Getting out of Town: Blue Hill at Stone Barns

A rainy afternoon on the farm By Mollie Chen On Friday, my editor Gully and I took a little field trip up the Hudson to Pontico Hills, New York, to Blue Hill at Stone Barns. There, we met up with…

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A Cookbook for the Google Generation

By Mollie Chen I’ve got shelf upon shelf of cookbooks at home - everything from Julia Child’s classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking to Michel Richard’s gorgeous Happy in the Kitchen - plus dozens more squirreled away in my…

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Cali, Final Edition: Keller Unbuttoned, Greasy Burritos, and Barbecued Oysters

Nick’s Cove: gorgeous views and fantastic oysters By Mollie Chen And finally, five last reasons to love California. Now I can stop procrastinating and get started on all the very late copy I owe our Production department. Liberty Farms duck…

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More Reasons to Love California: Dancing Cows, Au Courant Dishware, and Loveable Neighborhood Grocers

Brand-new Spruce has style and substance By Mollie Chen I had strawberries yesterday and it was a sad reminder of what we on the East Coast are missing. Even as I am excited to cook my favorite fall soup (green…

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Reasons to Love California, Including the Requisite Paean to Alice Waters and Gushing Account of the Ferry Plaza Market

Annie hearts Hayes St Grill po’boys By Mollie Chen The genial woman behind the Avis counter paused and looked at me. “You know,” she said, “you can get a Prius for the same price.” Sold. As I smugly approached our…

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