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Dolly Parton launches new coffee line

Who knows about slogging over a 9-to-5 better than Dolly Parton? The queen of country music, whose 1980 hit “9 to 5” became an enduring anthem for working Americans, is now entering the coffee business with the launch of a…
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How “Chopped” keeps us together

“I love bacon and chicharrónes, but I could never eat pork uterus,” I confess, wincing at our 60” Insignia television screen. “Foot soup doesn’t sound great, either,” my mother replies, squeamishly shaking her head. “But you’ve got to draw the…
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The secret to better summer beans

Once I grew up just enough to start grocery shopping according to a budget — not merely the amount of cash rattling around in my wallet that week — I realized something peculiar. For some reason, whenever I reached for…
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World Cup fans fall for Waffle House

Europe, we need ranch ASAP!  That plea, posted on X by a Swedish influencer visiting the U.S. for the World Cup, may be the perfect summary of an unexpected side story from this year’s tournament: international visitors falling head over…
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Your picnic is missing biscuits

I have a small complaint about modern picnics. They are often beautiful. They are not always meals. Somewhere along the line, the ideal picnic became a scattering of photogenic snacks: a baguette, a wedge of cheese, a handful of berries,…
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An unnecessary amount of bread

One of the most interesting things about chain restaurants is that the bread is often the point. Not the entrées. Not the décor. Not even the dessert. The bread. People don’t just reminisce about their favorite evening at The Cheesecake…
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Hemingway’s Madrid, one bite at a time

Madrid remembers its writers. Barrio de Las Letras never let them leave. By the 16th century, it was theaters that drew the bohemians. Poets, playwrights, novelists, dreamers. The printers, the bookshops, the guesthouses and taverns, they followed. Lope de Vega…
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Don’t waste your rotisserie chicken

Have you ever fallen victim to a lone bag of rotisserie chicken, left forgotten for weeks in the very back of your refrigerator? I have. It’s not a pretty sight. Here’s what happens: I pick up a ready-to-eat bird while…
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Tastemade’s “Struggle Meals” grows up

About three years ago, Frankie Celenza says he ran out of ideas. The Emmy Award-winning chef had just completed nine back-to-back seasons of his popular Tastemade show “Struggle Meals” — a concept that was born out of his time as…
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Super easy summer corn and dumplings

This chowder isn’t chic. I mean that specifically, because this is less a recipe than a small conspiracy of shortcuts — the kind of thing assembled from the freezer, the pantry, and the part of the brain that starts bargaining…
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