Every time I open the fridge — bored, peckish, frenzied, whatever the mood — I’m reassured by a small clutter of condiments. Preserved lemons from a neighbor’s tree. Sludgy garlic pickles in a distressingly greasy jar. Tubs of fermented bean pastes and […]
Yotam Ottolenghi usually leaves the Christmas meals to his husband. But dessert is where he shines, making this riff on the classic bûche de Noël. LONDON — I grew up largely unaware of Christmas. It wasn’t until my mid-20s, after leaving my […]
A new biography traces the influence he wielded as a writer and the pain he endured for his sexuality in an unwelcoming world. Fifty years ago, this is how the foremost American food authority described his favorite menu for a holiday open […]
This menu of tasty party snacks is perfect for the 2020 version of a holiday blowout — that is, all-night nibbling on the couch. There’s a lot I’ll miss about my usual holiday shindigs this December. There’ll be no sipping eggnog in […]
When Nik Sharma left Mumbai for Ohio years ago, he had to leave his family’s holiday celebration behind too. Now he recreates one of his favorite dishes, chicken cafreal, in his own kitchen. In the days leading up to my first Christmas […]
Fried chicken at Pecking House, a Mediterranean-Israeli spinoff and more restaurant news. Burgie’s by Roberta’s At first glance, it would be hard to equate Roberta’s, a friendly, comfortable, eclectic place with its geometrically designed cousin, this new burger spot nearby. But that’s […]
More about Nguzo Saba, the seven principles of Kwanzaa, as well as some of the symbols of the celebration. During the height of the Black freedom movement in 1960s Los Angeles, Maulana Karenga designed a Black holiday, Kwanzaa, that was modeled after […]
For many Black Americans, the holiday is a time for bonding, joy and repose. The Times visited five households to see how people cook and gather, engage and reflect. Kwanzaa is more than an end-of-year display of deep orange and burnt burgundy […]
Meal kits from your favorite restaurant, snacks that help you sleep and other ways the food world may respond in a year of big changes. Predicting food trends is a dubious exercise in any year, but those who dabble in the dark […]
Big tamaladas are canceled this year, but many of the city’s tamaleras press on because tamales, along with the cultures and microeconomies they sustain, are essential. To understand how deeply tamal culture runs through California, you have to know why Enrique Zaragoza […]
