Monthly Archives: October 2023

NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

The Holdovers
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Comedy, Drama | Directed by Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne’s jaunt to the past, with Paul Giamatti playing a curmudgeonly instructor at a 1970s boarding school, is crackling with pungent life.

From left, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Paul Giamatti in “The Holdovers,” | Directed by Alexander Payne.
By WESLEY MORRIS

Deep Rising
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by Matthieu Rytz
Matthieu Rytz’s documentary about the bounty at the bottom of the sea examines the fight over whether to reap these riches or preserve them.

An undersea glass sponge, one example of ocean life seen in “Deep Rising.”
By LISA KENNEDY

Priscilla
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Biography, Drama, Music | Directed by Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola re-examines Elvis Presley from the perspective of the woman he married.

By BEN KENIGSBERG

Milli Vanilli
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary, Biography, Music | Directed by Luke Korem
Luke Korem’s documentary retraces the manufactured pop duo’s rise and fall, while asking pertinent questions about the price of stardom.

Rob Pilatus, left, and Fab Morvan in “Milli Vanilli,” a documentary | Directed by Luke Korem.
By CHRIS AZZOPARDI

Food! Glorious Food!

36 HOURS
36 Hours in Glasgow
Take in Gothic architecture, green riverside walks and a global banquet in Scotland’s largest city, which crackles with character. Just be waterproof.
By NATALIE WHITTLE

The Salmon on Your Plate Has a Troubling Cost. These Farms Offer Hope.
Land-based aquaculture is still coming into its own, but it stands to upend an industry plagued by environmental concerns.
By Melissa Clark

BUSINESS
These new apples are built to withstand extreme weather
By Laura Reiley

ASK WELL
Is Pumpkin Good for You?
It’s the quintessential flavor of fall. It also has big benefits for your health.
By ALICE CALLAHAN

7 recipes that show off the limitless possibilities of silken tofu
By Anna Luisa Rodriguez

Native News
Chef Sean Sherman honored with Julia Child Award for culinary activism, innovation

Indigenous Chef Sean Sherman listens to a speech before receiving the Julia Child Award in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
Melissa Olson

The Flavor of Lagos, in 3 Recipes
Yewande Komolafe captures the Nigerian city’s essence — both rich and complex — in crispy bean fritters, richly infused chicken and rice, and jammy tomato breakfast eggs.

A classic weekday lunch, the flavor of iwuk edesi, a one-pot Nigerian chicken and rice dish, is an incredible sum of all its parts.
By YEWANDE KOMOLAFE

EAT
A Luxurious Squash and Lamb Stew for the Holidays
This earthy-sweet Nigerian dish is worthy of occasion.

By LIGAYA MISHAN

This slow-cooked squash dish is placed on some Día de los Muertos altars.
A Sweet Squash Offering for Día de los Muertos

This slow-cooked squash dish is placed on some Día de los Muertos altars.
By Christina Morales

Five Quick Fall Pastas
Think spaghetti tangled with butternut squash and brown butter, orecchiette with brussels sprouts, and cheesy stovetop mac with sausage and kale.
By GENEVIEVE KO

A Fast and Easy Focaccia for Just a Bit of Baking
There’s something about putting together a dough, about measuring and kneading and waiting on a rise, that allows you to get out of your head.
By SAM SIFTON

It’s Cabbage Season
Simmered in borscht, charred with lentils and griddled in vegetarian okonomiyaki.
By TANYA SICHYNSKY

This Fire Chicken Is Fire
Maangchi’s cheese buldak has a faithful following for a reason: It’s utterly delicious.

By THE NEW YORK TIMES COOKING

THE POUR
Emily Ernst, center, with a friend, Jen Lashua, left, brother-in-law, Eric Ernst, and niece, Kaylee Ernst, with a pile of zinfandel grapes about to be sorted.
The Agony and Ecstasy of Home Winemaking

NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

To Kill a Tiger
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by Nisha Pahuja
In this unflinching documentary, a young girl in rural India and her father fight an entrenched village culture to seek justice for her brutal rape.

Kiran, the central character in “To Kill a Tiger,” is a young rape victim who stood up to her three attackers and to a system that offered her little recourse.
By DEVIKA GIRISH

Silver Dollar Road
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Documentary | Directed by Raoul Peck
The 20th century saw a mass dispossession of Black farmers. This intimate documentary focuses on one family’s recent battle to keep their home in North Carolina.

Licurtis Reels, who was jailed for eight years for refusing to vacate his house, in “Silver Dollar Road.”
By NICOLAS RAPOLD

The Pigeon Tunnel
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Documentary | Directed by Errol Morris
Two master performers, the filmmaker Errol Morris and the writer John le Carré, circle the truth in this mesmerizing biographical documentary.

David Cornwell, a.k.a. John le Carré, in the Errol Morris documentary “The Pigeon Tunnel.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Killers of the Flower Moon
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, Western | Directed by Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour epic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is a romance, a western, a whodunit and a lesson in the bloody history of the Osage murders of the 1920s.

By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Insurrectionist Next Door
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by Alexandra Pelosi
In her latest film, the documentarian Alexandra Pelosi has disarming chats with people who participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

The filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, right, interviewing Cory Konold, left, for the documentary “The Insurrectionist Next Door.”
By NICOLAS RAPOLD

Food! Glorious Food!

California’s Ban on Red Food Dye Puts F.D.A.’s Food Policies on the Spot
The dye was banned in cosmetics after a study suggested it might be a carcinogen. Yet federal regulations still permit its use in foods, stoking concerns that helped build support for the new state law.
By CHRISTINA JEWETT and JULIE CRESWELL

This Southern Staple Is Pure Gold
Preparing fresh green beans may be a task, but it yields dividends in this dish.
By ERIC KIM

MAKING IT
Radicchio Is in Season — And in Style
Increasingly, the vegetable is becoming a mainstay of contemporary American cuisine.
By ZOEY POLL and KYOKO HAMADA

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Best Christmas cake recipes
All our best Christmas cake recipes in one place. Whether you are looking for Mary Berry’s classic Christmas cake or need a gluten-free or vegan recipe, we have something for everyone here.

Colette Rossant, 91, Dies; Gave French Cuisine a Global Flourish
A prominent cookbook author, critic and memoirist, she reinvigorated the dishes of her native France with a globe-trotter’s sensibility.

Colette Rossant in her kitchen in Manhattan in 1981. She helped broaden the palate of American food connoisseurs by fusing Western cuisine with that of Asia and the Middle East.
By ALEX WILLIAMS

Food! Glorious Food!

Bad headline writer! Bad reporter! Bad! Bad! Bad!
BBC News – Pumpkin weighing 2,749lb squashes world record

Documenting the Recipes of Latin America, One Zoom at a Time
For her latest cookbook, “Latinísimo,” Sandra A. Gutierrez found creative ways to meet cooks to document the home cooking of Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
By CHRISTINA MORALES

Roti, a Shape-Shifting Global Staple, Takes a New Form: Convenience Food
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.

Roti has become a go-to for making quick meals and snacks. Here, Palak Patel rolls bananas, ghee and jaggery into a South Asian style of roti, made with wheat flour and water.
By PRIYA KRISHNA

A GOOD APPETITE
The Easiest Brownies Are Mixed and Baked in the Same Pan
Mixed, baked and eaten warm, straight from the skillet, these fudgy treats are the after-school snack of your dreams.

This fudgy brownie can be served in slices, but it’s far more exciting shared among friends.
By MELISSA CLARK

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A Soup for When You Just Want to Be Alone
This herby sweet-potato soup may be a bit modest, but it’s also the best company if you need to recharge.

By YOTAM OTTOLENGHI

Pizza, pie and spanakopita: three vegetarian Greek recipes to bake
A trio of savoury meat-free recipes, where bright spring greens take centre stage
Kon and Sia Karapanagiotidis

How to make vegetarian bibimbap – recipe

Felicity Cloake’s vegetarian bibimbap.
Felicity Cloake

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THE POUR
10 Zinfandels and Blends to Drink Right Now
They have veered wildly in style and critical esteem. Now consumers can select from a wide diversity of wines.

By Eric Asimov

Murray Stenson, Unassuming Leader of a Cocktail Renaissance, Dies at 74
A staple of the Seattle bar scene, he was both a throwback to an earlier era and an inspiration for a new generation of bartenders.

Murray Stenson in 2008. He pushed back against the sickly sweet concoctions of the 1970s in favor of elevated drinks made with quality ingredients.
By CLAY RISEN

NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

Fair Play
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Directed by Chloe Domont
One couple can’t achieve work-life balance is in this impeccable debut feature from Chloe Domont.

Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor in “Fair Play.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama, War | Directed by William Friedkin
William Friedkin’s final film, an adaptation of the Herman Wouk play, offers a bracing demonstration of the director’s sensibility and craft.

Kiefer Sutherland in “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,” the final film directed by William Friedkin.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Mister Organ
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by David Farrier
A documentarian’s investigation into peculiar events outside a New Zealand antiques shop turns into a horror story.

Michael Organ, the subject of “Mister Organ,” directed by David Farrier.
By GLENN KENNY

Joan Baez I Am a Noise
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary, Biography, Music | Directed by Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle, Karen O’Connor
A new documentary about the folk singer and activist Joan Baez contains a gold mine of archival materials.

“Joan Baez I Am a Noise,” directed by Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky and Maeve O’Boyle, is more than a biographical account of the singer’s life.
By CHRIS AZZOPARDI

My Love Affair with Marriage
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Musical | Directed by Signe Baumane
This animated musical about a young woman’s sexual and romantic awakening uses a gloriously tactile aesthetic.

A scene from “My Love Affair With Marriage.”
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

The Royal Hotel
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Thriller | Directed by Kitty Green
Two young women struggle to handle the obstreperous patrons of a remote Australian pub in this coolly calibrated thriller.

Jessica Henwick and Julia Garner in “The Royal Hotel.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Two Cult Classics Restored and Brimming With Chaotic Life
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller | Directed by Emilio Fernández
Timothy Carey’s erratically brilliant “The World’s Greatest Sinner” and Emilio Fernández’s redemption melodrama “Victims of Sin” finally come to big screens.

Timothy Carey in “The World’s Greatest Sinner,” which he also diected.
By NICOLAS RAPOLD

Colette and Justin
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by Alain Kassanda
In a new documentary, a filmmaker turns his lens on his grandparents during a pivotal moment in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

By CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN

— Of Possible Interest —

Foe
R | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Garth Davis
Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal play a farm couple with a less-than-idyllic marriage in the Midwest of the future.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Food! Glorious Food!

Experts say don’t pre-rinse your dishes. We put that advice to the test.
The logistical, psychological and personal factors that influence our dishwashing habits
By Mari-Jane Williams

TIMES INSIDER
A Cooking Editor Who Finds Inspiration Everywhere
For The Veggie, a New York Times newsletter, Tanya Sichynsky mines her personal life for recipe ideas.
By TANYA SICHYNSKY

This Vegetarian Dinner Party Menu Lets the Host Relax
A smoky eggplant salad, a squash pie inspired by Moroccan b’stilla and saffron-poached pears can all be made ahead, with minimal fussing, David Tanis writes.

Golden, crisp buttered phyllo encases a butternut squash filling for a showstopping centerpiece.
By David Tanis

These Cinnamon Rolls Have an Unexpected Twist in Their Swirls
Claire Saffitz crumbles up not-too-sweet speculoos cookies for the filling in these fluffy buns, which stay tender for hours.
A soft, supple dough extends the shelf life of these cinnamon rolls.
By Claire Saffitz

16 Dishes to Make for Someone Going Through a Hard Time
Divorce, death, a big move, illness: Food may not fix anything, but a lovingly prepared meal can bring some much-needed comfort and nourishment.
By Margaux Laskey

Greek fava, a silky puree of yellow split peas, deserves our attention

This delicious Greek fava recipe made from simple pantry staples is definitely anything but ordinary.
By Luke Pyenson

Greek Fava

The Chicken That Might Put a Ring on It
Can a comforting dish called “Marry Me Chicken” really move a partner to propose? These home cooks say yes.

An editor at Delish first created the “Marry Me Chicken,” a Tuscan-style dish in a creamy sun-dried tomato sauce, in 2016. For years, it has been a favorite on social media.
By Christina Morales