The Bumpy Gourd That’s Winning Over Bartenders
In bars from Hong Kong to Vancouver, the medicinal tang of bitter melon is making its way onto drinks menus.
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In bars from Hong Kong to Vancouver, the medicinal tang of bitter melon is making its way onto drinks menus.
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How to host an outdoor seafood celebration during a Northeastern winter, according to the founders of the newsletter The Perfect.
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Plus: a colorful hotel in Finland, hand-painted folding screens and more recommendations from T Magazine.
Blessed with an ever-widening array of fancy heirloom produce, chefs are turning uncooked vegetables into edible sculptures.
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Handmade Porcelain Painted With Brooklyn Blossoms
Plus: a collection of writings by a star of bohemian New York, a line of pajamas from a bed linen company — and more recommendations from T Magazine.
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Supper Clubs in New York Are a Vanishing Breed. Café Carlyle Is Keeping the Tradition Alive.
Any night at the Upper East Side’s nearly 70-year-old cabaret still feels like a big night out.
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Long snubbed by serious pastry chefs, the most malleable of icings is making a comeback.
By Zoey Poll and
How Does a Day Job Affect an Artist’s Work? This Exhibition Has an Idea
Plus: an installation in an Indian palace, a farm shop in upstate New York — and more recommendations from T Magazine.
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The Los Angeles Restaurant That Sold Hollywood on Mexican Food
Marlon Brando dropped by once a week. Quentin Tarantino mixed margaritas at the bar. Casa Vega opened nearly 70 years ago in Sherman Oaks, and it’s still a beloved industry hangout.
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Why Are Grapes Suddenly Everywhere?
Plus: a new dining destination with rooms for the night in the Swedish countryside and more from T’s cultural compendium.
How to Host a Lunch Like a Parisian Gallerist
The artist Bianca Lee Vasquez, a co-founder of the art space Sainte Anne Gallery, regularly gathers friends for laid-back meals at her apartment, just a few blocks away.
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What Do We Gain by Eating With Our Hands?
The sense of touch can be a crucial part of dining, one thing that some cultures have understood better than others.
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How to Host a Cozy, Candlelit Dinner Party Like a Danish Designer
Malene Malling arranged a relaxed gathering at her studio to celebrate the third anniversary of her fashion label, La Bagatelle.
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The Nostalgic Appeal of Mung Bean Desserts
Asian American pastry chefs are making something new of the humble legume.
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Why Do American Diners Have Such a Limited Palate for Textures?
Complex taste sensations play a crucial role in food around the world — but have long been shunned stateside.
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Americans, in particular, tend to think of frozen water as essential. But this seemingly ubiquitous commodity is no longer something we can take for granted.
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When Did Hospitality Get So Hostile?
In a new era of rage, dining out has become downright volatile — with both customers and servers aggrieved.
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How the Humble Sheet Cake Became Top Tier
In the world of special occasion baked goods, pastry chefs are embracing the birthday party staple for its vast canvas.
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How Did Vanilla Become a Byword for Blandness?
The spice is one of the world’s most elusive, complex and hard to cultivate ingredients. But for many Americans, it still represents a “boring” choice.
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Plus: a vase designed by Alice Waters, sculptures made from recycled CDs and more recommendations from T Magazine.
By Roxanne Fequiere
Plus: a Pennsylvania wellness retreat, whimsical wallpaper and more recommendations from T Magazine.
By Zio Baritaux
Boots Riley, Earl Sweatshirt, Jennifer Egan, Amaarae and more tell us about their new projects.
Interviews by Kate Guadagnino
This season’s beginners, from Ice Spice to Tyla to Sarah Pidgeon.
Interviews by Juan A. Ramírez and Emily Lordi
Marina Abramović, David Henry Hwang and others reveal their juvenalia.
Interviews by Julia Halperin, Kate Guadagnino and Juan A. Ramírez
T’s Culture issue looks at the many ways to begin.
By Hanya Yanagihara
We spoke to 150 artists, some planning retrospectives and others making their debut, to ask about the process of starting something.
To toast the Salone del Mobile and the 20th anniversary of T Magazine, the designer Ramdane Touhami transformed the Villa Necchi Campiglio into an ode to the letter T.
By Laura May Todd
The designer shows off the mirrored installation and T-shaped desserts he dreamed up for the annual celebration.
By Laura May Todd
The chef Frederik Bille Brahe has transformed the Apollo Bar & Kantine into his version of a fine dining restaurant, and celebrated with a meal for his family and collaborators.
By Gisela Williams
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