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Nov. 15th, 2017
What Did 17th Century Food Taste Like? -- Shamelessly Stolen from 
Andrew Ducker
TAKE A NUMBER
Americans Are Putting Down the Soda Pop
Children and adults are downing sugary drinks far less often than they used to, a new study finds.
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
She Took On Colombia’s Soda Industry. Then She Was Silenced.
The debate over taxing sugary drinks has turned into a ferocious global policy brawl. In Colombia, proponents faced intimidation and censorship.
By ANDREW JACOBS and MATT RICHTEL
5 Destinations for the Thanksgiving Traveler
For many Americans, Thanksgiving travel generally means visiting family and perhaps some shopping. But if you have time for something a little different this year, there are worthwhile events happening across the country, in big cities and spots more off the beaten path.
PURSUITS
Tasting Victorian London, One Eel at a Time
At M. Manze (established in 1902) we felt obliged to sample the seafood specialties — and then happily made the acquaintance of a beef pie.
By DANNY HAKIM
WHERE TO GO NOW
Finally, You Can Have Breakfast at Tiffany
Tiffany & Co. opened the first-ever café at its flagship New York store, where visitors can now have breakfast and channel Audrey Hepburn.
By JOHN L. DORMAN
SLIDE SHOW
Joomak Offers Wide-Ranging Korean Food in Melbourne Spicy stews, kimchi pancakes and sochu slushies are served late at night in the Central Business District.
MY THANKSGIVING
Feeling Conflicted on Thanksgiving
A Thanksgiving Casserole for Everyone at the Table
Wild rice, white beans, mushrooms and spinach make for an adaptable, festive dish for the holiday and beyond.
By MELISSA CLARK
Recipe: Wild Rice and Mushroom Casserole
Three Gorgeous Cakes for the Holidays
A cranberry-lemon stripe cake, a devil’s-food cake with toasted-marshmallow frosting or a sugarplum gingerbread cake for your next special occasion.
By TEJAL RAO
Recipes: Cranberry-Lemon Stripe Cake | Devil’s-Food Cake With Toasted-Marshmallow Frosting | Sugarplum Gingerbread Cake
FRONT BURNER
Maple Syrup With a Ginger Kick
Think of this maple syrup infused with ginger root as a holiday helper to give baked goods and cocktails more oomph.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
FRONT BURNER
Vintage French Pots and Knives for Sale
Garrett Wade in Brooklyn is selling heavy tin-lined copper pots and steel paring knives at modest prices.
Vintage French copper cookware, $129 to $298; knives, $29 to $49.95; Garrett Wade, 45 Main Street (Front Street), Suite 409, 800-221-2942, garrettwade.com/nyt.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
FRONT BURNER
Crack Nuts Without the Mess
A Swedish nutcracker keeps shell debris contained. -- $50, Well, OK, $49.99
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
WHAT TO COOK
Cold Weather Recipes, Feat. Taylor Swift
Fall temperatures are dropping: Make up a warming bowl of something, like a firehouse chili gumbo or an herbed white bean stew.
By SAM SIFTON
WHAT TO COOK
What to Cook This Week
Whether tofu saag paneer or a hearty Bolognese, the days ahead are full of fine meals.
By SAM SIFTON
WHAT TO COOK
What to Cook This Weekend
Go the extra mile, and make a Filipino embutido, or goulash, or a pissaladière. Or take it easy, and knock out some cumin-roasted salmon.
By SAM SIFTON
TRILOBITES
Wine From Prehistoric Georgia With an 8,000-Year-Old Vintage
Pottery shards recovered from two archaeological sites in the country are the oldest evidence of winemaking, pushing the date back 600 to 1,000 years.
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR
Andrew DuckerTAKE A NUMBER
Americans Are Putting Down the Soda Pop
Children and adults are downing sugary drinks far less often than they used to, a new study finds.
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
She Took On Colombia’s Soda Industry. Then She Was Silenced.
The debate over taxing sugary drinks has turned into a ferocious global policy brawl. In Colombia, proponents faced intimidation and censorship.
By ANDREW JACOBS and MATT RICHTEL
5 Destinations for the Thanksgiving Traveler
For many Americans, Thanksgiving travel generally means visiting family and perhaps some shopping. But if you have time for something a little different this year, there are worthwhile events happening across the country, in big cities and spots more off the beaten path.
PURSUITS
Tasting Victorian London, One Eel at a Time
At M. Manze (established in 1902) we felt obliged to sample the seafood specialties — and then happily made the acquaintance of a beef pie.
By DANNY HAKIM
WHERE TO GO NOW
Finally, You Can Have Breakfast at Tiffany
Tiffany & Co. opened the first-ever café at its flagship New York store, where visitors can now have breakfast and channel Audrey Hepburn.
By JOHN L. DORMAN
SLIDE SHOW
Joomak Offers Wide-Ranging Korean Food in Melbourne Spicy stews, kimchi pancakes and sochu slushies are served late at night in the Central Business District.
MY THANKSGIVING
Feeling Conflicted on Thanksgiving
MY THANKSGIVING
Migrant, Refugee, Gay: You’re All Welcome at This Table
Masha Gessen, a visiting professor at Amherst, tells why, on this Thanksgiving, her annual ritual of hosting strangers is more important and more difficult.
By MASHA GESSEN
MY THANKSGIVING
A Thanksgiving Message in a 1963 Proclamation
The novelist and former Marine Elliot Ackerman says that now is the time to heed President Kennedy’s call to repair a fractured nation.
By ELLIOT ACKERMAN
MY THANKSGIVING
A Holiday From Criticism
A.O. Scott is a film reviewer for The Times, so cooking Thanksgiving dinner is a chance to avoid work. And he’s thankful his food pleases the critics.
By A.O. SCOTT
MY THANKSGIVING
Making Up Thanksgiving as She Went Along
While Sarah Lyall was a reporter in The Times’s London bureau, she was free to reinvent every holiday tradition to her liking.
By SARAH LYALL
MY THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving Wins a Convert
The Times book critic Parul Sehgal has grown into the pleasure of catering to others on the holiday, spurred by marriage and family.
By PARUL SEHGAL
MY THANKSGIVING
‘I Became a Thanksgiving Orphan’
Just when the food scholar Jessica B. Harris thinks that a beloved family meal can’t be replaced, she learns that maybe it can.
By JESSICA B. HARRIS
Recipe: Rutabaga-Potato Mash With Bacon
MY THANKSGIVING
Turkey: The One Essential Guest
Wesley Morris, a Times critic-at-large, tells how his mother loved cooking the bird and why he now feels he must.
By WESLEY MORRIS
The Drive Home
For the fiction writer Emma Cline, the real occasion isn’t the Thanksgiving meal, it’s the trip to get there with her father.
By EMMA CLINE
'We are Americans now'
Three generations of mixed feelings about what that means. Read Viet Thanh Nguyen's essay
By VIET THANH NGUYEN
A Thanksgiving Casserole for Everyone at the Table
Wild rice, white beans, mushrooms and spinach make for an adaptable, festive dish for the holiday and beyond.
By MELISSA CLARK
Recipe: Wild Rice and Mushroom Casserole
Three Gorgeous Cakes for the Holidays
A cranberry-lemon stripe cake, a devil’s-food cake with toasted-marshmallow frosting or a sugarplum gingerbread cake for your next special occasion.
By TEJAL RAO
Recipes: Cranberry-Lemon Stripe Cake | Devil’s-Food Cake With Toasted-Marshmallow Frosting | Sugarplum Gingerbread Cake
FRONT BURNER
Maple Syrup With a Ginger Kick
Think of this maple syrup infused with ginger root as a holiday helper to give baked goods and cocktails more oomph.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
FRONT BURNER
Vintage French Pots and Knives for Sale
Garrett Wade in Brooklyn is selling heavy tin-lined copper pots and steel paring knives at modest prices.
Vintage French copper cookware, $129 to $298; knives, $29 to $49.95; Garrett Wade, 45 Main Street (Front Street), Suite 409, 800-221-2942, garrettwade.com/nyt.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
FRONT BURNER
Crack Nuts Without the Mess
A Swedish nutcracker keeps shell debris contained. -- $50, Well, OK, $49.99
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
WHAT TO COOK
Cold Weather Recipes, Feat. Taylor Swift
Fall temperatures are dropping: Make up a warming bowl of something, like a firehouse chili gumbo or an herbed white bean stew.
By SAM SIFTON
WHAT TO COOK
What to Cook This Week
Whether tofu saag paneer or a hearty Bolognese, the days ahead are full of fine meals.
By SAM SIFTON
WHAT TO COOK
What to Cook This Weekend
Go the extra mile, and make a Filipino embutido, or goulash, or a pissaladière. Or take it easy, and knock out some cumin-roasted salmon.
By SAM SIFTON
Shiso Fried Rice -- With purple sweet potato, umeboshi, and shiso!
Angela Dimayuga, formerly of Mission Chinese Food
B.L.T. Banh Mi -- This looks awesome!
Diep Tran, Good Girl Dinette
Korean Fried Chicken
Deuki Hong, Sunday Bird
T asked three chefs to reflect on meals that speak to their experience growing up with two cultures.
By LIGAYA MISHAN
TRILOBITES
Wine From Prehistoric Georgia With an 8,000-Year-Old Vintage
Pottery shards recovered from two archaeological sites in the country are the oldest evidence of winemaking, pushing the date back 600 to 1,000 years.
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR