Catching my breath in Paris
The trip ended with oysters, scallops and steak tartare at Le Stella, a cozy neighborhood bistro, and a peaceful train ride home
Food
Thursday
Casa Bonita, the greatest restaurant in the world
How the South Park guys rescued a local icon of their childhoods and mine
Monday
Dining with the Chinese food pioneers of New York
‘I feel like New York is the city that is always exploring new things. If you have a new idea, you put it here’
Chicken soup for the souls: a feast for the dead
In Britain and Ireland, children and poor people would go door to door on November 2, singing and asking for soul cakes
Thursday
In praise of Halloween food
It’s all about the candy
Culling cookbooks
I have never been able to give away any cookbook that either family or friends have presented to me with love
Monday
Hotel hopping in Rome
I researched five of the very best hotels, resolving to uncover their secrets — as long as they had air conditioning
Carbonara in the land of the free
After one too many menu substitutions, is the customer always right?
Baked Alaska has become more accessible than ever
Where are the risk-takers of yore? This is far too safe, hardly a gamble at all
Thursday
Going ham in Andalusia
I didn’t think it was possible to eat all day, but when the food is this good and meticulously chosen, it is
Pavlova: a dessert inspired by the Dying Swan
Where the Dying Swan is about nature and spirit terribly at odds, delicious and beautiful food literally keeps body and soul together
Monday
You know when you’ve been ‘Peru’d’
A South American adventure
Iron clad: good cooking’s most essential metal
Here the ancient actually beats out the modern
Venezuela’s arepas are a godsend
The older the budare is, the better. Or so says my mom
How to make the perfect clafoutis
Difficult to pronounce. But oh-so divine and easy to make
Wednesday
Loving Las Vegas
Food tastes so much better with jetlag
Summer flavor pairings
How do we work out which foods go together?
Tuesday
Bar-hopping, Venetian style
The wine and spritzes flow all day in Venice’s bàcari — traditional, low-key taverns — while bitesize, freshly — made cicchetti provide sustenance
How now, Hausfrau?
Meet Missy Baldino and her Austrian-style housedresses
How good is cod liver oil for mental health?
It is beginning to cross over from fable into the realm of scientific fact