paella

If you’re not looking for traditional Memorial Day  fare, we’ve rounded up some alternative options for the three-day weekend. Get food and drink deals while in your Iron Man costume in Houston, for example, or shop for groceries with New Orleans chefs. If you’ve ever wondered what America tastes like in terms of cocktails, head…

It's 5:30 p.m. on a Sunday night on Melrose Ave., and the show's about to start. The minute the doors to the venue open, fans rush in. They secured their spots over a month in advance, and now they've got front-row seats waiting for them. Well, that's not entirely true. Not everyone gets front-row seats.…

Every year, Food & Wine magazine releases a cookbook packed with the best recipes of the last 365 days. Hear that? Food & Wine. Best recipes of the year. Any page you turn to will sport a winner, but while the weather steadily cools off, consider a hearty Spanish rice packed with artichokes and garnished with crispy, salty…

Recently I had the chance to travel to Riviera Nayarit, the 100 miles of coast from Puerto Vallarta to Playa Novilleros on Mexico’s Pacific coast. I attended the 17th Annual Festival Gourmet, sipped really good mezcal at a polo field and sort of didn’t ever fear for my safety. I skipped the resorts requiring neon…

For any viewers who prefer the savory battles of Top Chef over the dessert drama of Top Chef Just Desserts, last night was the challenge for you. For the elimination, Gail Simmons brought out several flags from different countries and instructed the chefs to each choose one. Naturally, they assumed they would be making a…

Socorrat... A beautiful word for something seemingly banal — the rice that gets crunchy and forms a crust at the bottom of the pan. You might wonder why crusty rice deserves such a name, especially since it is a by-product that many people discard. A true paella is cooked in a wide, shallow metal pan…

Paella is best eaten over an hours-long summer lunch at one of the hangar-like rice restaurants on the edge of the wide city beach in Valencia, Spain, where there’s inevitably a photo of Hemingway with the owner. True paella, tasting of the sea, and revealing a sublime crust on the bottom of the pan when…