From Sunday Arts and Style: Carving tips for the Thanksgiving bird
The generously-large bird, emerging from the oven a glorious golden brown as the centerpiece of Thanksgiving dinner, is the result of hours of preparation. Carefully …
From Sunday Arts and Style: Celebrate voting with Election Cake
Elections in 19th-century America used to be food and booze-fueled celebrations. Candidates provided food and drink to voters as they gathered to cast their ballots. …
From Sunday Arts and Style: 350 pasta shapes – one for almost every day of the year
What would you do if there were 350 different ways to make a hamburger or 350 Oreo cookie flavors? Could you cope with 350 flavors …
From Sunday Arts and Style: No ordinary cooks at the American Bounty restaurant
In the display kitchen, the cooks plated the desserts with the intensity of World Series pitchers. They were carefully placing each element on the plate, …
From Sunday Arts and Style: The flavorful fish of Japan
The long narrow space at Pink Sumo Sushi and Sake Cafe in Westport was bustling on a recent Thursday evening. Behind the bar a clutch …
From Sunday Arts and Style: Restaurant wine dinners are back
Wine dinners are back! For a while they were yet another casualty of pandemic hunkering, but lately my mailbox has been filling with news of …
From Sunday Arts and Style: You might get a chance to eat at one of these exciting restaurants
The moment you walk through the restaurant door, the excitement begins. Right away, you know a lot about the experience to come – style, cuisine …
From Sunday Arts and Style: I’m not done with summer
Pumpkin spice is upon us. I know, the calendar says it’s fall, but I’m not done with the garden-fresh flavors of summer. Cinnamon, clove, and …
From Sunday Arts and Style: Plum Torte — A Fall favorite for four decades
In August of 1983 Marian Burros published her recipe for a plum torte in the De Gustibus column of the New York Times. It was …
From Sunday Arts and Style: Give some love to “The heart of the house”
As we lingered after an excellent dinner at Ginkgo in Fairfield, I saw the chef in his white jacket join other members of the staff …