BANGKOK DISPATCH
Eating Thai Fruit Demands Serious Effort but Delivers Sublime Reward
Workers cutting apart jackfruit, separating the fruit and seeds from the rind, at Talad Thai, Bangkok’s wholesale fruit market and the largest in Southeast Asia, this month.
A seller showing the inside of a rambutan.
Langsat and mangosteens on sale.
Unloading durians.
A dragon fruit sliced in half.
Taking apart a mangosteen.
Thick gloves help while handling sharp durian rinds.
Lychees at the market.
Many delicious species in Thailand, “the Great Power nation of fruit,” require laborious peeling and careful chewing. Then there’s the sticky fingers and occasional disappointment.
By HANNAH BEECH and AMANDA MUSTARD
Pandemic Gives S.O.S. a New Meaning for U.K. Cheesemakers: Save Our Stilton
With pubs and restaurants closed, the six producers that make the famous blue cheese are fighting for survival.
By STEPHEN CASTLE
SECOND OPINION
Most avocado oil sold in U.S. is either rancid or contains other oils, study finds
By Susan Perry
TRILOBITES
Blowing Bubbles to Pollinate Flowers
Researchers in Japan have developed a soap bubble-based pollination method that is as effective as doing it by hand.
By CARA GIAIMO
A Top Chicago Restaurant Messaged Its Virtue. Then Workers Spoke Up.
Since Fat Rice proclaimed its support for justice, former employees have come forward with complaints that its chef created a hostile work environment.
By Brett Anderson
How the Women of the Jemima Code Freed Me
Aunt Jemima is retired, but real women lit a pathway to grace.
By Toni Tipton-Martin
SMALL BUSINESS: OWNING THE FUTURE
Food That’s a Business and a Comfort
A San Francisco-based Malaysian chef is keeping busy during the pandemic with a diverse business model that has allowed her to improvise and generate revenue.
By Kerry Hannon
Coronavirus Fears in China Find a New Target: Salmon
Suppliers and restaurants are scrambling after an outbreak in Beijing triggered fears that salmon may have spread it. Officials later absolved the fish of blame, but consumers are avoiding it anyway.
By Amy Qin
Wildlife Trade Spreads Coronaviruses as Animals Get to Market
DNA tests show an increase in the number of animals with positive tests for some coronaviruses from the time they are trapped until they arrive on someone’s dinner plate.
By James Gorman
IN THE GARDEN
Lessons from an organic garlic farmer on how to grow, harvest and cure garlic at home.
The Garlic Will Tell You When It’s Time
Freshly harvested hardneck garlic with the dirt wiped off is bundled and ready to cure for a few weeks in the airy, warm and relatively dark barn at Filaree Garlic Farm.Credit…Phoebe Swiss
By MARGARET ROACH
how to grow garlic, a q&a with filaree farm
Summer
Summer’s early bounty is perfect in this simple meal.
By Melissa Clark
A GOOD APPETITE
Spicy Pork Kebabs, Fast Enough for a Weeknight
Loads of whole spices, plus green chile and garlic, infuse the meat, but the marinade can also work on just about anything.
By MELISSA CLARK
A Dish Even the Pickiest Little Ones Will Love
Yotam Ottolenghi’s son loves carbs, so the chef folds vegetables into this highly adaptable cheesy potato cake.
Spring onion and cheese potato cake, two ways.
By Yotam Ottolenghi
A Sweet-Tart Treat for Summer
These bars taste like Key lime pie but they’re so much easier to share (and easier to make).
Samantha Seneviratne’s creamy Key lime bars with vanilla wafer crust.
By Samantha Seneviratne
FRONT BURNER
Korean Condiments and House Wine From Atoboy
The restaurant has opened an online shop to sell imported condiments along with its house wine, pottery and more.
Atonae,
atonae.com
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By Florence Fabricant
FRONT BURNER
Summer Rolls for Entertaining
Pescatore in Grand Central Market ships eight varieties of its seafood-filled rolls nationwide.
Summer rolls, $12 to $18 for two, including shipping, pescatoreny.com.
By Florence Fabricant
FRONT BURNER
Eat Like an Italian
A new food guide provides a deep history of the Italian table, with etiquette, dishes and provincial specialties.
“Garrubbo Guide: The Importance of Eating Italian” by Edwin Garrubbo (Garrubbo Communications, $24.95), garrubbo.com.
By Florence Fabricant
FRONT BURNER
Anthony Bourdain Remembered by Friends
A portrait of Mr. Bourdain with José Andrés and Eric Ripert raises money for the food bank in Grand Cayman.
A portrait of José Andrés, Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert raises money for the Cayman Food Bank.
“How to Cook Curry Goat” by Dready, three limited editions (16 by 5 inches, 25 by 12 and 36 by 18), $315 to $815, dreadyworld.com.
By Florence Fabricant
Prestigious Wine Organization Drops Use of Term ‘Master’
The organization, the Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas, wants to be more inclusive. Some black wine experts say the recent changes aren’t enough.
By CHRISTINA MORALES
THE POUR
10 Reasons You Should Give Riesling Another Look
Critics love it, consumers not so much. But the beauty of these wines requires stubborn advocacy because they are that good. Really.
By Eric Asimov