Tracing the Origins of a Black American New Year’s Ritual
Families have long embraced the tradition of eating black-eyed peas and greens on Jan. 1, but the inspiration for the ritual crosses cultures and continents.
Dishes like black-eyed peas, served here with rice and salt pork, are among the foods thought to bring good luck, health and abundance.
By KAYLA STEWART
How Will Americans Eat in 2022? The Food Forecasters Speak.
They see a new interest in mushrooms, a rethinking of chicken and coffee, a resurgence of 1980s cocktails — and, believe it or not, a return to civility.
By KIM SEVERSON
Chicago’s Signature Sandwich, Italian Beef, Gets a Multicultural Update
In this city so protective of its traditions, a new generation of cooks is creating fresh variations on a deliciously soggy sandwich.
Several Chicago restaurants now serve their own takes on the Italian beef sandwich, like this vegan version from Can’t Believe It’s Not Meat.
By PRIYA KRISHNA
12 Recipes Our Food Staff Cooked on Repeat in 2021
Like a Spotify end-of-year roundup, but for food: These are the recipes our reporters and editors turned to again and again.
By KASIA PILAT
EAT
Sun-Dried Persimmons Are Worth the Obsession
The fruit yields a slow pleasure of rich, almost floral flesh.
By TEJAL RAO
FRONT BURNER
A Year of Shabbats in One Cookbook
A new book from Faith Kramer looks at Jewish food around the world through the lens of the Friday night dinner.
“52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen” by Faith Kramer (The Collective Book Studio, $32.50).
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
FRONT BURNER
With a Spin and a Twist, Sardinian Pasta Brings the Party
Bona Furtuna, an online retailer of Italian foods, has added three new dried pastas to its lineup, all made in Sardinia.
Sardinian Pasta, $75 for three 500 gram (17.6 ounce) boxes, bonafurtuna.com.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
FRONT BURNER
A Jammy Condiment With Smoky Heat
Gran Luchito’s chipotle paste has finally arrived in America..
Gran Luchito Chipotle Chili Paste, $19.99 for three 3.5-ounce jars, gran.luchito.com.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
Lazy Lasagna
Sarah Copeland’s quick ragù tastes like the classic baked pasta without all the work.
By MARGAUX LASKEY
Three Recipe Lessons From 2021
Eat more seaweed, strategize with your sheet pan and cook vegetables forever.
By TEJAL RAO
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WINE SCHOOL
California Cabernet Beyond the Stereotypes
Any wine can be legitimately criticized, but lazy generalizations obscure significant differences among places and styles.
By ERIC ASIMOV
WINE SCHOOL
The What and Why of Orange Wines
It’s a recently popular style made with ancient techniques: whites produced using the methods for reds. Is it a passing fancy, or will it endure?
Montenidoli Vernaccia di San Gimignano Tradizionale 2019 (Artisan Wines, Norwalk, Conn.) $25
Monastero Suore Cistercensi Lazio Coenobium Ruscum 2019 (Rosenthal Wine Merchant, New York) $32
COS Terre Siciliane Pithos Bianco 2020 (Polaner Selections, Mount Kisco, N.Y.) $35
By Eric Asimov