati claim there are no good BBQ spots in NYC, it’s even more incontrovertible to state there are no cheap Korean BBQ joints. By their nature, like steakhouses, Korean BBQ...
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