Food! Glorious Food! -- The Ice Cream, Eggplant, Quackers, and Drink Edition

Homemade Ice Cream — Without All the Heat
By JULIA MOSKIN
Recipe: Easiest Vanilla Ice Cream

The Great Eggplant Question: To Fry or Not to Fry?
By MELISSA CLARK
Recipes: Fried Eggplant With Chickpeas and Mint Chutney | More Eggplant Dishes

The Pleasure of a Steak at Home
By MARK BITTMAN
Recipes: Blowout Rib-Eye | Blue Butter | Creamed-Spinach Sauce | Chile Chimichurri | Tomato Nam Prik | Bourbon Balsamic Syrup

Duck in Summertime, Spicy and Fruity

By DAVID TANIS
Recipes: Five-Spice Duck Breast With Blackberries | More Blackberry Recipes
We don't waste no fruit on no quackers around here...

Cold Sesame Noodles: Without the Wait for Takeout

By SAM SIFTON
Recipes: Takeout-Style Sesame Noodles | More Times Classics

Grilled Halloumi for a Light Summer Meal

By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN
Recipe: Grilled Halloumi and Vegetables

Truffles Travel Well for D’Artagnan
By GLENN COLLINS

Chenin Blanc Makes an Audacious U.S. Return
By ERIC ASSIMOV
“It’s very different from the Loire,” she said, “and very exciting.”

Bartenders Whip Up Fringe Cocktails
By ROBERT SIMONSON
Recipe: The Yellow King

A Tanqueray Gin With a Past
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By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Starring Vermouth
By ROSIE SCHAAP
Recipes: Marianito | The Montserrat | La Puesta del Sol

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