Category: Dining & Wine

There are so many small, everyday things that make me feel like an organized person. Finishing a book. Making an appointment at the dentist. Parallel parking. But nothing makes me…

Good morning. There’s a spot at the back of the bay where the coast splits into a bay and the water goes from fresh to salty. There are blue crabs…

Victorio Alliance, Ohio Sausage and Mushrooms It’s a thin crust square cut pizza that you can take to go. The crust is not crisp, except for the corners, the small…

When I was maybe ten, I asked my dad what it felt like to be a grown-up. He thought about it, and then said something like, “You feel the same…

A neon green football kit floated over the subway steps. A neon green traffic cone rolled onto the pavement. A neon green frozen mojito at the Commodore in WilliamsburgWherever I…

Happy 4th of July! I’ll keep today’s newsletter short, because you’ll have to get to the barbecue (or the beach or the pool or a quiet spot in the shade…

I was never a Girl Scout, so I came late to s’mores. I was already a teenager when I pressed my first black marshmallow between graham crackers and chocolate as…

In its third season, “The Bear,” a television show known for its dedicated hyperrealism, did not disappoint fans looking for real-world culinary references. As Carmie (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney (Ayo…

Pizza has been on our minds ever since Brett Anderson published his excellent, in-depth report about pizza in the New York Times Food section. American pizza-making culturewith our list 22…

Mastic feels like stone between the fingers and becomes pliable between the teeth—though “if you bite into it, it crumbles,” says the French Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan. Under a pestle,…