While relying less on foods sourced from animals is a good overall strategy to tread more lightly, the truth about the sustainability of each product is complicated.

Tucked into a nondescript Bainbridge Street storefront 30 some odd yards east of Malcolm X Boulevard in Bed-Stuy, Doc’s Cake Shop is a sweet Southern breeze in dessert form. From the door, one is ...

“I started getting enthusiastic, studying the importance of New York City oyster history,” he recalls. “I learned the names of all the oysters, and I could tell which region they came from by smelling ...

Writer June Hersh shares Holocaust survivor Mary Mayer's recipe for linzer tarts, to sweeten up your quarantine kitchen during these challenging times.

Popeyes’ new fried chicken sandwich has caused quite a stir. Photo via Tyrgyzistan on Flickr. To understand what it means to serve a local fried-chicken sandwich at a restaurant that takes such issues ...

Ten years ago, when Williamsburg was well on its gentrification journey but was still without an Apple Store, the Four Horsemen opened on Grand Street and changed what wine could be. Originally a ...

Originally called “Hots and Potatoes” at the restaurant that invented it—Nick Tahou Hots, reputedly in 1918—the dish is a rib-sticking pileup of starch, meat, onions, and sauce. Colloquially called ...

Alcohol and cheese are a natural match — and I’m not just talking about pairing a smoked porter with a sweet, peppery blue, or a grüner with a Loire Valley crottin. There’s a whole world of cheeses ...

In an exclusive interview with John Ortved, Keith McNally discusses his book and the restaurant world he helped create.

Lucky us! Hernandez, manager of El Kucho restaurant in Bushwick, has hit on one of the very best reasons to live in his neighborhood: It’s an embarrassment of tamales — a Mexican dish made with masa ...

The first sighting of Carolina Country Store — a time warp in the midst of the parade of fast-food outlets, car washes and dollar stores — holds the promise of what you’re more likely to see driving ...

The legendary Kentucky distillery digs deep into its history and embraces regenerative farming for its first non-bourbon spirit, Star Hill Farm Whisky.