Food! Glorious Food!

Doritos for Women? Not a Real Thing, Company Now Says
By PATRICK LAFORGE

Unlocking Secrets of Sour Flavors With Something Found in Your Ears
Trilobites
By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

TRAVEL TIPS
The Right Way to Order Room Service at a Hotel
Room service has a reputation for being overpriced and under-seasoned. Here are a few techniques to make sure your room service meals are worth your money and appetite.
By Shivani Vora

I Buy Fancy Bread Just to Let It Grow Stale. Here’s Why.
Eat


By SAMIN NOSRAT
Recipe: French Onion Panade

A Sheet-Pan Supper That Defies the Seasons
A Good Appetite


By MELISSA CLARK
Recipe: Sheet-Pan Chicken With Sweet Potatoes and Peppers

Calamari Goes Beyond the Fryer and Into a Braise
City Kitchen


By DAVID TANIS
Recipe: Wine-Braised Calamari With Vegetables

What to Cook This Week
By SAM SIFTON

The Quest for a Famous French Cookie’s Crunch
On Dessert

By DORIE GREENSPAN
Recipe: Biscuits Roses

Exploring the Sweet Subtleties of Vinegar
By TEJAL RAO
Recipes: Poached Eggs in Red Wine (Oeufs en Meurette) | Homemade Red Wine Vinegar

Making (Bad) Vinegar at Home: A Critic’s Confession
By ERIC ASIMOV

A Cocktail That Goes for the Gold
Front Burner
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Don’t Judge a Wine by the Grape on Its Label Wine School
By ERIC ASIMOV

Your Next Lesson: Value Bordeaux
By ERIC ASIMOV

Andre Surmain, Who Fed the Elite in Luxe Style at Lutèce, Dies at 97

A New Cocktail Conference With a Political Twist
By ROBERT SIMONSON
Chicago will host a new cocktail conference this spring. Called Chicago Style, it will take place May 7 to 10, after the gala for the James Beard Awards.


Andre Surmain, in an undated photo, at Lutèce, the East Side townhouse he helped transform into a bastion of fine dining in New York.
By SAM ROBERTS

My tweets

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• Tue, 12:30: Trumpism is modern Republicanism https://t.co/OlWDETinAB via @MotherJones
• Tue, 13:33: In Baltimore, Brazen Officers Took Every Chance to Rob and Cheat https://t.co/2oohSJfNjB
• Tue, 14:35: ‘Shut It Down’: Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Border Security https://t.co/8kHpwKkbhV
• Tue, 14:58: RT @Forbes: Ever wondered why some birds are red? This is what science says: https://t.co/1eR0rVKlUV https://t.co/NMp2HD0CAx
• Tue, 15:07: RT @krassenstein: Just a little notice to all you bigots, nazis and white supremacists: White Supremacists Killed More People in US in 201…
• Tue, 15:16: RT @andrewducker: Some amusing examples of people improvising when they didn't know the language https://t.co/fI9SpiF4GE https://t.co/alxEW…
• Tue, 15:51: Language! It ain't always easy. https://t.co/FC1ZYhxQcC
• Tue, 17:11: RT @kurteichenwald: What a shock....cutting revenues recklessly at a time of a strong economy and high debt causes the government to hit th…

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