At a pea-size Lower East Side bistro known for its fries, the admonition is spelled out on a chalkboard: No ketchup. At a popular gastropub in the West Village, customers cannot have the burger with any cheese other than Roquefort. More
FOR years, wine writers and other enthusiasts have lamented the public’s indifference to the manifest charms and complexities of sherry. Why doesn’t everyone love sherry, they asked, celebrating it as the most undervalued, underappreciated wine in the world, as it languished in the back pages of wine lists and on the dustiest of retail shelves. More
I’m not anti-recipe (obviously), but some things just don’t need them — and most vegetable soups fall into that category. Here are easy-to-follow instructions for making vegetable (vegetarian and, for the most part, vegan) soups with common ingredients, a variety of choices and terrific flavor. Print the following page, stick it on your refrigerator and work your way through it. By the time you’re done — 12 days or 12 weeks later — you’ll never again need a recipe for vegetable soup. Promise. More
I've been open about my admiration for the Wisconsin movement to stop union-busting Gov. Scott Walker -- as well as my uncertainty about what it ultimately means for progressive politics. Like so much else going on right now -- Mike Huckabee's slurs against President Obama, Michele Bachmann's blithering performance on "Meet the Pres"s Sunday; Tea Party Nation leader Judson Phillips' backing property requirements for voters, taking us back to the early 19th century -- the battle in Wisconsin is giving American voters crucial (and scary) information about the 21st century Republican Party. That's important in the wake of the voter panic that led to Republican gains in the 2010 midterms. More
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