Food & Dining

Stovetop Lasagna With Spinach The quest for weeknight meals usually leaves lasagna out of the game. Boiling noodles and cooking up sauce just isn’t on my radar on a hectic weeknight. But lasagna is something my kids would always eat, and to be honest, my husband and I are rather fond of it as well. […]

Pulled Chicken for Tacos and Quesadillas Serve with crisp or soft flour or corn tortillas and all of the trimmings you love. Some suggestions: salsa, guacamole, sour cream or Greek yogurt, grated sharp Cheddar, shredded cabbage (dressed with a little olive oil, salt, and lime juice), pickled pink onions or sliced scallions, ripe black olives, […]

Lemon Chicken Soup With Spinach and Dill If you’ve got it, garnish the soup with crumbled feta. Serves 4 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 onion, chopped 1 1/2 quarts chicken broth 5 tablespoons lemon juice 3 to 4 cups shredded cooked chicken 1/2 cup small dried pasta, such as ditalini 2 eggs 2 egg yolks […]

Double-Roasted Chicken Legs For easier cleanup, line the baking sheet with foil and coat it with vegetable cooking spray. Otherwise, the glaze that drips from the chicken during roasting will bake up as hard as lava, making the cleanup not fun! Serves 4 4 rotisserie chicken legs (drumsticks and thighs) 1 recipe Glaze Crunch (optional) Adjust […]

Madame Wine, a Paris-based bespoke wine concierge company, is bringing its services to North America for the first time. The company seeks to offer its clients—whether private or professional, amateur or veteran—more personalized, long-term guidance in building their wine and spirits knowledge and collections. Founder Sophia Zaïme started Madame Wine in 2014, bringing with her […]

Midtown Manhattan is known for its limited options for good eating at lunchtime. If you want a filling meal that is flavorful and doesn’t just satiate your hunger, missKOREA in Koreatown will leave you full and happy. MissKOREA is a mainstay in the neighborhood, serving a comprehensive selection of Korean staple dishes with a bent towards […]

A Paris-based start-up is growing strawberries all year-round in repurposed shipping containers in the heart of the city thanks to hundreds of multi-colored LED lights. The founders of Agricool say they have found the perfect levels of light, humidity, and nutrients needed to grow strawberries in four sealed containers in the streets of the capital. […]

Picture this: A well-manicured lady is ceremoniously presented with a bottle of wine from the Médoc AOC. She watches intently as the contents are decanted and poured, then holds the offering up to the light, swirls, sniffs—“Pleasing licorice and complex red and blackberry on the nose”—finally sips, eyes closed, and exclaims, “Structured, robust, full-bodied.” Final […]

Nikka From the Barrel, a cult-favorite blended whisky first introduced in Japan in 1986, has arrived in the United States. The blend comes from Nikka Japanese Whisky, founded in 1934 by the father of Japanese whisky, Masataka Taketsuru. It won Best International Blend and a Gold Medal at the 2015 International Spirits Challenge. The rich, […]

In 1973, David Bowie held a star-studded retirement party for his alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, at London’s illustrious Café Royal. This month, Hotel Café Royal, the celebrity haunt’s modern reincarnation, is debuting a new bar in honor of the British pop icon. Ziggy’s will open on Sept. 20, adjacent to the hotel’s newly opened restaurant, […]

For working parents, weeknight cooking can be a second job of its own. And in the midst of back-to-school season, a flurry of new schedules and school projects and ever more hectic nights, getting dinner on the table for the whole family seems an especially daunting task. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of advice out there. […]

Baking with kids brings sweet returns, far beyond the sugar-laden results. The experience can foster confidence and creativity, for little ones and parents alike, and bring the family together to share memories as sweet as the treats themselves. To make the most of it—without the stress and chocolate-covered messes—I asked Lisa Mansour, award-winning cake designer, […]

PARIS/BORDEAUX, France—French wine production should recover this year after a weather-ravaged 2017 campaign, forecasts on Aug. 24 showed, with a scorching summer boosting grape growth and allowing a very early harvest in eastern regions like Champagne and Alsace. But fresh headaches for growers, notably the widespread cases of fungal crop disease mildew, could limit the rebound. France’s […]

Although craft beer has experienced explosive market growth over the past 25 years, the vast majority of Americans still don’t drink it. For the first time, the three best-selling beers in the United States are all light beers: Bud Light, Coors Light, and Miller Lite. Bud Light alone has a greater market share than all craft beers combined. […]

Arroz de Pato à Antiga: Old-Fashioned Duck Rice Yield: 3 servings Time: 1 hour 1 whole duck, trimmed of excess fat 1/2 cured pig’s ear or strip of cured pork belly 1/2 pound cured ham 1 chouriço (smoked sausage), sliced into rounds, divided Freshly ground black pepper, to taste 1 clove Coarse salt, to taste […]

In Catalonia, Spain, the cuisine is “rooted in sharing a drink and a laugh with your neighbors over little bites of food or a pan of paella for everyone to dig into,” Daniel Olivella writes. The native Catalan chef’s debut cookbook, “Catalan Food: Culture and Flavors From the Mediterranean,” is a colorful celebration of just […]

Winegrowers in the hilly region of Champagne in eastern France are starting to reap and press their sun-kissed grapes with joy, as this year’s harvest season is expected to be one the best in the last 10 years. The harvest began early this year, in late August for most vineyards, after a rainy winter and […]

September is California Wine Month, and the wine-drenched celebrations span the state. Throughout the month, wineries, regional associations, and other organizations are hosting exclusive tastings, food pairings, festivals, concerts, grape stomps, and vineyard hikes, among other festivities. Partner retailers and restaurants are also celebrating with activities and special offers. Now in its 14th year, California […]

To find the heart of a city, look no further than its market. And to find the soul of a market, just look to its people. At Bolhão Market in Porto, Portugal, most of those people are tough-skinned, sharp-tongued grandmothers hiding hearts of gold under multi-colored sweaters. They peel produce and wield fish knives with […]

The team behind the acclaimed Che Fico, which opened in San Francisco’s NOPA neighborhood earlier this year, has launched a new all-day pie shop and dinette downstairs. Theorita, from James Beard Award-winning pastry chef Angela Pinkerton, fellow Eleven Madison Park alum David Nayfeld, and former Hogsalt Hospitality operator Matt Brewer, takes inspiration from the classic […]