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Sheet-Pan Feta With Corn and Shishito Peppers

It takes fewer than 10 minutes for the broiler to deliver a complete meal of molten, salty feta, sweet corn and smoky shishito peppers.

October 18, 2025

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I Won’t Stop Talking About This Coconut Chicken Curry

It’s just that smart, flavorful, versatile and easy.

October 18, 2025

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Turmeric Fried Eggs With Tamarind and Pickled Shallots

These fried eggs, as good enough to eat as they are to admire, get their wonderfully eccentric appearance from turmeric and chile. You can serve this easy, punchy breakfast as is, or with some hash browns if you’re having them for brunch.

October 18, 2025

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3 Skillet Bakes for Cuffing Season

To be clear, skillet brownies, ginger cake and caramel apple crisp are also perfect for sharing with friends (or not sharing at all).

October 18, 2025

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18 Quick and Easy Kid-Friendly Dinners That Grown-Ups Will Love, Too

Skillet broccoli Cheddar rice, bibimbap soba noodle salad and more weeknight dinners that you can serve as-is or tweak to make everyone happy.

October 17, 2025

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This Super-Fast Shrimp Dish Tastes Like a Restaurant Meal

These perfectly cooked crustaceans soak up a dead-simple garlic-and-caper lemon sauce.

October 17, 2025

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Pumpkin-Butterscotch Custard With Spiced Whipped Cream

Butterscotch pudding gets an autumnal makeover with the addition of pumpkin purée and a fluffy, spiced whipped cream topping.

October 17, 2025

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Hari Chutney Spaghetti

In the time it takes to bring a large pot of water to a boil, you can make a batch of herby, bright and spicy green chutney, also known as hari chutney (hari means “green” in Hindi).

October 16, 2025

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Your Highly-Specific New York City Restaurant Questions, Answered

Becky Hughes helps an N.Y.U. student find affordable vegan and gluten-free fare, the best soups and a Greek orange cake à la Crete.

October 16, 2025

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A Weeknight Supper Club Is the Cure for the Cold-Weather Blues

Gather some friends around a white skillet lasagna, crispy tofu shawarma or roast squash with chickpeas and feta, and steel yourself for winter’s approach.

October 16, 2025

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Standing Up for the Beauty of a Good Bloody Mary

It’s scorned for its association with brunch and its ridiculous garnishes, and bartenders often are reluctant to mix one. But a good Bloody Mary is great.

October 16, 2025

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Wine, Beer & Cocktails

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This Fish Dish Will Never Fail You

This simple miso glaze works for pretty much any kind of fish (speaking from experience).

October 16, 2025

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The Internet’s Most Famous Pastry Chef Is Going Full Wonka

Cedric Grolet has built a dessert empire in just a few short years. Crowds are already swarming his new chocolate shop in Paris.

October 16, 2025

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19 Easy Bake Sale Recipes That Will Sell Out Before You Know It

Crowd-pleasing chocolate Krispies treats, banana muffins and more sweets, most of which can be made in under an hour.

October 15, 2025

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3 Quick, Easy Pasta Recipes You Should Memorize

Effortless, speedy and creative, these pantry pastas turn weeknights into a party.

October 15, 2025

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Soup’s On!

Soothing chicken noodle, hearty red lentil and more soups for the season.

October 15, 2025

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Sticky Rice Cakes With Sausage and Greens

Tteok, cylindrical or oval Korean rice cakes, are simple to prepare in this dish that’s playful, filling and kid-friendly. The New York Times Cooking columnist Yewande Komolafe shares her recipe with us.

October 14, 2025

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Three Must-Try Sandwiches in N.Y.C.

This week, The New York Times’s Food contributor Luke Fortney recommends three sandwich spots around New York City.

October 14, 2025

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At Cove, Flynn McGarry Keeps the Ethos of Gem Alive

Shifka serves up pita sandwiches, Sushidokoro Mekumi opens its first American outpost and more restaurant news.

October 14, 2025

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I Simply Must Meatball

Sue Li’s new chicken meatballs with yogurt sauce are fast meatballs done right.

October 14, 2025

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Shortages, Smoothies and Fraud: The Matcha Market Cracks Under Pressure

Once consumed mainly in small, formal tea ceremonies, matcha is now mixed into fruity lattes and preyed on by counterfeiters. Can it survive its own popularity?

October 14, 2025

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This Buzzy New Restaurant Is No Four Horsemen — but It Could Be

I Cavallini is as hard to get into as its Williamsburg precursor, but its Italian cooking is a tad more tentative.

October 14, 2025

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What Can Be Done to Save the Ailing Wine Industry? Our Critic Has Thoughts.

With declining consumption and many challenges, wine must emphasize its environmentalism and affordability.

October 14, 2025

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Wine, Beer & Cocktails

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Crispy Lemon Chicken Cutlets With Salmoriglio Sauce

Derived from the Italian word for brine, “salamoia,” salmoriglio is a lemon sauce from Sicily and Calabria that is used to marinate and dress grilled meats and fish.

October 13, 2025

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You Deserve Cheese Croutons

Specifically, you deserve Yossy Arefi’s orecchiette salad with halloumi croutons, a delicious dinner that makes excellent leftovers for lunch.

October 13, 2025

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Chicken Enchiladas, Make-Ahead Breakfast Sandwiches and Chile-Oil Noodles

Brilliant recipes worth talking about.

October 12, 2025

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This Hot Salad Is Very Cool

Justine Doiron’s baked chard salad with cranberries is a brilliant mix of colors, textures and flavors.

October 11, 2025

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Baking for a Future You

Make savory-sweet granola, freezable loaf cakes and chocolate chip cookie dough now; thank yourself later.

October 11, 2025

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Pasta With Feta and Green Olives

Bold, briny and tangy, this 15-minute pasta is full of personality. First, olives are slightly blistered in oil, and then crumbled feta is stirred into the pasta at the end until melty.

October 10, 2025

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Jalapeño Grilled Pork Chops

Juicy jalapeños offer discernible heat, but they have a higher purpose beyond that: They provide welcome freshness with their distinct vegetal flavor.

October 10, 2025

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Pumpkin Cheesecake

This dessert delivers all the warm spices of pumpkin pie along with the tangy creaminess of cheesecake.

October 10, 2025

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19 Easy, Comforting Dishes to Make for Someone Who Is Sick

Even if that someone is you. Easy chicken soup, instant pot congee, green smoothies and more dishes that restore and rejuvenate.

October 10, 2025

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A Cozy but Not-Too-Heavy Chicken and Green Bean Stew

Naz Deravian’s khorak-e loobia sabz is just the thing to ease us into autumn.

October 10, 2025

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The Spiced Tea That Starts the Day in Sudan

Shai magnan, infused with spices and combined with sugar and caramelized milk, can be made just how you like it.

October 10, 2025

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Is Kansas City Still the Barbecue Capital of America?

For the past few decades, the national spotlight has been on the Carolinas and Texas. But the most influential barbecue town may just be Kansas City.

October 10, 2025

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No Stupid Questions: Meatballs

When it comes to meatballs, there are no absolute musts. But there are some very practical tips to keep in mind that will always get you something delicious. Cooking contributor Sue Li joins us in the NYT Cooking Studio Kitchen to answer so commonly asked questions.

October 9, 2025

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Three More Sandwiches That Define New York City

Nashville-worthy hot chicken, avant-garde bánh mì and lonche bañado straight from Guadalajara.

October 9, 2025

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My Soup Bucket List

As in, the soups and stews I must make, and make in large quantities, now that it’s fall.

October 9, 2025

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Lemon Sweet Rolls With Cream Cheese Icing

These sweet, lemony rolls are a fresh alternative to classic cinnamon rolls. A little cardamom in the dough and filling enhances the bright citrus flavor without overtaking it.

October 9, 2025

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A Simple Salmon With Lots of Olives

Or smashed olives with lots of salmon — either way, Dan Pelosi’s super easy dish is ready to party.

October 9, 2025

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Creamy Artichoke and Charred Scallion Pasta

For a comforting, veg-forward meal, this recipe transforms dozens and dozens of charred scallions into a cheesy pasta dish.

October 8, 2025

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A Taylor Swift Mystery: Which Musso and Frank’s Booth Is ‘Best’?

The pop star name dropped the storied Hollywood restaurant on her new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” and the restaurant confirmed she is a customer. But which booth does she prefer?

October 8, 2025

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Make Better Meatballs

Sue Li shows you how with her smart recipes for classic Italian meatballs, chicken meatballs with yogurt sauce and lion’s head meatballs.

October 8, 2025

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Roasted Cauliflower Caesar

For this more robust take on Caesar salad, you start by cutting thick slabs of cauliflower before breaking them into smaller pieces and roasting, which ensures maximum caramelized edges while using every part of the vegetable.

October 8, 2025

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3 Smart Recipes That Will Change the Way You Make Meatballs

Our recipe tester called one of them “miraculous.”

October 8, 2025

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Wild Cherry Does Dinner and a Movie A24 Style

The restaurant, a collaboration between the movie studio and the Frenchette chefs, is in a 100-year-old West Village theater.

October 7, 2025

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Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

He led his parents’ appetizing store, Zabar’s, for more than 70 years, turning it into an institution synonymous with New York.

October 7, 2025

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This TikTok Food Trend Is More Than 10,000 Years Old

It looks shiny and new on social media, but smoked salmon has been part of Indigenous tradition for centuries.

October 7, 2025

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I’m Excited About These Eggs

Put Andy Baraghani’s chile-oil eggs on anything — toast, pasta, beans, yogurt, grains, greens — for an instant hit of protein and flavor.

October 7, 2025

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Is This the End of an Era for Soul Food in Washington?

As several of the city’s classic Black-owned restaurants close, some historians worry about the passing of a beloved tradition.

October 7, 2025

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Where to Eat in N.Y.C.: Patties

This week, New York Times Food contributor Luke Fortney recommends three Caribbean patty spots around N.Y.C.

October 7, 2025

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Emeril’s Restaurant Revived by His 22-Year-Old Son? Bam, 3 Stars!

Three years ago, E.J. Lagasse took over his father’s New Orleans flagship restaurant and made it an enchanting tasting-menu experience.

October 7, 2025

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Opening a Restaurant in New York Is No Picnic. Here’s What It Takes.

A year in the making of a rookie’s first restaurant.

October 6, 2025

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A Better Broccoli Soup

A confident sear on the florets adds deep, caramelized notes to this complexly flavored (but easy to make) soup.

October 6, 2025

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One-Pot Beans, Greens and Grains; Citrusy Miso-Butter Chicken; Everyday Dal

And more Weeknight 100 hits, because the days are getting both shorter and busier.

October 5, 2025

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Creamy Tomato Spaghetti With Preserved Lemon

Something magical happens when preserved lemon and tomato are cooked together. In this quick and simple pasta, fragrant lemon permeates the tomato paste, creating a beautifully aromatic (and pantry-friendly) sauce with the addition of heavy cream.

October 5, 2025

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It’s Chili Weather

And this reader-favorite slow cooker chili is ready when you are.

October 4, 2025

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Pumpkin Is Not a Spice

These three pumpkin treats — chewy chocolate chip bars, maple-scented cornbread and a showstopping layer cake — let the gourd’s sweetness shine.

October 4, 2025

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This Lemony, Garlicky Chicken Is the Ultimate Fall Dinner

Paired with a persimmon salad and followed by a plum-cardamom upside-down cake, this vibrant David Tanis menu is one for the ages.

October 3, 2025

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Dan Dan Noodles, but Make Them a Big Salad

Sturdy salads, like these new recipes from Hetty Lui McKinnon, make entertaining and meal prep easier for busy cooks.

October 3, 2025

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A Shutdown Silver Lining: Federal Workers Eat and Drink at a Discount

Washington watering holes and restaurants are showing solidarity and seizing an opportunity to draw in out-of-work government employees.

October 2, 2025

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It’s Time to Join Brooklyn’s Patty Party

Great patties are even more abundant than before in the historically Caribbean heart of the city’s most populous borough.

October 2, 2025

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Ordering Wine Can Be Pricey. At These 12 Restaurants, It’s a Deal.

Too many wine lists cater solely to the wealthy, but these spots in New York City offer terrific values at all points along the price scale.

October 2, 2025

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Wine, Beer & Cocktails

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So You Have 12 Cans of Chickpeas. Now What?

Chickpea anxiety is real. We can help.

October 2, 2025

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Noodle Soup’s On

Christian Reynoso’s five-star, khao-soi-like creamy butternut squash and coconut noodle soup comes together in just over half an hour.

October 2, 2025

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What to Do With All Those Apples

October 2, 2025

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Where to Eat in N.Y.C.: Best Restaurant Sequels

This week, Luke Fortney takes a closer look at three restaurant sequels to see how they stack up to the originals.

October 1, 2025

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Spicy Vinegar Chicken Over Artichokes

There’s something undeniably comforting about the combination of chicken and artichokes.

October 1, 2025

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Crab Rice

Crab rice is a prized dish of the Gullah Geechee people of the Carolina Lowcountry, a region of the United States that is synonymous with seafood.

October 1, 2025

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Sticky Date and Brown Butter Oatmeal

This sticky date and brown butter oatmeal relies entirely on the caramel-like flavor of medjool dates for sweetness. Briefly cooking the dates first allows them to almost completely dissolve into the oatmeal, permeating every bite.

October 1, 2025

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Mango Basque Cheesecake

Intensely creamy with a shiny burnished top, the rustic Basque cheesecake is the perfect format for aromatic mango.

October 1, 2025

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This Simple Checklist Makes Throwing Parties Easy

Use this guide to plan any type of gathering and start with this effortless but stunning fall menu.

October 1, 2025

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Peanut Butter Noodles

This nutty midnight pasta is a dream to cook, as it requires just a handful of pantry staples and one pot.

October 1, 2025

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OfCorsica! (Pun Intended) Is a Vacation That Became a Restaurant

Miru opens above City Winery on Pier 57, Bar Lumière finally sees the light of day and more restaurant news.

September 30, 2025

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Quick and Customizable Burrito Bowls

Start with the rice-and-beans base and let people add corn salsa, cheese, avocado, cilantro, maybe some bacon or shredded chicken and so on.

September 30, 2025

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Spaghetti and Chicken Meatball Soup

Tomato soup meets spaghetti and meatballs in this one-pot, 30-minute crowd-pleaser.

September 30, 2025

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Tony Shalhoub Will Travel for Bread

The “Monk” and “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star joins the food-centric travel TV circuit with his new show, “Breaking Bread.”

September 30, 2025

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The $400 Million Restaurant Man

Stephen Starr has become one of America’s most successful restaurateurs, making and replicating dining magic at places like Pastis and Osteria Mozza.

September 30, 2025

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The Steakhouse Endures as a Meaty Man Cave. But Can It Evolve?

Ligaya Mishan visits three New York City newcomers that offer different ideas of how to update a classic.

September 30, 2025

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How Zohran Mamdani Built a Campaign Around Food

The front-runner for New York mayor is leveraging his lifelong love of eating to inform his policy plans and spread his message.

September 30, 2025

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The Book That Taught Nonna to Cook Is Coming to America

An English translation of Ada Boni’s “The Talisman of Happiness,” an indispensable guide for Italian home cooks since the 1920s, is finally on its way.

September 29, 2025

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Bake Time, All the Time

Welcome to our new baking newsletter! I’m thrilled to be your host (and the creator of this new boozy apple crunch cake).

September 29, 2025

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I Wish I’d Had This Recipe in College

Nargisse Benkabbou’s ras el hanout chickpea and spinach stew is sustaining, inexpensive and full of rich, captivating flavors.

September 29, 2025

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Gochugaru Salmon with Crispy Rice

Gochugaru, a mild, fragrant red-pepper powder, bedazzles in this quick dinner of gochugaru salmon with crispy rice.

September 29, 2025

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How an Ice Cream Obsessive Recreated the Choco Taco

A trans-Atlantic journey, three robots and some trade secrets all went into the reviving of the childhood favorite.

September 29, 2025

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K-Pop’s Enhypen Loves Corn on Pizza

Four of the group’s members — Heeseung, Jake, Jungwon and Jay — came by the New York Times kitchen studio to make some Korean-inspired pies.

September 28, 2025

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Baked Fish With Olives and Ginger, Ina Garten’s Perfect Roast Chicken and One-Pot Shrimp Pulao

Easy but beautiful dinners to share with friends and family.

September 28, 2025

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A Minimalist Pasta That Maximizes Garlic

Carolina Gelen’s one-pot roasted garlic pasta goes big on garlic, not on cook time.

September 27, 2025

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World’s 50 Best List Names Its Top North American Restaurants

No. 1 on the new ranking is Atomix, a refined Korean tasting-menu spot in New York. But other picks reflect a surprising turn to the casual.

September 26, 2025

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The Secret Ingredient That Makes Tomatoes Taste More Like Themselves

Let late-season tomatoes shine by simmering them whole, vines and all, Eric Kim writes.

September 26, 2025

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These Smashed Chicken Meatballs Completely Wowed Me

This new recipe from Yewande Komolafe is fast enough to pull off on a weeknight, but I can’t wait to make it again for friends.

September 26, 2025

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Three New Restaurant Sequels in New York City to Check Out Right Now

What to expect (and avoid) at the new spinoffs from the Four Horsemen, Yellow Rose and Ernesto’s.

September 25, 2025

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The Dish That Makes Parties Fun, Easy and Affordable

A table full of salads not only looks stunning, it also tastes great and lets you linger with your guests.

September 25, 2025

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‘How About a Vegetarian Supper Dish That Has Protein, Carbs and Isn’t Beans and Rice or Beans on Pasta?’

Welcome (back) to Recipe Matchmaker, where I match hyper-specific reader requests with right-on recipes.

September 25, 2025

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This Saturday, It’s Bake Time

Make sure you’re on the list for our new newsletter dedicated to all things delightful and baked (like these apple cider doughnuts).

September 25, 2025

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Need a Treat? Here Are Our 24 Best Fall Baking Recipes.

It’s Bake Time! Celebrate the launch of our baking newsletter (and start of the season) with these crowd-pleasing recipes.

September 25, 2025

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This May Be the Easiest Way to Make Ratatouille

Topped with crispy, spiced chickpeas, this nontraditional sheet-pan ratatouille is a perfect place to use the last of summer’s produce.

September 24, 2025

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A Sheet-Pan Salmon Dinner With Plenty of Verve

Horseradish roasted salmon with mustard potatoes is a bright but comforting dish, perfect for easing into fall.

September 24, 2025

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Orna Guralnik’s Father ‘Died a Beautiful Death’ at Bricolage

The “Couples Therapy” star and longtime Brooklynite answers the first-ever Where to Eat questionnaire.

September 23, 2025

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This Restaurant Revives the Artistic Spirit of ’70s SoHo

The original FOOD opened in 1971 with art world names like Donald Judd contributing to the menu. The artist Lucien Smith is trying to recreate it.

September 23, 2025

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People Stop Me to Talk About These Recipes

Sheet-pan pierogies with brussels sprouts and kimchi and creamy coconut rice with peanuts have received effusive praise from friends.

September 23, 2025

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Her Torte Will Outlast Us All

Pete Wells remembers Marian Burros, a tenacious food reporter whose plum torte became one of The Times’s most famous recipes.

September 23, 2025

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Ditch the Dating Apps. Sit at the Bar.

One influencer’s advice has given some singles the permission — and confidence — to look for love offline. It’s “Sit at the Bar September.”

September 23, 2025

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This Is a Perfect Los Angeles Restaurant for Right Now

It’s not your regular bistro, it’s Baby Bistro.

September 23, 2025

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Sushi Is Bigger Than Ever in America. There’s One Main Reason.

Once considered rarefied and exotic in the United States, sushi has become something entirely different in the last five years: convenience food.

September 22, 2025

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A Perfect Spicy-Sweet Chicken Dinner

Vinegar, lime and chiles keep things from veering too sweet in Yewande Komolafe’s honey-glazed chicken and shallots.

September 22, 2025

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My Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma

Make this often, make this yours. Plus: An announcement.

September 21, 2025

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Marian Burros, 92, Dies; Food Writer Famed for Her Plum Torte and More

At The Times and elsewhere, she combined recipe writing with reporting on topics like consumer protection and food safety. Her torte was a longtime fan favorite.

September 20, 2025

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Make-Ahead Egg Wraps for Weekday Superheroes

Look at you, making these protein-packed, spinach-stuffed egg wraps for quick breakfasts and lunches.

September 20, 2025

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8 Ways ‘Black Rabbit’ Channels a Notorious New York Restaurant

The fictional gastro pub at the heart of a new Netflix series is largely inspired by the Spotted Pig, the V.I.P. spot rocked by a sexual harassment scandal.

September 19, 2025

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How to Cook (Better) With Butternut Squash

These seven tips from Ali Slagle will make sure every day of squash season is a good one.

September 19, 2025

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You Barely Need a Recipe for This Top-Rated Salmon

But I’ll share one anyway, since my roasted salmon glazed with brown sugar and mustard is a five-star favorite with nearly 20,000 ratings.

September 19, 2025

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Lunching Like a Flower Child in the East Village

Becky Hughes returns to answer three reader questions and solve a Grand Central Oyster Bar mystery.

September 18, 2025

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Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99

“The chicken Alfredo ($10.95) was warm and comforting on a cold day,” she wrote from North Dakota. And suddenly the national media made her a celebrity.

September 18, 2025

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Cool Whips

September 18, 2025

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Quesadillas That Cosplay as Elotes

Sweet from late summer corn and just spicy enough from poblano and jalapeño chiles, these quesadillas are a delight.

September 18, 2025

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Can Hybrid Grapes Solve the Climate Change Dilemma for Wine Makers?

It’s a fringe movement so far, but hybrids have proven they can make good wine and may be better able to withstand climate change and disease.

September 18, 2025

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Wine, Beer & Cocktails

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A $35 Chicken Dinner in Mississippi? How New York Prices Went National.

Not all diners mind paying more at chef-driven restaurants.

September 18, 2025

Food

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These Women Make Basketball Fans’ Favorite Food

For the last six years, Deborah Emmanuel and Mahogany Almond have provided Brooklyn sports fans with bags and bags of popcorn.

September 17, 2025

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Is Paris Ready for Real Southern Cooking?

Mashama Bailey, one of America’s great chefs, is opening a new restaurant on the Left Bank, a sibling of her Savannah restaurant, the Grey.

September 17, 2025

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Samin Nosrat’s Lazy Sugo

Her dish isn’t lazy at all, but is generous and unhurried, with time turning tomatoes, wine and bone-in meat into a rich, glossy sauce.

September 17, 2025

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The Fall Restaurant Preview Is Dead, Long Live the Fall Restaurant Preview

Restaurants simply open when they can open now — but that’s not stopping our restaurant reporters from celebrating what’s to come.

September 16, 2025

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French Patisserie’s Latest Darlings? Babkas That Buck Tradition.

Babka Zana, a Parisian bakery, and others are embracing versions that veer away from the traditional cinnamon and chocolate iterations.

September 16, 2025

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Shrimp in the Freezer Makes Meal Planning Easier

September 16, 2025

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The Incurable Confidence of the Man Who Made Nobu

In a frank memoir, Drew Nieporent looks back at a half-century career that’s produced signature New York restaurants like Montrachet and Tribeca Grill.

September 16, 2025

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20 Years Ago, Alinea Electrified Chicago Dining. Does It Still Matter?

At this famously innovative restaurant, our critic finds a mix of thought-provoking experiments and empty spectacle.

September 16, 2025

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Samin Nosrat Gathers Friends for Dinner Every Week. Here’s How You Can, Too.

For the chef and cookbook author, seeing friends doesn’t have to be complicated. It just has to happen. These recipes can help.

September 15, 2025

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There’s a Reason This Salmon Recipe Has Five Stars

It’s the anchovy-garlic butter. (It’s also because it’s easy and comes together in less than half an hour.)

September 15, 2025

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How Beli Ate Yelp

A restaurant-rating app has endeared itself to young diners who no longer trust starred reviews on other platforms.

September 15, 2025

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A Quick Shrimp Dinner for Long, Stumping Sundays

Sometimes the weekend calls for a fast, easy supper, and for that supper you’ll want this pili pili shrimp with braised white beans.

September 14, 2025

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Cocoa. Krispies. Treats.

The key word here is “cocoa,” which adds its subtly smoky, bittersweet notes to the classic treat.

September 13, 2025

Food

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A Time-Traveling Chef, a Tyrant King: This Korean Drama Is Finding Fans Around the World

Netflix’s series “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty” is part historical fiction, part romantic comedy and all about the food.

September 13, 2025

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Atlanta-Style Lemon-Pepper Wings for Game Day

Serve “wet” with Buffalo sauce, if you like, and with my all-purpose biscuits.

September 12, 2025

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Zanzibar’s Must-Have Street Food Is This Bright, Tangy Soup

Make it at home with this recipe, along with another favorite, Zanzibar pizza, a filled dough packed with cheese, vegetables and herbs.

September 12, 2025

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(Eric Adams Voice) New York Is the Mexico City of America

New restaurants and bakeries in Woodside, Bed-Stuy and on the Lower East Side bring the sweet swagger of CDMX to the city.

September 11, 2025

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The Veggie Diaries

What I’ve been cooking: corn salad with tomatoes, feta and mint; riffable panzanella; crispy tofu tacos; and fritterlike pancakes.

September 11, 2025

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Think Getting a Reservation Is Hard? Try Getting an Invite.

As crowds continue to mob restaurants they see on social media, some businesses are turning to a more exclusive model to curate the scene.

September 11, 2025

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Mapo Tofu, but With Tomatoes, Please

Those last beautiful summer tomatoes are put to good use in Hetty Lui McKinnon’s take on the classic Sichuan dish.

September 11, 2025

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26 Apple Desserts Our Readers Make Every Fall

Turn your orchard haul into something truly delicious with these fall recipes.

September 11, 2025

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This Garlicky Fish Dinner Will Wow Everyone You Know

Zesty black bean-avocado tostadas and a coconut flan round out David Tanis’s menu for the waning warm days.

September 11, 2025

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5 Guides to Great Restaurant Cities by New York Times Staff

Check out these standout dining scenes that we encountered in our reporting for the 2025 Restaurant List.

September 11, 2025

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In High-Profile Closings, Los Angeles Restaurateurs See Trouble

The city’s turmoil, from wildfires to curfews, has exacted a toll on some of its best-loved restaurants and raised worries about the future.

September 11, 2025

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Kids Love Making (and Eating) This Easy Noodle Soup

This Cantonese classic, which Melissa Clark adapted from Lane Li, of Noodle Lane in Brooklyn, is so easy a middle schooler can make it.

September 10, 2025

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A Whole Wheat Pasta Dish That Hits Every Note

Spicy sausage, briny olives, fresh tomatoes and herbaceous rosemary make this 30-minute dinner shine.

September 10, 2025

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Andrew Huse, Cultural Historian of the Cuban Sandwich, Dies at 52

He investigated which city of Cuban immigrants might have created the celebrated sandwich, Tampa or Miami. His finding was not altogether surprising.

September 9, 2025

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The Corner Store Team Un-Eighty Sixes the Chumley’s Space

The new steakhouse is called, of course, the Eighty Six.

September 9, 2025

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What’s New in School Lunchrooms: Less Sugar, More From Scratch

While the impact of federal budget cuts and coming nutritional guidelines is uncertain, smaller changes have already arrived in school cafeterias.

September 9, 2025

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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Chicken

This quick, deceptively meaty tofu dish is crisp, chewy and super savory.

September 9, 2025

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12 of Our Staff’s Favorite Restaurant Recipes That You Can Make at Home

Try Vinegar Hill House’s skillet sourdough pancakes, Roberta’s pizza and more dishes we’ve adapted from restaurants and bakeries over the years.

September 9, 2025

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Our Staff’s Restaurants of the Year, Plus Takes and Trends From 2025

What we’ve noticed, what we’d like to see more of and a few things we would rather see the end of.

September 9, 2025

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The Restaurant List 2025

Here are the 50 best places in America right now.

September 9, 2025

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This Is One of San Francisco’s Most Expensive Restaurants. Is It Worth It?

At Atelier Crenn, the world-famous chef Dominique Crenn is weaving the bounty of California through the narrative of her French upbringing.

September 8, 2025

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It’s the Perfect Time to Get Back Into the Cooking Groove

Return to routine with a lemon-forward chickpea and parsley pasta.

September 8, 2025

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What Happened to Mexico City’s Food Scene? Americans.

As restaurants change to reflect new tastes, local reactions have ranged from fascination to fury.

September 8, 2025

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This Aguachile Shrimp Salad Will Brighten Your Day

Perfect for those last warm-weather picnics.

September 7, 2025

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Apples and Pork Chops Are a Perfect Pair

All this talk about autumn apples conjures Nathalie Dupree’s clutch kitchen theory.

September 6, 2025

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Ghee’s Glory Stretches Across Generations

This South Asian staple has a long history and can make any dish richer and more delicious.

September 5, 2025

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The Five-Ingredient Pantry Pasta You Need Right Now

This riff on cacio e pepe with tuna delivers a taste of ocean and sun.

September 5, 2025

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Around the World in Three New York City Bodegas

Parathas in Queens, barbacoa in Gowanus, dibi lamb in Harlem and other corner deli delights.

September 4, 2025

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The TikTok Famous Chef Keeping a Sorority Fed

Kevin Ashton found job satisfaction mentoring sorority sisters at the University of Nevada, Reno.

September 4, 2025

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What’s for Dinner: Something on Rice

A fresh pot of rice with some sook mei faan, eggplant adobo or coconut saag? That’s good eating.

September 4, 2025

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Our 22 Best Brownie Recipes

We’ve shared plenty of spins on this classic treat over the years, but these are the sweet, chocolaty hits our readers just can’t quit.

September 4, 2025

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A Pleasurable Distraction From the Rest of Life

Recipes that put the fun in packing school lunch.

September 4, 2025

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10 California Wine Producers Worth Getting to Know Now

These winemakers navigate a difficult world, often working day jobs and piecing together businesses on the margins. Somehow, they make great wine.

September 4, 2025

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Tonight’s Dinner Could Be a Best-in-Class Shrimp Curry

Plus, some recommendations for using all that summer zucchini and a make-ahead breakfast for the ages.

September 3, 2025

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We Just Updated Our Atlanta Dining Guide

Fish sauce sticky ribs, a wine bar with proper food from one of Atlanta’s most prominent restaurateurs and more.

September 2, 2025

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Narkara Brings Northern Thai Heat to Union Square

Koju offers an omakase at the Ace Hotel in Brooklyn, Nuyores opens with a Contento chef at the helm and more restaurant news.

September 2, 2025

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Do Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch Like Pineapple on Pizza? Watch and Find Out.

The stars of “The Roses” stopped by the New York Times studio kitchen to toss pies and share stories from their lives in food and film.

September 2, 2025

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This Crispy Chicken Is Pure Poetry

This buttery lime chicken dinner couldn’t be any dreamier.

September 2, 2025

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100 Easy Dinners for Busy Weeknights

Fall is hectic enough. Let us help with the cooking.

September 2, 2025

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In a Tiny Space With a Spare Korean Menu, Sunn’s Makes Magic

Expert banchan and impeccable seafood are just part of the draw at this petite Chinatown restaurant that paves its own path.

September 2, 2025

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The Recipe Readers Had to Have Year After Year

With more than 18,000 five-star reviews, Marian Burros’s easy recipe is a classic for a reason.

September 1, 2025

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Here’s My Favorite Fried Chicken Sandwich

And here’s how I turn it into pickle-brined grilled chicken.

August 31, 2025

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Pollo Asado, Let’s Go

Make extra of Ham El-Waylly’s citrusy, hummingly spicy chicken for weeknight burritos, grain bowls, salads, nachos, soups. …

August 30, 2025

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Which Chile Paste Should I Buy?

An array of chile pastes make it easier than ever to bring a little — or a lot — of heat into your cooking. But how can you tell which one is right for you?

August 29, 2025

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This Chef Is Bringing Babbo Back. Can It Move Past Mario Batali?

Mark Ladner, a master of Italian cooking and a Batali protégé, is reinventing the Manhattan restaurant under the same famous (and infamous) name.

August 29, 2025

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18 High-Protein, Make-Ahead Breakfasts That Will Keep You Going Until Lunch

Overnight oats, egg bites, cottage cheese bowls and more nourishing meals to start your day.

August 29, 2025

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2 Simple Secrets for Making Restaurant-Quality Scallops at Home

For a quick, light dinner, these small steps go a long, long way, Eric Kim writes.

August 29, 2025

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Salmon Burgers and Kimbap; Nectarine Tart and Summer Berry Buckle

I’m back from the road, and I want to cook.

August 29, 2025

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This Cheesy Dip Is a Closely Guarded Alaskan Secret

Meet Kenai dip, the northern cousin to pimento cheese.

August 29, 2025

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The Allure (and Hubris) of Candles in Restaurants

Restaurateurs are falling back in love with old-school, high-maintenance candles — burned shirt sleeves, wax wrangling and all.

August 29, 2025

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She Knows Your Next Favorite Snack Before You Do

In an era of increasingly esoteric and niche food products, Andrea Hernández of Snaxshot is a snack aisle soothsayer.

August 29, 2025

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Clear Eyes, Cold Noodles, Can’t Lose

The coldest naengmyeon this side of Fifth Avenue, a noodle-y trip into deep Queens and matcha udon in the Village.

August 28, 2025

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How to Fall in Love With Eggplant

With the right recipes, eggplant can be luxurious and easy to prepare.

August 28, 2025

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The Perfect Late-Summer Soup

Yossy Arefi’s ginger chicken and rice soup with zucchini manages to be both warming and seasonal.

August 28, 2025

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Pat Moore, a Model Turned Institution at P.J. Clarke’s, Dies at 89

She went from fashion shoots to becoming a familiar server at that venerable Manhattan saloon for some 45 years. She dated two of her more famous customers, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra.

August 27, 2025

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This 20-Minute Shrimp Curry Will Wow Everyone Who Tries It

Madhur Jaffrey’s Goan recipe is the perfect meal for any occasion — dinner party or just dinner.

August 27, 2025

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Eric Kim’s Genius Two-Ingredient Fish

If you have white fish fillets and scallions — plus olive oil, salt, pepper and about 25 minutes — you have dinner.

August 27, 2025

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4 Rules for Buying the Best Olive Oil

A good olive oil can truly make a dish. Here’s Andy Baraghani’s advice for how to shop and cook with it.

August 26, 2025

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21 Cheap, Easy Recipes You Can Cook in Your College Dorm

Peanut butter noodles, microwave Nutella cake and more one-pan wonders and no-cook recipes with super-short ingredient lists to save you a trip to the dining hall.

August 26, 2025

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Five Weeknight Salmons

Including mustardy sheet-pan salmon, a farro-salmon salad with cucumber and herbs and, naturally, Andy Baraghani’s sticky miso salmon bowl.

August 26, 2025

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Francis Mallmann Tames the Plancha in Chelsea

The Argentine master of open-fire grilling mixes it up at the Faena New York, Mark Bittman becomes a restaurateur and more restaurant news.

August 26, 2025

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Two Restaurants Are Making Minneapolis the American Capital of Hmong Food

The chefs at Diane’s Place and Vinai serve as guardians and interpreters of their foodways.

August 26, 2025

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The U.S. Open Already Has a Winner: the Honey Deuce Cocktail

The cherry-blossom-pink vodka concoction is entering its 18th year as the event’s signature drink. And it’s still a cash cow.

August 26, 2025

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London’s Sexiest Produce Star Is a Cabbage

Hispi cabbage is affordable, trendy and a menu staple in restaurants across the British capital.

August 26, 2025

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These Cookies Are So Easy a Toddler Made Them

Adapted from LB. Kitchen in Portland, Maine, this vegan, gluten-free recipe comes together in one bowl, no mixer needed.

August 25, 2025

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A Lemony Zucchini Pasta Boosted by Miso

Salting and searing your squash keeps it from turning into mush; a silky miso-pecorino sauce balances its sweetness.

August 25, 2025

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A (Former) Critic’s Summer Cooking Notebook

How I’m cooking my chicken (in a versatile tinga de pollo), corn (sautéed in a skillet), tomatoes (softened with eggplant) and peppers (stuffed).

August 24, 2025

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Now’s the Time to Make Friends With Your Slow Cooker

Find new dinner favorites — creamy lentil tomato soup, or comforting chicken jook — to pull out of your back pocket when the fall calendar fills up.

August 23, 2025

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As Troops Walk the Streets, Washington Restaurants Report a Slump

With the deployment of the National Guard, owners say business is down drastically.

August 23, 2025

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Red Lobster Is Betting on Black Diners With Its Brand Comeback

Are nostalgia, a new chief executive and seafood boil bags enough to save the seafood chain after more than 60 years?

August 22, 2025

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The Perfect Dinner for Late Summer Plums

Yewande Komolafe’s new recipe gives pork belly dominoes a quick turn in a hot pan so they crisp and plump before they’re coated in caramelized fruit.

August 22, 2025

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Aubrey Plaza and Margaret Qualley Never Made Pizza — Until Now

The stars of the film “Honey Don’t!” visited the New York Times studio kitchen to toss some pizzas.

August 21, 2025

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Where to Dine With Totally Bored Teens, and More Reader Questions

Can a cheeky Korean restaurant cure adolescent ennui? Can you get a proper meal at a wine bar? Becky Hughes investigates.

August 21, 2025

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You Say Tomato, I Say Bingo

Tomato Cheddar toasts, dumpling tomato salad, best gazpacho — you can’t lose with these tomato dishes.

August 21, 2025

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Pretty Peach Ricotta Cake, Please

Yossy Arefi’s simple but stunning cake has peaches both on the top and scattered throughout the batter (because peaches).

August 21, 2025

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7 Things You Should Always Pack for Your Vacation Rental Kitchen

Cooking in a rental property can be stressful, but packing a few treasured items from home can help you actually relax.

August 20, 2025

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Schmaltzy Tomatoes!

Peak summer tomatoes get a salty, savory boost from pan drippings in my easy skillet chicken dinner.

August 20, 2025

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We Just Updated Our Portland, Ore., Dining Guide

A meat lovers’ destination and a vegan paradise join our list of the 25 best restaurants in the City of Roses.

August 19, 2025

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Dine in a Palace of Mirrors at Musaafer

El Rey Tacos brings Mexico City style to Times Square, the Blue Vault adds a speakeasy option to the theater district and more news.

August 19, 2025

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High-Protein Dinners That Make High-Protein Lunches

Cowboy caviar, baked chicken meatballs and coconut curry tofu pack up nicely in lunchboxes.

August 19, 2025

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This Sauce Is Good on Everything

Made with summer fruit and tart seasonings, chamoy is a Mexican condiment that brings a tangy zip to sweet and savory dishes alike.

August 19, 2025

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New England Seafood With a Side of Punk, at Smithereens

This quirky East Village newcomer conjures a thoughtful, sometimes dark, take on traditional coastal cooking. Also, doughnuts and Japanese city pop.

August 19, 2025

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One Pan, 30 Minutes, Dinner Done

More promising numbers: My orzo with spinach and feta has five stars and over 15,000 reviews.

August 18, 2025

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Grilled Beef Loves Beefy Tomatoes

Ali Slagle’s grilled steak with tomato tartare pairs rare beef with the sweet acidity of tomatoes and the sharpness of shallots, capers and chives.

August 17, 2025

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At the Alaska Summit, an Unlikely Local Dish Gets a Cameo

Halibut Olympia, a Tuesday-night kind of recipe, was part of the planning (if not the eating) at the Friday meeting.

August 17, 2025

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Come for the Chicken and Zucchini, Stay for the Charred Scallion Salsa

A smoky, zippy mix of charred scallions, cilantro, jalapeño and lime perks up summer’s sweet zucchini and skin-on chicken breasts.

August 16, 2025

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This Easy Relish Is the Best Way to Use Up Any Produce

Chakalaka, a South African staple of spiced peppers, tomato and beans, is a generous dish, ready to accept whatever’s in your pantry.

August 15, 2025

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An Easy Homemade Ice Cream Recipe to Make Your Flavor Dreams Come True

August 15, 2025

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Whiskey Maker Honoring an Enslaved Distiller Is in a Fiscal Bind

A federal judge has ordered that Uncle Nearest be placed in receivership, after a lender claimed the company’s finances are in disarray.

August 14, 2025

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There’s Never Been a Better to Time to Love a Wine Bar

Wine bars with great menus just keep popping up across New York City. Here are three new ones to check out.

August 14, 2025

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Can These Vegetarian Recipes Win Over a Meat-and-Potatoes Guy?

I put them to the test.

August 14, 2025

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‘This Was a Revelation in Cooking Eggplant’

Sue Li’s five-star sweet and sour eggplant pairs the versatile vegetable with an assertive soy-vinegar sauce and crispy garlic chips.

August 14, 2025

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Under the Radar New Zealand Wines to Seek Out Now

Despite its short history of wine, these producers, from Central Otago and North Canterbury, are making bottles that are ravishing and distinctive.

August 14, 2025

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There’s Money to Be Made From ‘MAHA.’ Food Companies Want In.

Processed-food giants and produce growers are tweaking products and ads to reach the Make America Healthy Again movement. But the strategy carries risks.

August 14, 2025

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Put a Tomato in Your Martini

A little time and a few bar essentials can turn the summer’s best produce into a drink you won’t soon forget.

August 13, 2025

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It’s Always the Season for Lemon Spaghetti With Roasted Artichokes

This weeknight pasta comes together with ease — especially if you use an air fryer to burnish your canned or frozen artichoke hearts.

August 13, 2025

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Meat Is Back at Eleven Madison Park, After 4 Vegan Years

The Manhattan restaurant drew global praise and skepticism with its climate-minded, all-plant menu. Now its chef wants to be more welcoming — and popular.

August 13, 2025

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We Just Updated Our Boston Dining Guide

A generational Vietnamese restaurant goes upscale and Portuguese seafood in South End. Plus a bonus for book lovers.

August 12, 2025

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Lélé Takes a Lush Approach to Caribbean and African Fare

Nourish opens in the South Bronx, Elephant & Castle closes after more than 50 years and more restaurant news.

August 12, 2025

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This Secret Ingredient Makes Homemade Ice Cream Easy

The best ice cream this summer is the one you create: Make your own flavors with this easy vanilla base and five smart tips.

August 12, 2025

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These Are Some Seriously Summery Chicken Breasts

Christian Reynoso’s tomato basil chicken breasts, inspired by piccata, are tangy, buttery and bright.

August 12, 2025

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18 Easy, Protein-Packed Recipes for Back-to-School Lunches

Make-ahead burritos, easy chickpea salad, baked chicken meatballs and more tasty lunch ideas for little bodies with long days.

August 12, 2025

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Why Is Martha’s Vineyard Going Vegan? It’s All About Tick Bites.

Islanders’ diets are being upended by an onslaught of alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-induced allergy to meat and dairy.

August 12, 2025

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A Very Tomatoey Skillet Chicken Dinner

Yasmin Fahr’s one-pan Dijon chicken with tomatoes and scallions, showered with fresh herbs, is both bright and meaty.

August 11, 2025

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This Corn and Black Bean Salad Is Exactly What I Want to Be Eating

It is, as one reader puts it, a “perfect no-cook, no-meat August dinner.”

August 10, 2025

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No-Bake Peaches and Cream Cake? Yes, Please.

David Tanis’s simple recipe is a summery take on tiramisù, a beautiful landing pad for all those peaches.

August 9, 2025

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7 Secrets for a Great Pasta Salad

That summery staple can be so much better with these expert tips.

August 8, 2025

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A Salmon Dish That’s Simple Perfection

Chan chan yaki: Sauté vegetables in a skillet, then top with miso-buttered salmon to steam until the fish is just cooked through. Serve with rice and a cold beer.

August 8, 2025

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‘Is It Happening?’: Trump’s Tariffs Bring Uncertainty to Beaujolais

President Trump’s unpredictability and threats, and the falling dollar, make planning difficult for French winemakers in an already challenging environment.

August 8, 2025

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The Triumphant Rise of the Steakbar

Think of these three New York City spots as steakhouses without all the pomp.

August 7, 2025

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Oh, Do You Have Some Zucchini?

Then you’ll definitely want to play — and will easily win — Zucchini Bingo.

August 7, 2025

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Hail Kale Caesar Pasta Salad

Reviews are already trickling in, and they’re glowing: “Dan’s recipes are always delicious and this is no exception!”

August 7, 2025

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Ozempic Is Shrinking Appetites. Restaurants Are Shrinking the Food.

Some businesses are trying to lure diners on GLP-1s with miniature meals and tiny tasting menus.

August 7, 2025

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These Golden Diner Pancakes Are Just as Good as You’ve Heard

The dreamy toppings are here, too: maple-honey syrup with a touch of soy sauce, maple-honey butter and a berry compote.

August 6, 2025

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‘The Time Is Right’: For London’s Blockbuster Indian Restaurants, New York Is Next

The world-renowned Dishoom, Ambassadors Clubhouse and others are making the move, as Indian food in the United States flourishes.

August 6, 2025

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We Just Updated Our List of the Best Restaurants in Miami

Cool Cantonese, the return of a real ‘Miami girl’ chef and a chic bar with incredible pizzas.

August 5, 2025

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A Thai Diner Chef Honors Her Mother at Mommy Pai’s

Kebabishq serves up Indian kebabs, Mykonian Garden brings Mykonos to Sutton Place and more restaurant news.

August 5, 2025

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At the Tesla Diner, the Future Looks Mid

The new Los Angeles restaurant from the electric car giant is a smash burger and content machine, drawing Elon Musk’s fans and protesters.

August 5, 2025

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Salpicón de Pescado, Chicken-Zucchini Meatballs and No-Chop White Bean Salad

I simply love summer cooking.

August 5, 2025

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A New York Restaurant Hitmaker Expands His Empire to Washington

Dōgon is bigger and more polished than its New York cousin, and every bit as ambitious.

August 5, 2025

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5 Easy Recipes to Use Up All Those Peaches, Plums and Nectarines

These dishes prove that fruit doesn’t need to be perfect to be just right.

August 4, 2025

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Here’s Dumpling Tomato Salad With Chile Crisp Vinaigrette

Is it even tomato season if you haven’t made this Hetty Lui McKinnon classic?

August 4, 2025

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A Lighter Take on a Slow-Cooker Classic

Kia Damon’s Mississippi chicken swaps the packaged seasoning for garlic and fresh herbs, but keeps the pepperoncini and butter for plenty of oomph.

August 3, 2025

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Oh Hello, Corn Risotto

Five stars, over 2,000 reviews and so, so corny.

August 2, 2025

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Does Soda Made Without High-Fructose Corn Syrup Actually Taste Better? We Did a Taste Test.

When it comes to beloved sodas, the taste buds want what the taste buds want.

August 1, 2025

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It’s Time for My Tomato and Watermelon Salad

Use one of those creamy feta cheeses that break down in the juices of the fruits to create a kind of ambrosia between the crisp and soft.

August 1, 2025

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How to Pick a Good Tomato (and Salvage a Bad One)

Don’t settle for a mealy tomato. Here are five expert tips from a chef to make sure they’re delicious every time.

August 1, 2025

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Are These Celebrity Sandwich Shops Any Good?

Influencers and Oscar nominees are getting into the sandwich game. Our columnist gave their cheesesteaks, French dips and deli subs a try.

July 31, 2025

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Peach Bingo!

Everyone’s a winner with no-cook cold tofu salad with peaches, peaches and cucumbers with gochujang vinaigrette and peach tea.

July 31, 2025

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Feeding the Limitless Maine Lobster Roll Boom, Seafloor to Summer Table

At one of the most renowned lobster shacks — and across the country — the star dish just keeps getting more popular.

July 31, 2025

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17 Easy, 30-Minute Chicken Recipes Our Readers Can’t Stop Making

These dishes, which take a half-hour or less, deserve a spot in your rotation, too.

July 31, 2025

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These Yakitori-Style Skewers Are Salty-Sweet Summer Eating

Make Kay Chun’s salmon, scallion and zucchini skewers on a griddle or grill pan if you don’t have a grill.

July 31, 2025

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Facing Difficulties, 6 Small California Wine Businesses Band Together

Operating as a collective, they say, reduces the pressures and offers more opportunities to grow while maintaining the integrity of each brand.

July 31, 2025

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21 Easy Summer Potluck Recipes You Can Throw Together in 30 Minutes or Less

Most of these foolproof side dishes are ready in 15 minutes, and they are a snap to pack and share.

July 30, 2025

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The Sgroppino Is the Original Spiked Slushie

Beat the heat with an icy riff on gin and tonics and a more nuanced take on frosé.

July 30, 2025

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Your Zucchini Wants to Be This Lemony Bundt Cake

The thing I love about Yossy Arefi’s recipe is the double lemon glaze, which gives it a little sparkly crunch.

July 30, 2025

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People Line Up for Hours for These Pancakes. Now You Don’t Have To.

Golden Diner’s lush pancakes draw crowds, but the chef has never shared the recipe. Until now.

July 29, 2025

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Watch ‘The Fantastic Four’ Make Pizza (Without Superpowers)

Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn stopped by The New York Times Studio Kitchen for a chat.

July 29, 2025

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We Just Updated Our Washington, D.C. Dining Guide

Inventive spots for Mexican and Japanese American cuisine join the list, and we bid a fond farewell to a D.C. favorite closing at the end of year.

July 29, 2025

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The Libertine Team Goes Full Francophile at Chateau Royale

Bartolo channels Madrid, Hōp pops up in Red Hook with Cambodian food and more restaurant news.

July 29, 2025

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The Best Way to Have Peaches for Dinner

Melissa Clark pairs the sweet summer fruit with roasted chicken thighs, basil and ginger for an unforgettable weeknight meal.

July 29, 2025

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This L.A. Taqueria Makes Magic With Smoke and Salsa

At Taquería Frontera, the art of Tijuana-style tacos is on full display.

July 29, 2025

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Sunny With a Chance of Meatballs

My skillet meatballs with peaches, lime and basil are speedy, satisfying and so summery.

July 28, 2025

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Eric Kim’s Five-Star Gochujang-Glazed Eggplant

“The sauce was amazing. I love, love, love the eggplant, it melts in your mouth. But I would eat that sauce on cardboard.”

July 27, 2025

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23 Classic, Memorable, Must-Make Salads

The best salads of all time, if you will.

July 26, 2025

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Make Better Burgers

Kenji López-Alt shares four smart tricks and three new recipes for smash burgers, diner-style burgers and backyard burgers.

July 25, 2025

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Where to Dine with Babies, and Other Reader Questions

Becky Hughes answers readers’ highly-specific questions about eating out with babies, finding great German food and dining like it’s 2002.

July 24, 2025

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Summer Veggie Bingo!

For the next four weeks, I’m going to send you a bingo card so we can all have a bit more fun with the season’s best produce. First up: Corn.

July 24, 2025

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Anne Burrell’s Death Ruled a Suicide

The longtime Food Network star was found dead in her Brooklyn apartment on June 17.

July 24, 2025

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I’m Sorry I Ignored You, Angel Hair Pasta

I’ll make it up to you with this beautiful recipe from Dan Pelosi, which combines your quick-cooking strands with juicy cherry tomatoes and garlic.

July 24, 2025

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How an M&M Sparked the Search for the Next Perfect Peanut

With funding from the candy giant Mars, scientists at the University of Georgia are genetically designing a peanut that can thrive in a changing climate.

July 24, 2025

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4 Rules for Better Burgers

The cookbook author Kenji López-Alt knows burgers inside and out. Here are his nonnegotiable rules for success.

July 23, 2025

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These Lemon-Poppy Seed Bars Are the Stuff of Dreams

These easy treats balance buttery shortbread and tangy curd.

July 23, 2025

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French Lentil Salad Forever

It’s one of our most popular new recipes of 2025 for a reason (that reason being it’s easy, versatile and very delicious).

July 23, 2025

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No One Parties Like Jacques Pépin, Even at 90

The beloved chef, who brought French cooking skills to the American masses, is celebrating his upcoming birthday with 90 parties around the country.

July 23, 2025

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Is High-Fructose Corn Syrup Worse for You Than Sugar?

Coca-Cola announced Tuesday that it would introduce a new cane sugar Coke product this fall. But will it be better for you?

July 22, 2025

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We Just Updated Our New Orleans Dining Guide

A 17-year-old restaurant that’s still got it and a red-sauce tavern known for its holy pizza join the list.

July 22, 2025

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Teakwood Thai Chophouse Doesn’t Skip the Seafood

Tacos 1986 shares a space with Mixteca, Cabuc focuses on Turkish coffee and more restaurant news.

July 22, 2025

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I’m All Ears

Sautéed chicken breasts with corn and shallots; spicy corn and coconut soup; Cantonese creamed corn with tofu and rice. It’s corn time.

July 22, 2025

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Can This Buzzy Bistro Make the Upper East Side Cool?

Chez Fifi is both a hot spot and a demure neighborhood restaurant, serving a classic French menu that draws crowds from uptown and downtown.

July 22, 2025

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The 23 Best Salads of All Time

You’ll want to commit these recipes to memory.

July 22, 2025

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Suya Spice Has Entered the Chicken Chat

Yewande Komolafe pairs smoky, complex suya spice with poultry and juicy stone fruit for an easy summer meal that’s filled with tangy-sweet flavors.

July 21, 2025

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For the Privileged Few, Airport Food Hits a New Height of Luxury

In pursuit of well-heeled fliers, airlines and credit card companies are stocking their elite lounges with caviar, sushi bars and big-name chefs.

July 21, 2025

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Southern Fried Corn, a Summery Tomato Congee and a Lot of Limonada

Recipes for riding out July’s heat.

July 20, 2025

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Nigella Lawson’s Blueberry Polenta Upside-Down Cake

Upside-down cakes are the best cakes, and this simple, summery treat is a perfect example of the form.

July 19, 2025

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A Bright Baked Salmon, Satisfying Cold Tofu and Better Rice Krispies Treats

Smart and satisfying recipes for hot summer evenings.

July 18, 2025

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This Easy Pesto Pasta Screams Summer

Paired with a tomato-pepper salad and a peaches and cream cake, this herby main is lush with peak green beans and corn.

July 18, 2025

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For Some New Zealand Winemakers, Māori Beliefs Lead the Way

A philosophy of respectful custodianship of the land and the importance of one’s place of origin may sound familiar to those who seek out terroir.

July 18, 2025

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Customers Griped About High Grocery Prices. The Grocer Agreed.

After hearing complaints about his prices, a store owner in Brooklyn has apologized, and begun the laborious task of lowering thousands of them.

July 17, 2025

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Meatless Monday Through Meatless Sunday

Three spots where vegetarians don’t have to make a meal of appetizers and sides.

July 17, 2025

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Cherry Tomato Bonanza

Whether you’re growing them yourself or picking them up from a market, the best cherry tomatoes are abundant right now. Here’s what to make with them.

July 17, 2025

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24 Recipes That Are Perfect for Camping

Less stress, fewer dishes and more time to enjoy the great outdoors.

July 17, 2025

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The Fairest Farro Salad of Them All

Charlie Bird’s farro salad is a five-star reader favorite: “I have lost count of how many times I have made this salad.”

July 17, 2025

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Readers Really, Really Love This Spicy, Creamy Weeknight Bolognese

And more of our most popular recipes of 2025 (so far).

July 16, 2025

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Is This Restaurant the Only Thing Democrats and Republicans Agree On?

In polarized Washington, Ama is drawing leaders from both camps with an anti-additive menu and a vow to bar all manner of toxicity.

July 16, 2025

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Where Do Berlin’s Club Kids Go When They Grow Up? La Maison for a Croissant.

The coffee shop and patisserie in the Kreuzberg neighborhood has become a daytime hot spot in a city known for its nightlife.

July 16, 2025

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We Just Updated Our List of the Best Restaurants in San Francisco

An old favorite that’s still got it, brothy noodles you can slurp year-round and a tasting menu you won’t want to miss in Japantown.

July 15, 2025

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An Expert’s Best Advice for Cooking Over a Campfire

You asked, we answered: Here’s everything you’ll want to know about making great meals in the great outdoors.

July 15, 2025

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The Waldorf Astoria Reopens With Lex Yard, Yoshoku and Peacock Alley

The newly renovated hotel sports three new restaurants, including a flagship brasserie named after the train line that runs under the hotel.

July 15, 2025

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A 5-Star Slow-Cooker Recipe With Well Over 10,000 Ratings

And more no-stove meals for so-hot weeknights.

July 15, 2025

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Our 25 Most Popular Recipes of the Year So Far

Weeknight wins again with easy recipes like hoisin noodles, lemon-pepper chicken and honey garlic shrimp leading the pack.

July 15, 2025

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Omakase Isn’t Always Worth the Hype. Our Critic Says This One Is.

In the era of big, flashy, beefed-out sushi menus, the serene counter at Mori Nozomi in Los Angeles stands out.

July 15, 2025

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My Five-Ingredient Frenchy Fish

Roasted white fish with lemony almondine comes together in 20 minutes, a beautiful dinner for Bastille Day (or any day, really).

July 14, 2025

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Chinese Students Flocked to Central Illinois. Their Food Followed.

Like many college towns, the area around the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been transformed by a surge of foreign students. Visa clampdowns could threaten that.

July 14, 2025

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The Kids Are All Right (Just Not at a Brewery)

Family-friendly breweries across the country are reconsidering their relationship with children and, in some cases, banning them outright.

July 14, 2025

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Get Some Halloumi and Get Griddlin’

The cheese gets crisp and browned (and deeply melty within), and plays beautifully with the corn and tomatoes in this five-star Melissa Clark recipe.

July 13, 2025

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Two-Ingredient Mango Soft Serve

Everyone say, “Thank you, Hetty Lui McKinnon.”

July 12, 2025

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Cold Noodles (Ahh) With Zucchini (Thank Goodness)

Because it’s hot outside, and you have a lot of zucchini to get through.

July 11, 2025

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From a Chaotic Childhood to the Control of a Michelin-Starred Kitchen

At his Chicago restaurant Ever, which played a supporting role in “The Bear,” the chef Curtis Duffy refines his story.

July 11, 2025

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Unpacking the Past (and the Groceries) With Your Therapist

Mental health professionals are meeting clients in the kitchen to harness the therapeutic powers of cooking.

July 11, 2025

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And Just Like That … New York City Has Great Tacos

We couldn’t help but wonder: When did the city become an epicenter of regional specialties?

July 10, 2025

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The Fast and the Filling

Crispy potato quesadillas and broccoli soba salad come together in no time at all (and don’t leave you hungry).

July 10, 2025

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A 5-Ingredient Salmon Recipe for Chile Crisp Lovers

This simple Naz Deravian recipe, with a pot of rice and cold cucumber salad, is a dream summer dinner.

July 10, 2025

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A Tennis Star Praised Strawberry and Yogurt Pasta. Wimbledon Gasped.

Iga Świątek, a finalist in this year’s tournament, introduced tennis fans to a beloved Polish dish — enter, makaron z truskawkami.

July 10, 2025

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What Is It About Breakfast on ‘Love Island’? (Hint: It’s Sex.)

They’re not here to make friends, they’re here to make pancakes.

July 10, 2025

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‘A Nourishing and Satisfying One-Pot Meal’

Kay Chun’s chicken arroz rojo combines summer’s corn, jalapeños and early tomatoes with boneless thighs and rice for an effortless and filling weeknight dinner.

July 9, 2025

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We Just Updated Our List of the Best Restaurants in L.A.

Casual yet extravagant Korean feasts, high-end comfort food without the fuss and another reason to love masa.

July 8, 2025

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In Koreatown, Musaek’s Menu Looks to the Sea

Comal showcases the Mexican larder, Asano brings a cafe to Sandro’s and more restaurant news.

July 8, 2025

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I Can’t — and Won’t — Stop Making These Recipes

Dak bulgogi (Korean BBQ chicken), crunchy queso wraps and corn and miso pasta salad are on repeat all summer.

July 8, 2025

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The Caribbean, Filtered Through One Chef’s Imagination

Our critic reviews Kabawa in the East Village, where Paul Carmichael brings a singular skill (but no fussiness) to the food he grew up on.

July 8, 2025

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12 Delightfully Chewy, Salty Halloumi Recipes for Cheese Lovers

Whether you cook it until melty or leave it gorgeously firm, it’s always delicious.

July 7, 2025

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A Smart, Quick Curry for Sluggish Days

Keema palak is just the thing for the Monday after a long weekend (or Mondays in general).

July 7, 2025

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Sweet and Spicy Tofu With Soba Noodles to Refuel and Restore

An ideal low-effort, high-yield meal to close out a busy weekend.

July 6, 2025

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Best Gazpacho Forever

When it’s hot and you’re hungry and thirsty and craving salt and sweetness and cold and smoothness, this is the very best thing to make.

July 5, 2025

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Gochujang Burgers, Salmon Burgers, Black Bean Burgers, Cheeseburgers

And more recipe inspiration (besides burgers) for your Independence Day weekend.

July 4, 2025

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Where Have All the Dollar Eats Gone?

Our new “Where to Eat” writer scours the city for meals that can be enjoyed for a buck.

July 3, 2025

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Don’t Bet Against the House Salad Dressing

Creamy lemon miso, jalapeño ranch, honey mustard, carrot ginger, miso sesame. Any of these, on your favorite veggies, is an easy win.

July 3, 2025

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Impressively Easy Berries and Cream Cake Impresses, Easily

You don’t need any fancy equipment to make this beautiful sheet cake (and you don’t need to remember to soften your butter first, either).

July 3, 2025

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7 Ways to Take Cucumber Salad From Summer Side to Star

Its juicy crunch cuts through the smoky char of so many of the season’s mains, but these tips let it shine in its own right.

July 3, 2025

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20 Wines to Drink Right Now

The best summer wines are lighter weight, less tannic, lower in alcohol and take to a chill, and they are always refreshing.

July 3, 2025

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Great Mangoes Are a Treasure. Here’s How to Savor Them.

Let Yewande Komolafe’s recipes — for a mango shortcake, a tomato-mango salad and a hot, savory relish — extend the best part of the year.

July 2, 2025

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Go Forth and Fourth

Recipes for a delicious July 4 weekend: grilled tahini-honey chicken thighs; succotash with sausage and shrimp; buttermilk chess pie.

July 2, 2025

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Somebody Explain Why Everybody Loves Phil Rosenthal

The host of “Somebody Feed Phil” and creator of “Everybody Loves Raymond” has become a global star with little more than fun-guy charm. That’s enough.

July 2, 2025

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What Are SNAP Benefits, and How Will They Change?

President Trump’s policy bill makes significant cuts to the food aid program, once known as food stamps, used by about 42 million people.

July 1, 2025

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We Updated Our Seattle Dining Guide

A fine dining rebrand and a laid back Detroit pizza joint join the list.

July 1, 2025

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8 Ways to Enjoy S’mores Without a Campfire

Bring the taste of summer inside with these delicious s’mores-inspired desserts.

July 1, 2025

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Aquarelle Brings the European Seaside to Avenue B

The Paris Café returns to the Seaport district, Sailor’s Choice offers another vintage boat for dinner and more restaurant news.

July 1, 2025

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Five Super Simple Summery Recipes

July 1, 2025

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This Restaurant Sees No Gulf Between New Orleans and Mexico

In her first review as our new critic, Tejal Rao visits Acamaya, where the chef Ana Castro is writing the latest chapter in the city’s rich culinary story.

July 1, 2025

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The Map Rating Restaurants Based on How Hot the Customers Are

LooksMapping, an A.I.-powered website, rates not the food, but the attractiveness of the diners.

July 1, 2025

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A New Go-To Tofu Dinner

Yewande Komolafe’s masala chickpeas with tofu and blistered tomatoes is quick, easy, economical and delicious.

June 30, 2025

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My Three-Ingredient Salmon Dinner

Roasted salmon glazed with brown sugar and mustard, a New York Times Cooking classic with over 18,000 reviews.

June 29, 2025

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Samin Nosrat’s Go-To Salad Dressing

Or: How to love your salads.

June 28, 2025

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Could a Michelin Star Actually Save the Restaurant in ‘The Bear?’

In Season 4 of the hit FX show, accolades are on the mind of Carmy Berzatto and his staff. But how much do they help real businesses?

June 27, 2025

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A Perfect Pasta for Not-Yet-Perfect Tomatoes

Melissa Clark’s ace recipe enhances cherry tomatoes with pancetta, loads of mint, pecorino and a little butter. It’s ridiculously good.

June 27, 2025

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3 Salad Dressings You Should Memorize

These recipes from Samin Nosrat, the “Salt Fat Acid Heat” author, will have you reaching for your greens all summer long.

June 27, 2025

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Introducing Your New Where to Eat Writer

Nikita Richardson passes the baton and shares some good news.

June 26, 2025

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Mango Slaw, Tamarind Dressing, Pineapple Salad

Welcome to The Fruitie.

June 26, 2025

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Don’t Roast. Rotisserie.

Put your favorite rotisserie chicken to work in Yewande Komolafe’s assertively zippy chicken and herb salad with nuoc cham.

June 26, 2025

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What Is Great Hmong Food? These Chefs Have the Answer.

Yia Vang and Diane Moua have created a moment in the Twin Cities for the emergence of a cuisine virtually unknown outside its own immigrant community.

June 26, 2025

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The 21 Best Croissants in New York City Right Now

From classics even the French would admire to more zany yet delicious interpretations.

June 26, 2025

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Cooking 101

A series on kitchen fundamentals

June 25, 2025

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The Best Protein Bars Are the Ones You Make at Home

This simple recipe from Genevieve Ko gets the bulk of its protein from nuts, not powders, for an especially delicious on-the-go snack.

June 25, 2025

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This Cold Noodle Salad With Spicy Peanut Sauce Is Really Cool

Hetty Lui McKinnon’s recipe is refreshing and flexible — use whatever vegetables you like or have on hand.

June 25, 2025

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Amid the Rubble of the Palisades Fire, Taco Trucks Feed the Recovery

A huddle of trucks has become the most reliable place for cleanup crews and contractors to find lunch.

June 25, 2025

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We Updated Our Chicago Dining Guide

An Italian-inspired restaurant with Midwestern roots, a suburban spot for top-tier Hawaiian food, and French Canadian dishes from a powerhouse kitchen.

June 24, 2025

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Haymarket, From a Saga Alum, Takes a Global Approach

Massara moves into the Time and Tide space, Samsaen emulates a Thai train station and more restaurant news.

June 24, 2025

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Smashed Cucumber and Chicken Salad Because It’s Too Hot to Cook

“SOLID HOT SUMMER DISH,” says Rita, a reader.

June 24, 2025

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Taking a Turn in the Restaurant That Makes New York Go Round

In her first review as our new critic, Ligaya Mishan checks out the View, the revolving Times Square dining room with a nostalgic menu and a stunning panorama of the city.

June 24, 2025

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My One-Pan Zucchini-Pesto Orzo Is Supremely Summery

June 23, 2025

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It’s Indian Mango Season, and the Cutthroat Selling Frenzy Is On

For a few short months, dozens of part-time importers in New Jersey relentlessly compete to get the fruit into the hands of an eager diaspora.

June 23, 2025

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Ceviche, for Sure

Tangy, spicy and refreshing, easy to make and even easier to eat.

June 22, 2025

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Summer Is for Strawberry Shortcake

And this classic recipe, with its easy, buttery biscuits and simply macerated berries, is the one to make over and over.

June 21, 2025

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At a Memorial for Anne Burrell, a Karaoke Tribute to Her Bold Style

The Food Network chef, who died Tuesday at 55, was remembered in a star-studded service that sent her off with a singalong.

June 20, 2025

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Anne Burrell’s Death Is Under Investigation as a Possible Drug Overdose

The city’s medical examiner has not determined a cause, but an internal police document says the TV chef was found surrounded by pills.

June 20, 2025

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Weekends Are for New Recipes

If you haven’t yet made Hetty Lui McKinnon’s crispy gnocchi with tomato and red onion, the first weekend of Actual Summer is a great time to do so.

June 20, 2025

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The Fast-Food Gimmick That Became an Unlikely Muse for Chefs

Twenty years after its debut, Taco Bell’s Crunchwrap Supreme has inspired a legion of dupes with its endlessly adaptable format.

June 20, 2025

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The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Announces Its 2025 List

A Peruvian spot took No. 1, while five U.S. chefs kept places on the list.

June 19, 2025

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Three Restaurants Where Grandma Is (Almost) Always Cooking

Your grandmother’s cooking doesn’t stand a chance against La Morada, Fried Dumpling and Nonna Dora’s.

June 19, 2025

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Summer Beans, Make Me Feel Fine

Hetty Lui McKinnon’s no-cook chili bean salad is just the thing for spiking temperatures.

June 19, 2025

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Our Summer 100 Is Here!

As is Eric Kim’s dak bulgogi, or Korean BBQ chicken, a super-easy take on a super-delicious dish.

June 19, 2025

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For Food Network Fans, Anne Burrell Was the Fun-Loving Aunt

The chef, who died Tuesday, built her stardom on a big, down-to-earth personality in which viewers could see themselves.

June 18, 2025

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Food Network Chefs and Many Others Pay Tribute to Anne Burrell

Following news of the chef and TV personality’s death at age 55, remembrances poured in on social media.

June 18, 2025

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A Heavy Pan of Roasted Shrimp Jambalaya and a Pitcher of Strawberry-Ginger Lemonade

And more delicious ideas for a Juneteenth feast.

June 18, 2025

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Great American Wines That Stand the Test of Time

For more than 30 years, Littorai has pioneered the exploration of terroirs on the Sonoma Coast and in Mendocino, and has influenced countless producers.

June 18, 2025

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Anne Burrell, Chef and Food Network Star, Dies at 55

Her distinctive hairstyle and swagger in the kitchen made her one of America’s most recognizable Italian chefs.

June 17, 2025

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Cuerno New York Brings Carne Asada to Midtown

City Island gets more waterfront dining and other news.

June 17, 2025

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We Updated Our Philadelphia Dining Guide

Just in time for peak travel season, three delicious new options for eating in the City of Brotherly Love.

June 17, 2025

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The Ever-Evolving Juneteenth Table

As more and more people celebrate the holiday, some Black Americans are beginning to personalize the traditional menu.

June 17, 2025

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Five Quick, Kid-Friendly Vegetarian Dinners

Crispy halloumi with tomatoes and white beans, sheet-pan bibimbap and gnocchi with hot and sweet peppers keep things interesting (and delicious).

June 17, 2025

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In an Era of Upheavals, Los Angeles Restaurants Are Banding Together

Through Covid, protests, strikes and fires, the Independent Hospitality Coalition is helping local business navigate a volatile civic landscape.

June 17, 2025

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Here Are the 2025 James Beard Restaurant Award Winners

Toni Tipton-Martin, Jungsik Yim and the restaurateurs behind Le Veau d’Or were among the top honorees.

June 17, 2025

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A Weeknight Spaghetti With Extra Oomph

Preserved lemon adds its salty, fermented punch to a seven-ingredient pasta.

June 16, 2025

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The Pizza Interview: Chris Evans and Dakota Johnson

The two stars of the movie “Materialists,” visited The New York Times Cooking studio to make pizzas and talk love triangles.

June 16, 2025

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100 Easy Summer Recipes for Right Now

Because worrying about dinner should be the last thing on your mind.

June 16, 2025

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BBQ Chicken Is Always the Move

Crisp and succulent, great with slaw, one of the best summertime feeds.

June 15, 2025

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Dive Into Butter Swim Biscuits

Eat them with ham. Eat them with jam. Add pimento cheese. Just make them, please.

June 14, 2025

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The Rice Hack That Fuels My Family

A dry skillet and patience are all you need to transform leftover rice into a meal, Eric Kim writes.

June 13, 2025

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Pierre Franey’s Five-Star Grilled Swordfish

It’s been a hit with Times readers since its publication in 1993.

June 13, 2025

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They’re Gentle. They’re Seasonal. They’re Soft Boy Cooks.

Hide your tomatoes: These charismatic chefs are on social media, a counter to the harder-edged chefs.

June 12, 2025

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Where to Celebrate a 40th Birthday, and Other Reader Questions

Dinner and a show at Lincoln Center? Date night on a budget? We have suggestions.

June 12, 2025

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All About That Basil

Not just for garnish, this do-it-all herb transforms simple dishes into weeknight winners.

June 12, 2025

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This Dinner Has Been Right in Front of You All This Time

Chile-crisp chickpea rice bowls are effortless, lovable and come together with things you most likely already have.

June 12, 2025

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This Super Summery Dinner Party Is Meant for Luxuriating

Crab cakes, chilled cucumber-spinach soup and a light melon granita are the ideal antidote for sultry evenings, David Tanis writes.

June 11, 2025

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Q & A: Our New Critics Share Food Memories, Fitness Routines and How to Choose the Best Dish on the Menu

‘Dreamy and daunting,’ is how one of them described the job.

June 11, 2025

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Intensely Flavored and Supremely Comforting

Yewande Komolafe’s versatile take on Ghanaian light soup replenishes and restores.

June 11, 2025

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Meet Our New Restaurant Critics

Ligaya Mishan and Tejal Rao are the new restaurant critics at The New York Times, succeeding Pete Wells. While the two new critics are still going to be discreet when dining out for The Times, they have decided to part with tradition and reveal their identities to readers.

June 11, 2025

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The Times Has Appointed Two Chief Restaurant Critics. Here’s How That Will Work.

Tejal Rao and Ligaya Mishan will expand restaurant coverage nationally for The Times.

June 11, 2025

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Chez Nous Brings a New French Energy to the Marlton Hotel

Foursome offers Turkish cuisine, Victoria Blamey becomes the culinary director for Il Buco Alimentari and Il Buco al Mare and more news.

June 10, 2025

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Seven Ingredients or Fewer, Because Summer

Pork meatballs with ginger and fish sauce, crispy lime-butter chicken and creamy miso pasta require little shopping.

June 10, 2025

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A Meal Just for the Guys, Except Mom Is Also Invited

For our writer, a weeknight tradition is the perfect way to cook with his sons.

June 10, 2025

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Escargot Flavors, Weeknight Ease

Heady, parsleyed garlic butter is the star of this slow-cooker dinner.

June 9, 2025

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You’ve Heard of Fine Wine. Now Meet Fine Water.

Bottled waters from small, pristine sources are attracting a lot of buzz, with tastings, sommeliers and even water cellars.

June 9, 2025

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Spicy Shrimp Puttanesca Doesn’t Hold Back

Garlic, anchovies, capers, olives, crushed red pepper and loads of tomato paste provide real oomph.

June 8, 2025

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I Didn’t Think French Toast Could Get Any Better, but Here We Are

This Hong Kong-style French toast recipe from Cybelle Tondu has an oozy peanut butter filling and a drizzle of sweetened condensed milk.

June 7, 2025

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New York City’s Best Chefs Pick Their Favorite Restaurants

We asked some of the chefs from our 100 best restaurants list where they love to dine out right now.

June 6, 2025

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A Truly Showstopping Grilled Beef Tenderloin

For one, there’s a red-wine-soaked towel involved.

June 6, 2025

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It’s Piña Colada Weather

They taste exactly how the best summer days feel: sweet and sunny.

June 5, 2025

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Let’s Lentil

With a summery orzo salad, a curried coconut soup and tomato-marinated toast.

June 5, 2025

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Top 10 Reader Favorites From the 100 Best New York Restaurants

From $$$$ tasting-menu splurges to a celebrated Brooklyn sandwich shop, here are the places New York Times readers have visited most.

June 5, 2025

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For a Better Stir-Fry, Velvet Your Chicken

June 5, 2025

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I Was Sidelined by Illness. This Soup Got Me Back in the Kitchen.

Yewande Komolafe couldn’t cook for more than a year. This is the recipe she was most eager to make.

June 5, 2025

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A Starter Pack for Aspiring Wine Lovers

Strip away the dry talk and you’ll find wine is just delicious fun. For those hesitant to know where to begin, these six bottles are a great introduction.

June 5, 2025

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Best Pizza? Connecticut Brings That Boast to the Heart of New York.

Billboards bragging about the state’s pies have popped up next to some of the city’s most celebrated pizzerias, provoking locals and bewildering tourists.

June 4, 2025

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This Five-Star Salmon Recipe Is Kind of a Big Dill

Fresh, feathery dill fronds perfume the rice that holds up honey-turmeric baked salmon in this reader-favorite recipe.

June 4, 2025

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Westmoreland Serves an All-Day Menu in the Revamped Frick Collection

A King partner opens a wine bar, Lobel’s now has a restaurant and more news.

June 3, 2025

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They Bet Their Future on Barbecue Dreams. Many Lost Everything.

Dickey’s, the world’s largest barbecue chain, has a history of deception and broken promises, according to dozens of its franchise owners.

June 3, 2025

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‘Respect the Rotisserie Chicken’

Readers share their cost-cutting shopping and cooking tips; I share five budget-friendly recipes to put on repeat.

June 3, 2025

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The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City in 2025

We have a brand-new top 10, plus 90 more of the greatest meals in the five boroughs.

June 3, 2025

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How Our Readers Are Saving Money on Groceries

Food costs continue to fluctuate, so we asked readers if they’ve changed how they shop and cook.

June 2, 2025

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The Road to Dinner Is Paved With Spice Blends

Good luck resisting the pan sauce in this 20-minute lemon-pepper chicken breasts recipe.

June 2, 2025

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This Year’s Hot New Tool for Chefs? ChatGPT.

Some restaurateurs are starting to explore ways A.I. can help them create recipes, menus and dining experiences.

June 2, 2025

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The Cockney Accent Is Fading, but This Dish Is Here to Stay

Shop owners in the U.K. are fighting to win government protection for pie and mash, a working-class meal with deep roots.

June 2, 2025

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Meatballs for When You Want Kebabs

Richly spiced adana meatballs are perfect for quick weeknight and party-time meals.

June 1, 2025

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Pickle Lemonade? Pickle Lemonade!

Kasia Pilat’s recipe is perfectly balanced, thirst-quenching and easy to love.

May 31, 2025

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Got a Can of Curry Paste? Make Pad Prik King.

Alexa Weibel’s recipe, adapted from the Toronto chef Nuit Regular, turns tablespoons of red curry paste into a lush, salty-sweet chicken dinner.

May 30, 2025

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Chicken and Rice Forever

The pairing is unbeatable, whether in the form of congee, katsu don or a classic halal cart combo.

May 29, 2025

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A Pasta Salad in Grain Salad’s Clothing

This herby recipe is perfect for all that farmers’ market produce you bought without any plan.

May 29, 2025

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Your Summer Grilling Showstopper Involves a Lot of Wine and a Lot of Salt

With South American roots, lomo al trapo is an easy way to win this season’s cookouts.

May 29, 2025

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‘Crazy Easy’ Rhubarb Crisp

Save your strawberries. Mark Bittman’s classic recipe lets rhubarb shine all on its own.

May 29, 2025

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A Clever One-Pot Salmon Dinner to Make Again and Again

This miso-turmeric salmon with coconut rice has a smart structure that you can retool to your liking.

May 28, 2025

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How Italian Home Cooks Make Their Pasta Taste So Good

TL;DR: It’s not necessarily the pasta water. It’s the marriage of starch, cheese and water, Eric Kim writes.

May 28, 2025

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Virginia Is Finally for Wine Lovers

After years of trying to emulate others, producers are finding their identities, whether that means sticking to classic styles or trying to work naturally.

May 28, 2025

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Inside the Arms Race to Create a Better Lactose Intolerance Pill

A new class of high-powered, slickly branded lactose intolerance treatments is targeting consumers. But do they actually work?

May 28, 2025

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Marlow East Brings Southern Charm Uptown

April Bloomfield expands her portfolio to Texas, Minuto Bauli brings its Twinkie-adjacent Italian treats to New York and more restaurant news.

May 27, 2025

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Easy Chicken-Taco Tuesday

Easy to make, easy to eat and easy to love.

May 27, 2025

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My Visit to the Trump Winery, Where Patriotism Is Sold by the Bottle

Some pours were decent, some not good, but the visitors in red, white and blue garb seem more interested in the brand than the wines.

May 27, 2025

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Wine, Beer & Cocktails

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Giddy Up, Cowboy Caviar

It’s the trifecta of party dishes: delicious, easy and a crowd favorite.

May 26, 2025

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It’s Time for Outdoor Potatoes

In the form of this lemon potato salad with mint, a five-star Melissa Clark classic.

May 25, 2025

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‘Economical, Adaptable and Endlessly Forgiving’

Would that every dish could be as kind — and delicious and riffable and filling — as this chickpea fatteh.

May 24, 2025

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Tajín Grilled Chicken and Beer Brats; Pickle Lemonade and Ranch Water

All the things you’ll want to eat (and drink) this Memorial Day weekend.

May 23, 2025

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Cookies: the Book!

Give future you the gift of many, many (many) excellent cookies.

May 22, 2025

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Why Lucali (Still) Isn’t On Our Best Pizza List

The Brooklyn spot beloved by celebrities isn’t worth your time.

May 22, 2025

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Fresh Recipes for Touching Grass

Naan-o paneer-o sabzi, cauliflower salad sandwiches and pimento cheese taste even better outdoors.

May 22, 2025

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Do I Need to Refrigerate Ketchup? An A-to-Z Guide to Storing Condiments

Soy sauce? Peanut butter? Maple syrup? Settle some scores with this breakdown.

May 22, 2025

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Tuna Salad, but Make It Pasta

The gang’s all here: crunchy chopped celery and onion, fresh herbs and sweet peas, tangy yogurt and lemon.

May 22, 2025

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How ‘No Tax on Tips’ Will Affect Waiters, Drivers and Diners

The budget bill approved by the House promises to benefit many food workers, but some details are still unclear.

May 21, 2025

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These Jam Bars Are My Jam

Use any thick jam in Yewande Komolafe’s strawberry jam bars with cardamom — ideally something tart to balance that sweet crumbly topping.

May 21, 2025

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How the ‘Food Babe’ Went From Obama Ally to Trump Crusader

Vani Hari, a former Democrat who started out blogging tips on diet and fitness, is now a major voice in the administration’s healthy-food agenda.

May 21, 2025

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Can a Restaurant Be Both Glamorous and Comforting? Cafe Zaffri Is.

This new all-day Levantine restaurant near Union Square aims to accommodate every kind of customer, and still manages to innovate.

May 20, 2025

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A New French Jewel Opens in the Village

Alexia Duchêne is opening Le Chêne on Carmine Street, summer openings in the Hamptons and more restaurant news.

May 20, 2025

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Meet My House Asparagus

Melissa Clark’s miso-chile asparagus with tofu will be on repeat in my kitchen, the go-to recipe for those springtime spears.

May 20, 2025

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How Pickle Lemonade Took Over the Group Chat

One thing’s clear: This sweet-tart drink, with cousins around the world, elicits strong opinions.

May 19, 2025

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‘Such a Great, Easy, Feel-Good Weeknight Dinner’

My spicy skillet ground turkey and snap peas is a hit with readers (and my own family).

May 19, 2025

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Take It Outside! 24 Easy-to-Pack Recipes for Summer Picnics, Beach Days and More

Snacks, sandwiches, sweets and more to grab and go, go, go.

May 19, 2025

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A Simple Shrimp Salad to Welcome Summer

Mark Bittman’s spicy shrimp salad with mint, a recipe from 1998, still packs a fresh, lemony punch.

May 18, 2025

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Jonnie Boer, Dutch Chef With 3 Michelin Stars, Is Dead at 60

Long before the New Nordic movement, he saw the value in humble ingredients. So did anyone who ate at De Librije, his acclaimed restaurant in the Netherlands.

May 17, 2025

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The Perfect Cake for Those First Berries

Dorie Greenspan’s blueberry crumb cake is a delightful vehicle for the summer’s first (or the freezer’s standby) blueberries.

May 17, 2025

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It’s High Time You Added Sotol to Your Bar Cart

The traditional spirit tells the story of wherever its plant source has grown across the deserts and forests of Northern Mexico.

May 16, 2025

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Get Ready for Grilling

Gather and prepare your gear now for an excellent summer of grilled hamburgers, jerk ribs, cabbage wedges, yakitori, soy-basted chicken thighs. …

May 16, 2025

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What Has All This Restaurant Food Done to My Gut?

Worried about the health hazards of my work as a critic, I tried a gastrointestinal testing service. The results offer insights for frequent diners.

May 16, 2025

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Where to Eat: Kitsch Is King

It’s hard to be in a bad mood when you’re drinking a frozen margarita with a flamingo straw.

May 15, 2025

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Picnic Season Cries Out for These Easy Chicken Kebabs

Whether you enjoy these inside or outside, be sure to do so with a smattering of simple, summery salads.

May 15, 2025

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Go With the Grains

And make this assertively seasoned quinoa salad, a lemony farro salad with goat cheese and mint, and a soothing miso-mushroom barley soup.

May 15, 2025

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A Tickle in Your Throat Calls for This Soup in Your Bowl

Ali Slagle’s chickpea noodle soup is soothing, satisfying and built on pantry staples (because you’re not going to the store right now).

May 15, 2025

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What to Know About ICE Enforcement in Restaurants

Immigration agents’ visits to Washington restaurants have raised questions about what’s happening and who is affected. Here are some answers.

May 15, 2025

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Spring Comes for the Cutlets

Cybelle Tondu’s new recipe combines crispy-edged chicken cutlets with tender lettuce, sweet peas, salty prosciutto and a buttery pan sauce.

May 14, 2025

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The Five-Figure Reason Hot Restaurants Are Moving to OpenTable

With backing from Visa, the reservations platform is staking its claim on in-demand restaurants and paying them handsomely to jump ship from Resy.

May 14, 2025

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The Dynamo Room Conjures Classic New York Next to Madison Square Garden

Farzi opens a New York location for Indian fare, the Frick Collection gets its first restaurant and more news.

May 13, 2025

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Meals for Maycember

The end of spring can bring a flurry of activities for both children and parents. These five dinners are fast to make and great to prep ahead of time.

May 13, 2025

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How to Make Leftovers Feel Like a Feast

Fatteh, a layered, adaptable dish popular across the Arab world, makes whatever you have on hand feel especially abundant.

May 12, 2025

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Crispy Cheese, Yes Please

Crispy halloumi, specifically, nestled into blistered cherry tomatoes and velvety white beans for a speedy one-pan supper.

May 12, 2025

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Group Dining on Ozempic? It’s Complicated.

As the use of GLP-1s soars in popularity, diners are wrestling with new restaurant etiquette dilemmas — and adjusting accordingly.

May 12, 2025

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Make Mom Some Belgian Waffles

Those deep divots are all the better for holding salted butter and maple syrup.

May 11, 2025

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Ina Garten’s Perfect Roast Chicken

It’s Ina Garten. It’s a roast chicken. It’s perfect.

May 10, 2025

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The Chef Has a Love-Hate Relationship With Your Favorite Burger

The American classic gets diners in the door, but it can also be a real pain point for the restaurant.

May 10, 2025

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An Inexpensive Take on a French Classic

Kay Chun’s new recipe for braised pork with leeks is homey simplicity, a perfect complement to buttered noodles and a glass of light pinot noir.

May 9, 2025

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You Can’t Beat Caesar Salad and Fries at the Bar

In those liminal hours between lunch and dinner, sometimes you need a pit stop for this perfect combo.

May 8, 2025

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Tonight’s Dinner Is Bouncy

Miso rice cakes with spinach and peas, sesame-brown butter udon and cheesy baked gnocchi are chewy, springy suppers.

May 8, 2025

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Huevos Rancheros for Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch and Dinner

Kay Chun’s recipe is simple and brilliant, with an easy homemade salsa that simmers into the ranchero sauce, seasons the refried beans and tops the whole affair.

May 8, 2025

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Wines by the Glass: How Some Restaurants Do It Right, and Why

For many restaurants, the wine list is a lost opportunity. But here is how a good one can help wine appeal to new audiences.

May 8, 2025

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Why Marcella Hazan Is Still Teaching Us How to Cook Italian

Pete Wells explores how the revered cookbook author changed the way Americans think about the cuisine.

May 8, 2025

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The Secret to Restaurant-Style Chicken at Home

Let the chicken cook itself, then turn the drippings into a savory lime butter sauce, Eric Kim writes.

May 7, 2025

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Empty Nesting Is Hard. This Carrot Cake Is Anything But.

For years, Genevieve Ko would make this dessert for her kids. Now that they’re grown, she’s streamlined it for them — and you.

May 7, 2025

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Add This Malai Chicken and Potatoes to Your Sheet-Pan-Dinner Rotation

“You know it’s good when everyone crowds around the sheet pan after dinner to scrape up whatever sauce got left behind with their fingers!”

May 7, 2025

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25 Years of N.Y.C. Dining

A timeline of major food moments — restaurant openings, innovations, fads, pop culture cameos, blackouts and bans — that changed life in New York City in the first quarter of the 21st century.

May 7, 2025

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What NYT Cooking Moms Want on Mother’s Day

Lemon ricotta pancakes, mochi cake, furikake snack mix and — since you asked — some easy meal prep for the week.

May 7, 2025

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Of Course South Street Seaport Should Have a Whaling Tavern

Quick Eternity takes inspiration from “Moby Dick,” with a driftwood bar, cocktails and New England fare.

May 6, 2025

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When Did Restaurant Salads Get So … Unwieldy?

“Why am I cutting lettuce like a steak?” one diner asked, but chefs say they have their reasons.

May 6, 2025

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