Simply Indian: Recipes from Royal Rajasthan
While researching a new culinary tour, food guide extraordinaire Peggy Markel visits palaces and home kitchens to learn the traditions and techniques of northern Indian cooking— and comes away with a bunch of sensational recipes.
F&W’s Top 10 Chocolates
We love these candies—from a 43-year-old supermarket standby to new artisanal sweets—for all their crunchy, chewy, gooey goodness.
Indian Ingredients 101
Indian food depends on a stable of distinctive ingredients. Here’s the lowdown on four essentials.
Cooking at Home: Weeknight Dinner Deluxe
Like Champagne, sparkling wines such as cava and Prosecco are great with all kinds of food, but they’re simpler, fruitier, more easygoing. F&W wine expert Ray Isle and test-kitchen pro Marcia Kiesel explore the pairing possibilities with half a dozen supremely delicious chicken recipes.
Dinner with a Deity: Master Chef Michel Bras
Reclusive Michel Bras, arguably France’s most venerated chef, traveled to Manhattan to cook at a dinner hosted by Stefan Boublil and Gina Alvarez of the design agency the Apartment. Writer Jane Sigal watched Bras prepare his painstakingly pure cuisine and tells why he spent two hours peeling onions.
February Deals
Every month, our editors pick a few amazing deals on some of our favorite things. This month, we feature bargains on top pantry essentials (like artisanal olive oil and balsamic vinegar), chocolate and travel packages.
Milk Chocolate Desserts
Food snobs generally prefer dark chocolate, the more bitter the better. But some of America’s top pastry chefs are proclaiming their love for creamy milk chocolate—which contains milk in addition to sugar and cocoa butter. The recipes here are good enough to lure anyone from the dark side.
Columns
Test Kitchen
Perfecting Risotto
Fast
Six Hearty Winter Salads
Last Bite
Six-Layer Coconut Cake with Passion Fruit Filling
Wine Matters
Is Wine in Half-Bottles Fully Worth It?
Equipment
Kitchen Renovation Special: Dishwashers
Equipment
Kitchen Renovation Special: Gas Ranges
Equipment
Kitchen Renovation Special: Microwaves
Equipment
Kitchen Renovation Special: Refrigerators
Travel
Caribbean Escapes for Chocolate Lovers
Travel
Easy Escapes: New Hotels in Washington, Florida, Virginia, Vermont
Chef Recipes Made Easy
A Thrifty Guide to Great Chef Recipes
Tasting Room
Argentina’s Best Reds for $10 to $20
Restaurants
Where to Go Next: Montreal
Travel
Taking Pride in Poor Food
News & Notes
Chocolate Cravings
Wine
Best BYOBs in America: New York, New Orleans, Napa, San Francisco, Chicago
Wine
Weeknight Dinner Deluxe: Wine Pairings for Chicken
Wine
Top Half-Bottle Sources