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Recipe: Chauchalaj, a Farfalaj and Green Bean Salad for the High Holidays Featured Image

Mica Najmanovich grew up eating farfalaj hot with plenty of fried onion. Her Chauchalaj takes the Ashkenazi staple in a fresher direction, tossing it cold with green beans, spring onion, herbs, feta, and lemon.

Street Smarts: Paris’s Rue du Cherche-Midi, A Local’s Guide to the Other Saint-Germain Featured Image

A food-focused walk down Rue du Cherche-Midi, one of Saint-Germain’s most rewarding streets for bakeries, cheese, coffee, chocolate, wine and old-school Paris dining.

Umami Town: Feasting, Osaka Style Featured Image

From standing bars and oden counters to takoyaki, yakitori and okonomiyaki, here’s where to eat after dark in Osaka.

Pati Jinich’s Chiles en Nogada Featured Image

A Mexican September classic, Chiles en Nogada pairs roasted poblano chiles with a savory-sweet meat and fruit filling, creamy walnut sauce and pomegranate seeds. This version from Pati Jinich is adapted from a recipe by Luis Bello Morin.

The Konbini: Inside Japan’s Convenience Store Culture Featured Image

Forget whatever “convenience-store food” means back home. In Japan, the konbini might have your favorite fried chicken, café latte, onigiri, or bread baked that morning, and everyone seems to have an opinion about which chain does it best.

 Recipe: Aegean Style Fresh Cowpeas Stewed in Olive Oil Featured Image

Fresh cowpeas simmered gently with olive oil, onion, garlic, and tomato are a late-summer staple of the Aegean table. This version, inspired by Kısmet Lokantası in Izmir, is served cool with lemon and yogurt.

Feira da Glória: Rio’s Sunday Market at Praça Paris Featured Image

Every Sunday, Praça Paris fills with cooks and communities whose food reflects a far broader Rio than the formal European plaza was built to represent.

The Essentials: The Best Wine Bars in Lisbon Featured Image

From neighborhood hangouts to natural-wine specialists and polished tasting rooms, these are our favorite wine bars in Lisbon for an interesting glass, a memorable bottle, and people who know what they’re pouring.

The sweets at Elgani Ezmecizade, Izmir, photo by Sinan Keskin

From a tiny shop in Kemeraltı, Elgani Ezmecizade sends its almond, walnut, and pistachio pastes around the world. Behind them lies generations of confectionery knowledge, carefully sourced ingredients, and a family determined to keep the craft in its own hands.

Harold and Belle’s: Los Angeles’s Creole Connection Featured Image

Since 1969, Harold & Belle’s has served gumbo, fried catfish, étouffée, po’boys, and other Creole staples in Jefferson Park. Now run by the founders’ grandson and his wife, the restaurant remains one of the clearest links to Los Angeles’s historic Creole community.

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At Lula, chef Teo Valentini brings a personal, wide-ranging approach to Mediterranean cooking, with seafood and handmade pasta at the heart of the menu.

Mariana Salvador during the harvest at Revela, Dão, photo by Célia Pedroso

Winemaker Mariana Salvador returned to Portugal’s Dão region to launch Revela, working with native grapes, old vineyards and small growers to make low-intervention wines. During an unusually early August harvest, we join her at the winery to see what that philosophy looks like in practice.

Liquid Assets: Where We Drink Mezcal in Oaxaca Featured Image

From serious tasting rooms and rare agave spirits to inventive cocktails and late-night mezcal bars, these are seven of our favorite places to drink and learn about mezcal in Oaxaca.

Little Punjab: A Taste of South Richmond Hill Featured Image

At the end of the A train, South Richmond Hill’s Little Punjab comes into focus through chole bhatura and lassi at Punjabi Dhaba, langar at a Sikh gurdwara, and a neighborhood market stocked with the flavors of South Asia.

Selim’de Izgara: A Son Returns to the Family Fire Featured Image

After 22 years away from the grill, Selim Ceylan returned to his family’s trade in Kemeraltı, serving charcoal-grilled köfte and a seven-piece offal platter inspired by the craft he grew up around.

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