I hate the expression “dump dinners.” Every time I hear it, I recoil because it sounds so unappetizing to me. And, yet, I’m so drawn to the concept: Put all of the ingredients in a baking dish, on a sheet pan or in a Dutch oven, skillet or multicooker, and then step away while it […]

When Nisha Vora was a little girl in Barstow, California, she had one request whenever her mother prepared pani puri: Please make the water milder. Those single-bite orbs of fried bread – typically poked with a crater in the middle and crowded with some combination of potatoes, onions and chickpeas – were a beloved street […]

New York City is home to many iconic foods: pizza, cheesecake, street pretzels, pastrami on rye. But it’s the trinity of bagels, lox and cream cheese, as ubiquitous as the yellow taxi, found at thousands of delis and diners, bagel shops and bakeries, brunch spots and corner stands, that captured my attention when I first […]

This dish pops with Thai flavors – taking us to that heady, bold convergence of tart, sweet, savory, salty, spicy and cool. It starts off on a fairly familiar path, where the pork is marinated in a mix of lime, fish sauce (or soy sauce), honey, garlic, ginger and hot sauce. The longer you can […]