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Cornbread—a delicious, baked combination of cornmeal and water developed by Native Americans long before any belt-buckle-shoe-wearing expat stumbled upon this continent—rocks. Great alongside salt-crusted meat (like this dry brined turkey), better as the vessel with which you shovel green beans face-wards, and best slathered in butter, toasted in a cast-iron, then, again, slathered in butter, […]
This weekend, Gladiator II—Ridley Scott’s sequel to his Russell Crowe-led masterpiece—hits theaters. The $300 million production will feature a chuckling Denzel Washington, CGI rhinos, jacked Paul Mescal, some red wine (praying its a hyper-local, biodynamic Italian red), and, likely, a few bowls of vegetarian stew. Per historians—and Scott’s original film—plant-based stews, soups, and “mashes” were […]
Is it just us, or have holiday party invitations already started to roll in? Suddenly, there’s no shortage of cocktail hours, gift-wrapping parties, and cookie swaps that usually come with the need for a baked good or two. Thankfully, we have more than 2,000 cookie recipes on our site—and so we sifted through them all […]
This Thanksgiving, I’m off the pie. Flavor’s got nothing to do with it—butter-rich crust and sugar-laden fillings remain really, really delicious. It’s just that pie serving—heating, cutting, plating, ice cream scooping, and silverware providing—gets in the way of me having the best time. Instead, I want desserts that slip into conversations. Bites that can be […]
Last week, fall weather finally fell, and along with wrapping myself in sweaters and admiring the changing leaves on my Brooklyn block, I was craving soup. Particularly tomato soup, and mostly because I had a fresh loaf of sourdough and a generous hunk of Jarlsberg cheese (cue Adrian Grenier in The Devil Wears Prada) hanging […]
Susannah Schoolman—a world-class pastry chef turned founder of plant-based butter startup, Tourlami—knows that sometimes, looks can be deceiving. “If you’re just handed a packet of butter, it’s not very inspiring,” she told me. But unassuming looks haven’t stopped the pastry teams at Eleven Madison Park, Maman, Eataly, and ABC Kitchen from working with with Susannah’s […]
We partnered with our friends at Seafood from Norway to showcase fresh ways to make salmon a weeknight hero. There are a few reasons why salmon is at the top of the hit list for weeknight dinners. It’s rich in flavor yet light and healthy; it’s a versatile protein that cooks easily and quickly; and […]