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The New York Times
Restaurant Review: Carnitas Ramirez
September 17, 2024
Carnitas Ramírez, the East Village sibling of a hit restaurant in Brooklyn, turns out tacos that hark back to the dish’s working-class roots.
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Restaurant Review: Bungalow
August 20, 2024
Our interim critic reviews Bungalow in the East Village, where the celebrity chef Vikas Khanna’s variations on regional dishes blaze new paths without cutting corners.
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How to Feed 15,000 Olympians in Paris? Start With Baguettes.
July 22, 2024
The French will have to meet a welter of health and cultural requirements, but they still want to serve up some delight.
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Don’t Call It an ‘Ethnic’ Grocery Store
June 11, 2024
As Asian groceries like H Mart, Patel Brothers and 99 Ranch expand, they are reshaping American eating habits, and the American grocery market.
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Watch a Day in the Life of a Candy Factory Worker
May 25, 2024
The Smarties plant in Union, N.J., churns out thousands of pounds of candy a day. Meet the woman who keeps everything running smoothly.
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A Case Against a Top New York Restaurant Could Lower Barriers to Unions
May 15, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board says the management at Lodi unlawfully fought a union drive. If the allegations are upheld, the board could force the company to bargain.
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I Didn’t Truly Know My Mother Until I Cooked With Her
May 7, 2024
To connect with a parent who awes (and occasionally intimidates) everyone around her, the Times reporter Priya Krishna spends time with her in the kitchen.
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How Did Black Forest Cake Become the World’s Favorite Dessert?
April 29, 2024
Dessert lovers from Chile to Pakistan to Fiji claim it as a national treat. How did it get there from the woods of Germany?
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The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now
April 22, 2024
There’s plenty of barbecue and Mexican — as you’d expect — but also world-class Japanese, Korean and more. Comments welcome, as always.
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The 25 Best Restaurants in Chicago Right Now
April 9, 2024
We scouted the city’s vast food scene, from stellar hot dogs and renowned Italian beefs to refined tasting menus. (And we’re here for your comments.).
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Dal is the Ultimate Comfort Food
March 28, 2024
Cheap, unfussy and adaptable, these lentils call up warming memories of home and family for many South Asians.
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Why Are Restaurants Filling Up With Fake Flowers? Ask This Guy.
March 25, 2024
They’re popping up all over the dining world: huge, elaborate arrangements of faux blossoms and plants — many of them the work of one enterprising man.
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We Want to See Your Grocery Store Receipts
March 15, 2024
We’re looking for shoppers to document their habits for a story that will paint a portrait of food purchasing in America today.
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D.C. Is Raising Restaurant Pay. What Does That Mean for the Rest of Us?
March 5, 2024
Higher prices? Fewer places? As several states consider lifting wages for tipped workers, here’s how the shift is already playing out in the nation’s capital.
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See a Day in the Life of a New York City Dishwasher
February 23, 2024
Drevon Alston runs the dish pit at the perennially packed Brooklyn restaurant Gage & Tollner. We followed him as he worked one of his busiest weekend shifts.
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The Elusive Restaurant Group Redefining Korean Dining in New York
February 5, 2024
Hand Hospitality has become a major player by channeling the creative energy of Seoul. But don’t expect its soft-spoken owners to crow about that.
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The Menu Trends That Define Dining Right Now
January 23, 2024
We gathered 121 menus from restaurants all over the country. Together, they offer a glimpse into the tastes and values of today.
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What’s Ahead in 2024? The Cookie Cutters Tell All
December 19, 2023
The shape-shifting baking tools can reveal a lot about what’s on people’s minds, as one American company has learned, to its profit.
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On the Luby’s Cafeteria Line, Every Day Is Thanksgiving
November 20, 2023
The Texas chain, which serves turkey dinners year-round, has come to define the holiday for its loyal customers — and not just with its food.
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Mass Grave Recalls the Ugly Past of a City Where ‘Life Is Sweeter’
November 8, 2023
The Houston suburb Sugar Land got its name from a business reliant on the forced labor of convicts. But efforts to memorialize those people have stalled.
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How to Win the Restaurant Reservation Game
October 23, 2023
Scoring a table in New York can seem impossible, but may be easier than you think.
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The 25 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia Right Now
October 23, 2023
The dining scene here is having a moment, whether it’s outstanding pizza, fiery Ethiopian fried chicken or French inflected cuisine that feels like a cozy dinner party.
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Roti, a Shape-Shifting Global Staple, Takes a New Form: Convenience Food
October 10, 2023
The bread has meant many things to many people, from South Asia to South America. Now a new generation is using it for pizza, French toast and more.
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Not Their Parents’ South Asian Weddings
October 5, 2023
Some couples who have a foot in two cultures are taking their ceremonies into their own hands. (See: a playlist that blends Bad Bunny and Bollywood.)
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How TikTok is Reshaping the American Cookbook
September 18, 2023
The 50 places in the United States that we’re most excited about right now.
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The New Reality for College Dining Halls: Dozens of Dietary Restrictions
September 4, 2023
A surge of students with allergies and special diets is challenging meal services and changing the shape of the campus cafeteria.
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The Best Hamburger Helper You’ve Ever Had
August 27, 2023
Clever tricks and smart additions make for one killer one-pot cheeseburger macaroni with over 6,000 reviews.
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Peppery Stuffed Eggs, Gingery Chicken Noodle Soup and Easy Blueberry Pie Bars
August 25, 2023
Delicious, simple recipes that revive and restore.
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Why Do American Grocery Stores Still Have an Ethnic Aisle?
August 10, 2021
This international hodgepodge strikes many shoppers and food purveyors as antiquated. But doing away with it isn’t as easy as it might sound.
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How to Save Restaurants
September 10, 2020
Rebuilding the restaurant business requires a new model for its labor.
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The Joy of Cooking Naked
February 4, 2020
Despite the occasional splatter burn, nudists say their relationship to eating, at home or in restaurants, is better and healthier without all the clothing.
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At Tennessee Titans Games, the Fiercest Tailgaters Are Kurds
November 8, 2019
Nashville’s big Kurdish community has fallen hard for football, and parking-lot feasts that feature biryani but no alcohol.
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The Life of a Restaurant Inspector: Rising Grades, Fainting Owners
June 5, 2018
The most feared and loathed character in the city’s restaurant business is not the critic, or the landlord. It’s the health inspector.
The New Yorker
The “Butter-Chicken Lady” Who Made Indian Cooks Love the Instant Pot
January 11, 2018
Urvashi Pitre’s Instant Post recipe for butter chicken earned her a following for her easy versions of classic Indian recipes.