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If I could ban any phrase, it would, without doubt, be that overused, viscerally irritating, and far-from-innocent term itself, the Guilty Pleasure. I don’t think I actually groan out loud when I’m asked, every time I’m interviewed, “What are your guilty pleasures?,” but from deep within the cacophonous orchestra of my mind, the woodwind section starts up a searing wail, the cellos come in with their melancholy sob, only giving way to the brass section to end with the wah wah wah waah of the sad trombone. I may be smiling, but I’m keening on the inside. My answer to...

By Alison Roman, The New York Times This is not the Passover article I was planning to write. I’d planned to write a peppy, service-driven piece on how to successfully pull off two days of cooking for a modern, secular meal. But over the last few weeks (and long after the development of these recipes, and their photo and video shoots), everything became … well, very different. Many of us are now stuck at home with limited access to ingredients, separated from those we’d otherwise be cooking for and eating with. And publishing a piece on how to enthusiastically cook...

And that means having sushi etiquette. Sushi is one of the best and most significant culinary delicacies of Japan. Of course, not everyone knows how to eat sushi, except for a few tips you have seen in movies, hence this article. Whereas some of these tips might seem obvious to some people, I hope that they will offer some insight to all sushi lovers. Here Is the Proper Sushi Etiquette Utensils You will be offered a hot towel (oshibori) to clean your hands, so be sure to fold it the way it was presented to you before you return it....

Though it may feel early this year (weren’t we just at the beach, like, last Saturday?), the Pumpkin Spice Latte has spoken — so get out your fuzzy sweaters, start raking leaf piles, watch When Harry Met Sally (my favorite fall movie, though it’s my favorite movie in any season as well), and stock up on our favorite pumpkin spice products, if you just can’t get your fix from the latte (because we all need a little pumpkin spice magic in our lives). Califia Farms Pumpkin Spice Latte Cold Brew Coffee DIY your own PSL at home, because why not! (Sorry, Starbucks, we...

What comes up to mind when you hear the name "Utsunomiya"? Many might think right away about gyoza, a dish that is so popular in Utsunomiya that it resulted in its reputation of being one of Japan's two "gyoza towns", along with Hamamatsu in Shizuoka prefecture. Music lovers might know Utsunomiya as Japan's "city of jazz", due to its many jazz bars and jazz-related events, which have thrived here partly due to the city being the birthplace of musician Sadao Watanabe. That was about all I knew about Utsunomiya until I actually got the chance to visit it. What I...