Greece holidays
‘A unique culinary repertoire’: What makes food and drink in Thessaloniki so special?

Bars and restaurants in the popular Ladadika district of Thessaloniki, northern Greece.
Greece’s first Unesco city of gastronomy is famed for perfect pastries, spicy meatballs, wine, frappés and local specialities reflecting a rich cultural heritage
Elise Morton

How The Sims Became the Internet’s Most Exciting Place to Eat
The 22-year-old life-simulation video game has evolved into a world where players can farm, forage, cook and learn about the many ways people experience food.
By NIKITA RICHARDSON

‘A Sense of Crisis’ for Wasabi, a Pungent Staple of Japanese Cuisine
Climate and demographic threats are chipping away at a centuries-old culture surrounding the cultivation of the fluorescent green plant.

By MOTOKO RICH, MAKIKO INOUE and SHIHO FUKADA

PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS
Home-Cooked Vietnamese Meals, Served Up Alongside Bouquets
In Berlin, a small flower shop is now offering twice-monthly lunches, with such dishes as spring rolls, crab noodle soup and salad garnished with edible blooms.

A Vietnamese spread of cá chiên (fried dorade marinated with garlic), sườn xào chua ngọt (sweet-and-sour pork ribs) and canh chua (sweet-and-sour soup with pork broth and mirabelle).
By Gisela Williams

This Chicken Will Take You to Spain
Ali Slagle’s paprika-spiced recipe with fries, inspired by patatas bravas, is transporting.

By EMILY WEINSTEIN

This Valentine’s Day, Make It a Kitchen Date
With this special menu, you can enjoy the splendors of a restaurant-worthy meal in your own home — and have fun cooking, too.

This dinner menu of individual beef Wellingtons, cheesy pan-seared radicchio and olive oil ice cream with hot fudge is as joyous to prepare as it is to eat.
By Eric Kim

These Bold Mushrooms Are Ready to Meet the Moment
Portobellos served atop a versatile chile-bell pepper sauce and finished with corn nuts are perfect for 2022, Yotam Ottolenghi writes.

Prepared indoors on a grill pan, this hearty and satisfying vegetable dish is a little bit of summer in winter.
By Yotam Ottolenghi

SHOPPING GUIDE
Shopping for Cake Stands
Because you might want to bake a cake for Valentine’s Day.
By TIM MCKEOUGH

How to Cook to Feel Good
Tofu curry, garlic rasam and dumpling soup deserve a spot in your rotation.

By TEJAL RAO

CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK
Indigenous Ingredients and Inspired Baking Mastery, at Gusto Bread
A modern panadería in Long Beach, Calif., is challenging the idea of Eurocentric authority in the fine pastry realm.

By Tejal Rao

A GOOD APPETITE
The Magic of Meringues
Don’t be intimidated by this marvel of food science: It’s much easier than you think to get the lofty egg whites of your dreams. Melissa Clark explains.

This raspberry meringue tart is just the thing to impress your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day.
By MELISSA CLARK

How to make lemon meringue pie – recipe

Felicity Cloake’s lemon meringue pie.
An explosion of colour and flavour to blast away those winter blues
Felicity Cloake

How to Make the Best Meringues
Melissa Clark has tips to yield results that are sure to impress. Let her set you up for success.
By MELISSA CLARK

The Warm, Sticky-Sweet Resurgence of Hotteok
Crisp and chewy on the outside, gooey on the inside, the popular street food feels nostalgic for some Korean Americans, novel to others.

Hotteok, a Korean pancake often filled with sugar, nuts and cinnamon, was brought to the country by Chinese immigrants in the late 19th century.
By Priya Krishna

THE POUR
The Wine Business Sees a Problem: Millennials Aren’t Drinking Enough
As baby boomers retire and buy less wine, producers need new ways to tempt a White Claw generation back from other alcoholic drinks, according to a new report.
By ERIC ASIMOV