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Questions for Author of 'Brooklyn’s New Culinary Movement' Article from New...
The New York Times' Diner's Journal blog invited readers to submit questions to Oliver Schwaner-Albright, author of that article on how Brooklyn has "become an incubator for a culinary-minded...
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David Pogue: Rice ≠ Risotto
We loved the lede to David Pogue's review of a new cell phone, the Samsung Memoir: I’ll never forget the time I visited a Riverwalk restaurant in San Antonio and ordered risotto: rice that’s been...
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Alice Waters' Media Hat Trick: 60 Minutes, New York Times, and Daily News ALL...
Whoever's doing PR for Alice Waters has got it going on. This weekend, she had three media appearances: An op-ed in The New York Daily News, a fluff profile in the New York Times Sunday Styles...
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New York Times Backtracks on The Chopping Block
As a sort of post mortem on The Chopping Block, The New York Times' Alessandra Stanley goes into the reasons why the show failed with viewers and ultimately was yanked off the air. Unfortunately, it's...
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The New York Times Fears Underground Soda Sales
Bootleggers, circa 1920. Photo from Michigan History Magazine. The New York Times warns about the potential for illicit, underground bootleg sales of soda in a story about New York City's health...
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Stephen Colbert on the New York Times Dining Section's 'Blatant Anti-American...
In this video from last night's The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert expresses concern about the "irresponsible journalism" of the New York Times, as evidenced by the "blatant anti-American bias in...
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Mark Bittman, 'Locavore,' Cooks Endangered Fish
Mark Bittman, author of The Minimalist column of the New York Times, recently posted a seemingly innocuous recipe for "Red Snapper with Citrus Salsa." Problem is, red snapper is one of the most...
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Mystery Meat at the New York Times Cafeteria
A revolt by journalists is imminent when cutbacks at the New York Times lead to mystery luncheon meat at the cafeteria. Pete Wells, the Dining Editor, twitters: Cafeteria update: Eating what I thought...
View ArticleBig Deals: Cooking for Gracie and The New Brooklyn Cookbook
New York Times editor Keith Dixon has landed a book deal at Crown based on his series of articles that "recounts a year in the life of a new parent learning to cook for three." The book will be called...
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New York Times Summer Cookbook Roundup
Summer is upon us, which can mean several things, depending on where you live: it can mean that your house is too ridiculously hot to even contemplate cooking anything; it can mean that local produce...
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Comment on the Comments on the NYT Diner's Journal Blog
This weekend on the Diner's Journal blog, Frank Bruni blogged about the Obamas dining at Blue Hill, saying that their choice of restaurant showed "taste" and "affirms their interest in participating...
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Mark Bittman Is Possibly Trying to Kill You (or Give You Botulism)
On Saturday, the New York Times removed a recipe for infused oils by Mark Bittman from its website because the instructions posed a potential Botulism risk. The recipe was quietly pulled after The...
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Possible Disguises for Sam Sifton, New York Times Restaurant Critic
To maintain anonymity as the upcoming New York Times restaurant critic, here are some disguises Sam Sifton should consider. Clockwise, from top left: Gael Greene, Kanye West, Donald Trump, Groucho...
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Today in Contradictory Dieting Advice
The New York Times profiles Padma Lakshmi in "Staying Fit When Eating Is Your Job": "She always keeps a jump rope in her suitcase in case she finds herself with free time... When the show is not in...
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Sheila Lukins, Cookbook Author, Dead at 66
Cookbook author Sheila Lukins died yesterday at the age of 66 from brain cancer at her home in Manhattan. She was a New York food institution and an arbiter of food trends in the 80s and early 90s, and...
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The Eat Me Daily Fall 2009 Non-Cookbook Preview
While fall truly belongs to the cookbooks, there's still a large selection on deck for the food lovers who are less than kitchen inclined. Along with anthologies from The New York Times (Eat, Memory)...
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William Safire and the Kitchen Debates: The Model Kitchen at the American...
Kitchen debates. Photograph by William Safire. Via nytimes.com William Safire, columnist for The New York Times, died yesterday at the age of 79. Safire was famous for much: his conservative voice on...
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Sam Sifton and 'Meh'
In his latest restaurant review, Sam Sifton wrote: "Aureole, as the New York expression goes, is meh." Which is funny, but also not true! The term "meh" may be used in New York City, but it is,...
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Sly Meat Humor from the New York Times Book Review
Image via nytimes.com, Illustration by Paul Sahre. The above image of a decapitated pig went along with the New York Times Book Review's writeup of Jonathan Safran Foer's anti-carnivore polemic Eating...
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Sam Sifton's Advice on Deep-Frying Turkeys: Do Not Brine
Still from a video from an earlier post Eight Deep-Fried Turkey Disaster Videos Sam Sifton has been all over the Diner's Journal blog, answering Thanksgiving-related questions posed by readers. In the...
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