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Vegetables Alone

I’m just back from Italy, and the revelation there was that the vegetable dishes were the most interesting, even though in general they were far from the most laborious or, generally, widely featured—in fact, like here, they’re usually an afterthought.

One Singular Sancocho

You can eat a dish a thousand times and still be utterly ignorant of how it should really taste – until you chance upon a version prepared the right way, with the right ingredients, in the proper context.

Learning to Look Forward, With Some Help From the Elders

Discovering family, part two: Change is inevitable, but the past lives on through food and love This is the second…

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Limes, Hummingbirds, and 50 Cousins

This is the first of a five-part series from Mike Diago about a trip he took with his family to his ancestral…

How to Catch Salmon in the Beautiful, Complicated Alaskan Waters

Going along for the ride as a master reels in what might be the best-tasting sustainable seafood there is Paid…

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Italy's Most Beautiful Town?

At the end of our recent trip to Italy, we spent three days in Ravello. It was among my three…

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Dispatch From Rome

The omniscience of Amatriciana; cheap and good wine; and vegetables instead of pasta (sometimes) I can see myself turning into…

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A Year of Learning to Eat in the Scottish Highlands

Taking the advice of an 18th-century rent collector—and appreciating burnt-black rolls.

There's Something To Be Said About the Food in London

Reflections on a UK stop after a stint in Italy In London right now, the best restaurants take ingredients seriously,…

The Highs and Lows of Traveling Off the Beaten Path

A family trip to Mexico has a different impression on everyone In August, I visited Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico with…

The Luxury of Simple Cooking While Traveling

Mark’s notes from the road As I write this, we are in Liguria, Camogli, to be precise: soon on our…

Three Dishes That Shaped My Indonesian Journey

Notes from a recent visit As a food and travel journalist, I get to see a lot of the world….

Feeding Ukrainian Refugees in Spain

It’s not what you’d think As a food writer, it’s my tendency to write about places and moments where food…

A Houston Chef Wants to Enhance the City’s Creole Cuisine

Viola and Agnes’ Neo Soul Cafe is a melting pot of culinary influences Visits to Houston, where I’m from, always…

When Road Food Makes the Trip

A mix of packing and snacking makes the miles fly by My first road trips go back to the days…

Searching for Africa in Paris

Travel to the 18th arrondissement with the Bittman Project After months of dreaming of travel, when the travel ban lifted,…

Socca Is an Addiction

I first went to Nice in 1992. It was a charmed trip to eastern Provence, filled with Matisse and lavender…

What's for Lunch in Barcelona?

A recent trip revealed the riches During a week in Spain with family and friends, my wife, my sons, and…

Three Days in Los Angeles

Grand Central Market to East LA I went to LA this February for the first time along with my son…

How Covid Is Changing the Feast-Fast Cycle of Shoreside Restaurants

Cheap rents, an exodus from cities, and demand for outdoor dining have led to a bump for out-of-the-way spots in…