Monthly Archives: October 2007

Even though one stepson left for college nine years ago, the other five years ago, I am still cooking for four, sometimes six. Here’s one meal I should stop cooking altogether.

A new biography brings Jerry Thomas, the first bartender to publish a drink book in the United States, to life.

John Besh was once simply a good chef with a fancy restaurant. His post-Katrina narrative has turned him into a spokesman for his city’s culinary recovery.

In a panel tasting of Douro reds from Portugal, the conversation kept coming back to how much these dry wines reminded us of port, without the sweetness, of course.

Smith’s, Bacaro, Bun and Community Food & Juice open this week; Zen Palate in Union Square closes.

A cheesecake worth showing off, what to serve with a ploughman’s lunch and fresh chestnuts at the Greenmarkets.

Michael White has taken over Scott Conant’s supervision of the menus and kitchens at both Alto and L’Impero, but his work at L’Impero isn’t quite as successful.

Some dead simple and riotously flavorful dishes help El Quinto Pino in Chelsea to be New York’s best, and maybe only, true tapas bar.

The Dining section asked dozens of chefs, cooks and recovering trick-or-treaters about their favorite Halloween treats from the past and the present.

Wegmans has announced that it will become the first supermarket chain to adopt strict environmental and health standards for the farmed shrimp it will sell in its stores.

Look, Then Eat.