IN China, it’s called zha xian nai or chow lai; in India, gulab jamun; in Spain, leche frita and in Italy, latte dolce fritto or crema fritta, depending on where you are. Translated, they all mean the same thing: fried milk. More
Garlic Fried Milk
Crema Fritta
LITTLE or no cooking is one way to keep the kitchen cool in the summer, but if the food you produce is cool (and delicious, of course), that’s a real plus. More
Ultrafast Avocado Soup
TOO bad sainthood is not generally conferred on bakers, for there is one who is a possible candidate for canonization. She fulfills most of the requirements: (1) She’s dead. (2) She demonstrated heroic virtue. (3) Cults have been formed around her work. (4) Her invention is considered by many to be a miracle. The woman: Ruth Graves Wakefield. Her contribution to the world: the chocolate chip cookie. More
Chocolate Chip Cookies
IT’S become painfully familiar: wine writers pleading with an uncaring populace to embrace the singular wonders of dry sherry. Why painful? Because the wine writers (count me in) so much want others to experience the pleasures that these gorgeous wines have to offer, yet it appears that few consumers are getting the message. More
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