I love socializing as much as the average bear — at least, a bear that goes out to dinner almost five nights a week — but there’s nothing I find as soul-filling as a solo day on the town. You know when you’re on vacation and you’re so excited to write the itinerary, bop between…
Good morning. Eggs, milk, flour. Combine them with butter, salt, sugar and vanilla and you’ve got the makings for a German pancake (above), puffy and crisp, with a puddinglike interior. It’s the perfect canvas for a compote of berries, for maple syrup and powdered sugar — a Saturday breakfast of distinction. Except, says the house…
This is Tejal, filling in for Melissa Clark. I’ve been out at restaurants so much lately that, when I’m cooking at home, I’m drawn to whatever feels like the complete opposite of restaurant food — dishes that don’t involve too much construction or finishing. Dishes that you don’t even have to plate, ideally, but can…
Here’s a mostly complete list of what my children, ages 5 and 7, eat for dinner: Plain pasta (spaghetti and farfalle only), rice and beans (any kind but lima), chicken (roasted thighs, nuggets), salmon, avocado rolls, hot dogs, pizza, slices of steak. They do eat some green vegetables, but they don’t do tacos, meatballs, dumplings,…
As an avid knitter, Gabriela Tilevitz has had, as she put it, “a lifelong relationship to sweaters.” The ones that Ms. Tilevitz, a 33-year-old sex therapist in New York City, has recently been wearing are woolly, thick and extremely oversize — traits shared by many sweaters that she has lately noticed on a growing number…
Icon of a wilting palm tree Fighting the crowds The popular use of the word “overtourism” can be traced to a 2016 article about Iceland in Skift, a travel-industry publication. But it’s been a theme on the list since at least 2006, when we suggested Istria, in northern Croatia, as an alternative for “foodies weary…