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• A Good Appetite: Bringing the Breadbasket Back to Thanksgiving

  Although one could argue that more carbohydrates are the last things a Thanksgiving meal needs, they’re also in keeping with the holiday’s spirit of excess. Read More... Posted Nov 07 2008, 02:39 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Bread, Bakeries and Baked Products, Families and Family Life, Thanksgiving Day

• Bourcefranc-Le-Chapus Journal: A French Family Dynasty Reinvents the Oyster

  The fourth generation of the Gillardeau family has modernized and expanded the company, in an oyster industry that has been reluctant to change. Read More... Posted Oct 26 2008, 11:34 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Seafood, France, Families and Family Life, Oysters

• The Winemakers | Pasture to Vines: No Longer a Farm, but Still Hard at Work

  A longtime family dairy farm has been converted to a vineyard that now produces 7,000 cases of wine a year. Read More... Posted Oct 26 2008, 12:50 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Wines, Families and Family Life, Connecticut

• A Grandmother’s Sweet Secret

  A sweet treat from India’s ancient Jewish community, the Bene Israel. Read More... Posted Oct 07 2008, 02:00 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Families and Family Life, Jews, India, Pastries, Coconuts, Ramadan, Grandparents, Islam, Yom Kippur

• From New York Soil, the Taste of Home

  At the St. George Greenmarket in Staten Island, Agustín Juárez transports his customers back to their native Mexico with his chilies and tomatillos. Read More... Posted Sep 20 2008, 09:32 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Agriculture, New York State, Greenmarket (NYC), Immigration and Refugees, Families and Family Life, Mexico, Local Food, Staten Island (NYC)

• A Modern Comeback for a Taste of Brooklyn

  There is still nothing that resembles a cold Manhattan Special, a thick and fizzy blend of espresso, seltzer and pure cane sugar, but after 113 years the soda seems to be caught between two worlds. Read More... Posted Jul 06 2008, 11:51 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Williamsburg (NYC), Beverages, Families and Family Life, Manhattan Special, Murders and Attempted Murders

• Call It Disney’s Food Kingdom

  In the Magic Kingdom, the cooks know how to please parents, grandparents and kids with surprisingly gourmet dining. Read More... Posted Jun 26 2008, 07:58 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Travel and Vacations, Families and Family Life, Orlando (Fla), Disney, Walt, World

• Scorpions for Breakfast and Snails for Dinner

  My wife and I may not deserve credit for rearing adventurous eaters. Our children were born and raised in China, where people eat anything. Read More... Posted Jun 10 2008, 09:13 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Children and Youth, Families and Family Life, China

• Drilling Down: Fast Food’s Portion of Parents’ Dollars

  The average mother of a child under 15 spends more on fast food every year than on books, music, movies and video games combined, according to a new report. Read More... Posted Jun 01 2008, 09:25 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Children and Youth, Families and Family Life, Fast Food Industry, NPD Group

• Big City: Parents, Meet Your Coach in the Organic Aisle

  Nancy Weiser, who describes herself as a certified wellness counselor, says not to eat anything “that wouldn’t grow in the ground.” Read More... Posted May 04 2008, 10:36 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Organic Food, Families and Family Life

• Home Work: The Birthday Cake as a Milepost

  Many women, whether infrequent bakers or those who bake at the drop of a hat, mix-users or only-from-scratch types, remember the cakes they’ve baked, vividly. Read More... Posted May 02 2008, 03:51 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Cakes, Families and Family Life

• Home Work: The Joy of (Still) Cooking

  She equates feeding her family with love, which is why she cannot imagine stopping cooking after the nest has emptied. Read More... Posted Mar 28 2008, 07:49 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Food, Families and Family Life

• The Pour: Can Sips at Home Prevent Binges?

  Little guidance is offered to parents on teaching teenagers about the pleasures of wine with a meal without endorsing reckless behavior. Read More... Posted Mar 25 2008, 10:37 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Wines, Children and Youth, Alcohol Abuse, Families and Family Life

• Feed Me: Missing Ingredient, Gone for Good

  In a quest to replicate a family tradition, a kreplach face-off in Brooklyn pitted boiled “Jewish tortelloni” against fried dumplings filled with chopped meat. Read More... Posted Mar 25 2008, 09:05 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Food, Meat, Families and Family Life