Island’s Past and Future, in a Layer Cake
An unusual multilayered cake — known as the Smith Island cake — is viewed by some as the new great hope of an economically struggling island in Chesapeake Bay.
March 31, 2008
Ideas & Trends: Ode to an Onion Ring, and Other Fast Food in the Slower Lane
Give me the second-tier joint; the burger kings can take care of themselves.
The Count: Does Recession Mean Doom for Restaurants?
When the economy is falling down all around you, it is only natural to want to protect yourself with some austerity measures.
It’s ‘Hide the Matzo’ for Real: Tam Tams Are Scarce
Manischewitz, which manufactures the bite-size matzos, installed a new production oven, but it wasn’t ready in time for Passover.
HELLO, STRANGER!STRAPPED FOR CASH BUT LOVE TO TRAVEL? MASTER THE ART OF COUCH SURFING
I HAVE just arrived in La Jolla, San Diego’s most rarified Zip Code, and I am anxious to put my bags down and relax. I won’t be checking into a hotel, however. (That’s so last year.)Tonight, I’ll be crashing with my new best friend, Liora. We’ve…
A Half-Century Old, the Whopper to Get a Younger Image
By the end of the year, Burger King will introduce open kitchens, circular chrome countertops and plasma televisions that play looped videos of open flames.
Home Work: The Joy of (Still) Cooking
She equates feeding her family with love, which is why she cannot imagine stopping cooking after the nest has emptied.
Food: The Way We Eat: Just Grate
Self-respecting Italians don’t sprinkle cheese on seafood pasta. Too bad for them.
Push Comes to Chèvre
Wisconsin cheesemakers are going gourmet, and its cheese producers have learned the magic word artisanal.
The United Plates of New Jersey
Outside the cookie-cutter turnpike service areas, it’s a culinary melting pot — from hamburgers to haggis to shoofly pie.
