Why Sunday Lunch Should Last All Afternoon: The Mexican Spirit of Sobremesa The best Sunday lunches are the ones nobody quite knows how to end. The plates have been cleared—or mostly cleared. Coffee appears. Someone cuts the last piece of dessert in half, then in half...
The Late-Summer Fig and Reposado Cocktail Fresh figs have a frustratingly short talent for being exactly right. Catch them too early and they can taste restrained and dry. Wait too long and they collapse into themselves. But for a brief stretch in late summer, a ripe...
The Art of Hosting Friends Without Trying Too Hard The best dinner parties contain a small mystery: someone clearly thought about everything, yet nobody can see the work. The table looks good without looking untouchable. Flowers are present but don’t require...
Why the World’s Great Spirits Begin With Agriculture—and What Wine, Coffee, Tea and Olive Oil Can Teach Tequila Before there is a Château, there is a vineyard. Before there is a celebrated espresso, there is a coffee tree. Before first-flush tea reaches porcelain,...
