Food

Highlights

  1. Learn to Make the Best Roasted Eggplant of Your Life

    This summer staple has a reputation of being bitter, seedy, even greasy at times, but a few small considerations can make it excellent.

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    An oil-glossed roasting at high heat, as in this recipe, leaves the surface of the slices golden and tambourine taut.
    An oil-glossed roasting at high heat, as in this recipe, leaves the surface of the slices golden and tambourine taut.
    CreditKerri Brewer for The New York Times. Food Stylist. Cyd Raftus McDowell.
    1. A Family Reunion Menu Over 150 Years in the Making

      The food at the Coleman-Richards reunion in Fayette County, Ky., offers a look at the family’s ties to America and Liberia.

       By Korsha Wilson and

      CreditAndrew Cenci for The New York Times
  1. JD Vance and Tim Walz Find Common Ground: Diet Mountain Dew

    The citrusy soft drink was briefly a political hot button, but it turns out both parties have prominent devotees — and the heartland is the key.

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    JD Vance, shown here in a Newsmax interview, and his opponent, Tim Walz, are both devoted drinkers of Diet Mountain Dew, a favorite in many Midwestern and Appalachian states.
    CreditNewsmax Media, Inc.
  2. I Reviewed Restaurants for 12 Years. They’ve Changed, and Not for the Better.

    In his last essay as a restaurant critic, Pete Wells reflects on a dining world of touch screens and reservation apps, where it’s getting hard to find the human touch.

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    Restaurants used to be one of the few places where you could have an experience that was completely human.
    CreditMarissa Alper for The New York Times
    Critic’s Notebook
  3. Live, Laugh, Lowboy: Fine Dining’s Love Affair With Inspirational Quotes

    Sayings from Navy SEALs, furniture designers and Steve Martin are just a few examples of how restaurants use signs to motivate their staffs.

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    CreditRussell Yip/San Francisco Chronicle, via Getty Images
  4. This Sandwich Is So Corporate Chain, but So Good

    A simple French dip sandwich from the Hillstone restaurant group represents a certain kind of nice dining.

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    CreditMichelle McSwain for The New York Times
  5. Celebrity Coffee Is the Next Celebrity Tequila

    Household names like Tom Hanks, Rudy Giuliani and the Weeknd are betting big on brew. Here’s what we thought of seven celebrity coffee brands.

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    Several celebrities, including Rudolph W. Giuliani and Tom Hanks, have started their own coffee companies.
    CreditTimothy O'Connell for The New York Times
  1. 10 Wines From California, $20 to $40, to Drink Right Now

    These bottles, from small producers, often cost a little more than their European counterparts, but they are superb with singular identities.

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    CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times
    The Pour
  2. Everything You Need to Know to Make the Best Steak

    In the final installment of her YouTube series, Sohla El-Waylly helps demystify how to prepare three types of beef: ground, short rib and rib-eye.

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    In her new YouTube video, Sohla El-Waylly demonstrates how to cook a rib-eye, along with two other cuts of beef.
    CreditDavid Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Cyd Raftus McDowell.
  3. Street Sheds Transformed New York City Dining. Many Will Soon Disappear.

    New requirements for the city’s outdoor dining program are being met with concern by restaurant owners.

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    A prototype of an outdoor dining structure that conforms to the new program’s requirements is seen at Dawa’s, a Himalayan restaurant in Queens.
    CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times
  4. Chloe Coscarelli Returns With Her Vegan Greatest Hits

    The vegan chef has reopened in her original Greenwich Village location; Afghan delights in Beacon, N.Y.; and more restaurant news.

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    Chloe Coscarelli is back serving recipes that helped vegan food find a mainstream audience.
    CreditSarah Van Liefde
    Off the Menu
  5. Our Five-Star Tomato Tart

    If your tomatoes aren’t perfect, so much the better — a quick blast in the oven and some dollops of ricotta and pesto make them shine.

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    Alexa Weibel’s roasted tomato tart with ricotta and pesto.
    CreditChristopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne.
    What to Cook

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  3. Veggie Taco Party!

    It’s my go-to meal for a crowd of vegetarians, or anyone who’d love stuffed pepper tacos, green peach salad with lime dressing and jiggly coconut pudding.

    By Ali Slagle

     
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  5. 36 Hours

    36 Hours in Helsinki

    Find the secret to happiness in Finland’s capital — perhaps while sweating in a wood-burning sauna or sipping cocktails on a schooner.

    By Ingrid K. Williams

     
  6. A Grown-Up Take on Jell-O

    Plus: glass cabins in Oregon, art about parenthood and more recommendations from T Magazine.

    By Caitie Kelly

     
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