Food! Glorious Food!

EAT
A Love Letter to Homemade XO Sauce
By Sam Sifton

The 12 Best Cookbooks of Spring 2019
Food reporters and editors from The New York Times pick their favorite new books of the season.
By The New York Times

FRONT BURNER
This Brandy Soars
Hangar 1 has ventured beyond just vodka distilling with a brandy named for a classic airplane.
By Florence Fabricant

WINES OF THE TIMES
To Find the Best of Languedoc, Follow the Producer
The region has always been puzzling to consumers. But as has happened worldwide, the wines are getting fresher and better, if you find the right winemaker.
By Eric Asimov

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Two Interesting Reviews with a Common Thread

Opinion
What Tolkien Knew About Love
Like Henry Darger, he created an epic fantasy. Why is Tolkien remembered, and Darger nearly forgotten?

“Bilbo Comes to the Huts of the Raft-Elves,” an illustration for “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien, July 1937. Credit Bodleian Libraries, MS/The Tolkien Estate Limited 1937, via The Morgan Library & Museum.


“They Escape Again by Overpowering Guards" and "Are Seized by Pursuing Glandelinians,” by Henry Darger. Credit The Estate of Henry Darger/Art Resource, NY

By Jennifer Finney Boylan
Contributing Opinion Writer

Why I Take All My First Dates to Olive Garden
It starts with free wine samples, endless breadsticks, and keeping my expectations low.


BY KRISTEN N. ARNETT

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