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THE OTHER DAY MY SON JASPER ASKED ME WHAT sounded like a simple question: 'Dad,' he said, 'what is American food?' Jasper is six years old, and we live in [...]

Esquire has long had a mantra: 'man at his best.' And over the decades, as American culture has twisted its way through one radical shift after another, the magazine has [...]

FOR YEARS NOW, PIERRE THIAM HAS BEEN patiently waiting for everyone else to catch up with him. You can look at that in a variety of ways. There is, first [...]

Could a 101-year-old matriarch who draak Duboaaet every afternoon be wrong? Yet suddenly teetotalers are everywhere, pouring you mocktails and proselytizing on your podcasts. Inside the new zero-proof doctrine. Hours [...]

LISTEN, I GET IT. YOU SAW THE NEWS THAT NOMA, THE EXPENSIVE restaurant in Copenhagen, was planning to close, and you snorted. Maybe you left a comment on a media [...]

THE OXTAILS TAKE FOREVER. FOUR DAYS, REALLY, but the process of preparing and cooking them has so many steps that you lose track when chef Kwame Onwuachi tries to explain [...]

In ''Fixer,'' his second collection, the poet Edgar Kunz demonstrates a hard familiarity with the gig economy. FIXER, by Edgar Kunz In literature as in life, hating your job is [...]

Its wealth of data and information has undoubtedly complicated things for the company: On June 12, after Reddit announced plans to begin charging outside companies for access via its API, nearly 9,000 subreddit communities went dark for 48 hours to protest the move. Golnar Khosrowshahi Founder and CEO, Reservoir Media FOR UNLOCKING MUSIC ON THE DAY THAT MUSIC company Reservoir Media closed its deal to acquire hip-hop label Tommy Boy for $100 million in 2021, "our first phone call was to De La Soul", says CEO Golnar Khosrowshahi. Wayne Ting CEO, Lime FOR KICK STARTING THE SCOOTER BUSINESS THE SCOOTER rental business is not an easy one. This three-point turn has been executed by CEO Wayne Ting, who led the San Francisco-based company to its first profitable year in 2022 and proved to industry critics that the scooter business has some kick in it. Kim Budil Director, Lawrence Livermore Nationa lLaboratory FOR LEADING THE TEAMTHAT ACHIEVED NUCLEAR FUSION AAS DIRECTOR OF the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Kim Budil oversees a staff of 8,300. [Extracted from the article]

For her book ''Listen,'' the photographer Rhona Bitner toured the country visiting notable but vacant recording studios and performance venues. Sound engineers refer to it as ''room tone'': the unique [...]

In ''Late Summer Ode,'' Olena Kalytiak Davis describes the period after ambition has waned and the kids have moved out, leaving plenty of time to reflect on your mistakes. LATE [...]

This article explores the historical and cultural significance of rice in Charleston, South Carolina, particularly within the Gullah Geechee communities. It discusses the expertise and culinary traditions of individuals like Charlotte Jenkins, who has spent decades cooking rice dishes that tell a deep story about the region's history and connection to West Africa. The article also highlights the brutal conditions of rice fields during slavery, the economic impact of rice cultivation, and ongoing efforts to preserve Black traditions of rice cultivation in South Carolina. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing and honoring the contributions of individuals like Jenkins and the cultural significance of rice in Charleston's cuisine. The article also mentions the opening of the International African American Museum in Charleston, which explores the history of rice and the voices of those who first planted it. It discusses the importance of rice in Gullah culture and the rituals of cooking that connect people to their ancestors. Additionally, it mentions the significance of Carolina Gold rice in Charleston's history and its continued cultivation by Black and Indigenous families. The article concludes by recommending restaurants to experience authentic Charleston cuisine and where to buy Carolina Gold rice. It also features three recipes that highlight the diverse culinary traditions of the American South, including Okra Purloo with Bacon, Thiéboudienne, and Smothered Shrimp and Crabmeat Pan Gravy with Rice Grits. Each recipe is accompanied by detailed instructions and cooking tips. [Extracted from the article]

No. 1 Seven Reasons WASHINGTON, D. C. ***Ten minutes north of the White House and its sour, divisive rhetoric, immigrants are throwing a party. Unfettered joy radiates from inside Seven [...]

'It really was a childhood trauma for me,' Noah Baumbach says. 'It has come up in therapy my entire life. It really messed me up. It messed me up.' For [...]

We cocoon when things get crazy. We hunker down. It's only natural. The barrage of unsettling news over the past few years has gotten a lot of us longing for [...]

When it comes to entertaining at home, the little things are what your guests will remember. Go ahead and roast a whole lamb on a spit, if the grand, smoky [...]

This article from Esquire magazine highlights some of the best bars in America in 2024. The bars mentioned offer a variety of experiences, from intimate lounges to tropical wonderlands. Each bar has its own unique atmosphere and specialty cocktails. Some notable bars mentioned include Tigre in New York City, Dawn Club in San Francisco, Medium Cool in Miami Beach, Paradise Lost in New York City, Martiny's in New York City, Sip & Guzzle in New York City, Refuge in Houston, Equal Measure in Boston, and Nine Bar in Chicago. These bars provide patrons with a range of options for enjoying a night out, whether they're looking for a lively dance floor, live jazz, or a sophisticated cocktail experience. [Extracted from the article]

Caviar on a bone-marrow custard. Carnitas on a deftly textured tortilla. A Balinese chicken thigh with a crackly roof of skin. We loved them all this year--we crushed hard on [...]

'Elegance is refusal,' someone said. (Probably Coco Chanel. Possibly Diana Vreeland. Maybe both.) But that doesn't mean you live like a shut-in. Autumn is here. The air is brisk. Call [...]

LOVE AND OTHER POEMSBy Alex Dimitrov Until the pandemic of 2020, I had never watched ''A Hard Day's Night.'' I have now seen it probably 15 times. My wife and [...]

It is not easy to get to the island. From Miami you fly to Buenos Aires. In Buenos Aires you wait around for half a night, change airports, and catch [...]

REMEMBER restaurants? The ones you keep going back to? Not the places where you have to wait for three hours until someone texts you. Not places where you drop in [...]

RUNAWAY New PoemsBy Jorie Graham Let's try an experiment. Let's imagine that you have never heard of Jorie Graham. You have never encountered a line of her verse. If you're [...]

IT WAS A SEPTEMBER EVENING, AND AS I WALKED along West 48th Street in Manhattan, I recognized a pack of young men coming out of a Music Row guitar shop. [...]

ELEVEN MADISON PARK IS THE BEST RESTAURANT IN AMERICA. IT MAY SOON BE NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD, MAKING DANIEL HUMM THE GREATEST CHEF ON THE PLANET. SO HOW DID [...]

PHARRELL IS ONE OF OUR MOST MULTIDIMENSIONAL ARTISTS--AND THE GUY WHO GAVE US ONE OF THE PEPPIEST POP SONGSOFTHE PAST DECADE. BUT ON THE HEELS OF A NEW ALBUM, A [...]

It's time to aim higher. We've all parched burgers on the grill and dropped chopped fruit in a bowl. Think of 2018 as the year you nix the old routine [...]

This document provides a collection of short descriptions of various restaurants across the United States. Each description highlights the unique features and offerings of the restaurant, such as the menu, ambiance, and culinary style. The descriptions aim to capture the diverse and innovative nature of the restaurant scene, showcasing a range of cuisines and dining experiences. Some notable restaurants mentioned include Ilis in Brooklyn, which focuses on locally sourced ingredients cooked with fire and ice, Burdell in Oakland, which reimagines soul food and California cuisine, Corner Office in Taos, Nami Kaze in Honolulu, and Ubuntu in Los Angeles. The document also recognizes Maya-Camille Broussard as the Pastry Chef of the Year and Brooks Headley as Chef of the Year. [Extracted from the article]

'WHAT'S THAT?' JASPER ASKED. 'It's cheese!' I said. My heart swelled with hope. We were eating at a restaurant whose menu nods toward the Iberian Peninsula, and Jasper had eyed [...]

How does parenting change you when you've built your life around climbing rock cliffs without a rope? We asked Alex Honnold, star of the 2018 documentary Free Solo, who became [...]

I smeared a thick coat of butter on a chewy slab of bread. In front of me was a bowl of hot broth, all glossy with melted bone marrow. I [...]

A SANDWICH USED TO BE A SIMPLE THING. The sandwiches you carried to school in a lunch box, the sandwiches you wolfed down after school in front of the TV-they [...]

AS QUARANTINES GO, FRANCIS FORD Coppola's setup in the Napa Valley sounded pretty sweet. I did a couple of Zoom conversations with the film director and winemaker over the summer, [...]

We're guessing you've heard the term lately: self-care. It's everywhere, this mantra. We are living through a volatile, infuriating brain-bombarding era. And we are advised, sensibly, to take refuge from [...]

- K. S. do the big cocktail splash-out Sometimes you want a big night out where the cocktails and bar bites both take center stage. What feels delightfully uncommon, and why the thirty or so seats are filled by 6:30, are the inspired drinks from beverage director Abe Vucekovich based on … birds of the Midwest? MOTHERSHIP SAN DIEGO For many, the Mos Eisley cantina in Star Wars was their first bar fantasy, and Mothership is the best realization of the dream to drink on another planet, which is why, on many days, you'll see a line out the door as if it were a Disney ride. This joyfully odd drink menu was the brainchild of Abe Vucekovich, Meadowlark's beverage director, who used to work in one of the country's most serious temples to the cocktail, just a few L stops away, the Violet Hour. [Extracted from the article]

PARDON MY HEART By Marcus Jackson 65 pp. TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press. Paper, $16.95The intoxication of love courses through ''Pardon My Heart.'' Marcus Jackson loves his wife's hair almost as [...]

WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE AMERICAN FOOD revolution of the past two decades, I think about people like Ryan Morgan. Morgan, 44, spent the early portion of his wage-earning years [...]

Maybe you're looking forward to it. Maybe when you hear the word Thanksgiving, your nostrils fill with the summoned scents of rosemary and sage, and you smile inwardly as you [...]

:I have visited thousands of restaurants in my life-time, but over the summer I got an early peek at the strangest one I've ever seen. This happened in Copenhagen. The [...]

Five years ago, in the fall of 2014, this magazine named the Cecil the best new restaurant in America. Josh Ozersky, the writer who made that pick, raised a toast [...]

: Please forgive me. My notes from the dinner in Denver are a little sloppy. I had met up with a group of Coloradans in the main room at Rosenberg's [...]

The owners of República, the Mexican tasting-menu spot that's a pillar of Portland's dining scene and where Gomez was chef de cuisine previously, felt that he deserved his own restaurant. Sitting at the chef's counter at Comedor Lilia in Portland, chef Juan Gomez will tell you how freeing it is to cook the food of the Pacific Northwest through a Mexican lens as an expression of himself - hence his signature dish of a pork-collar confit served with pan arabe. At his first restaurant, Kann, chef Gregory Gourdet gives Haitian cuisine soulful finesse in a joyful room capped with a golden ceiling. Over dessert at Kann one fall evening, chef Gregory Gourdet told me that he almost didn't want to serve Haitian food in his first restaurant. [Extracted from the article]

FERLINGHETTI'S GREATEST POEMS By Lawrence Ferlinghetti Edited by Nancy J. Peters. 144 pp. New Directions. $16.95. ONE DAY WHEN I was about 14 or 15 and wandering the aisles of [...]

BEFORE DAWN ON BLUFF ROAD Selected New Jersey Poems HOLLYHOCKS IN THE FOGSelected San Francisco PoemsBy August Kleinzahler148 pp. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $25. The poems of August Kleinzahler are [...]

WAY BACK IN 2018, WHEN ERICK WILLIAMS, A CHEF IN CHICAGO, WAS DREAMING OF opening a restaurant called Virtue, he had something of a spiritual prototype in mind: 'What inspired [...]

NOT TOO LONG AGO, AT A BAR IN CLEVELAND called the Spotted Owl, I did something that I hadn't done in many years: I ordered a shot. Granted, this was [...]