Monthly Archives: February 2008

A vault buried under the permafrost in Norway has begun to receive millions of seeds, an effort to save the genetic legacy of vanishing plants.

Bar Blanc belongs to a growing brood of establishments whose names suggest scruffier atmospheres and more modest menus than the places actually present.

The measures were announced at a hearing on the recent recall of 143 million pounds of beef from the Westland / Hallmark Meat Company in California.

With the right planning and a little practice, there is a way to cook dinner without waking the baby sleeping in the next room.

Searching America to rank 10 of the country’s most acclaimed, ambitious, promising or intriguing new restaurants.

New York has become the second major battleground, after California, for the restyled, fluffed up, fruit-topped new wave of frozen yogurt.

In a testament to the globalization of the wine business in recent years, a Chinese businessman purchased a chateau in Bordeaux in January, a first in the region.

Meals at the Metropolitan Opera and cheap, filling and delicious options at World of Taste in the Bronx.

Cook Like a Ligurian.

Oysters and red wine might seem a bizarre pairing, but 20 years ago white wine with cheese sounded strange.

Handmade meatball sausages are subtly seasoned with onion, garlic, cumin, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg and baked in a bubbling tomato sauce.

Canned tomatoes roasted in the oven make a kind of fresh-tasting tomato paste for a lovely soup or pasta sauce.