Yes, you can get broth in a coffee cup at 8am from New York City’s Hearth. Dave Bry discovers the unctuous pleasure of bone marrow first thing in the morning

I am better at making guacamole than anybody else. Follow my recipe and if your host says someone else is making it, tell them to shut up and change the plan

We taste-tested the new flavors – cinnamon bun and red velvet – along with two other seasonal packs to see how they compare to the original

What’s on the menu for the two-dozen men in the armed militia in Oregon? Dave Bry suggests some nonperishable meals (mostly canned food) for the long haul

The Jewish family’s indulgence in Chinese cuisine on 25 December is a longstanding tradition, imbued with symbolism and really good soup

The Brooklyn company has been accused of melting down another company’s chocolate to make its treats – but I’ll take Hershey’s any day

When’s the best time to try Chipotle for the first time? After it sickens scores of Americans with various gastrointestinal ailments, obviously. Dave Bry reports from the frontlines

So many miseries are associated with this time of the year but the traditional Hanukah fried potato pancakes make life worth living – if you make them right

Think attempting to limit people’s salt intake will ruin the flavor of everything? The hard science says otherwise. Get ready to taste the rainbow, New York

Pecan pie is the closest thing we have to an absolute truth. Do not be a heretic. Do not put chocolate in your pecan pie

The New York health department’s insistence that chefs not touch the raw fish they’re preparing will destroy good sushi by removing intimacy from the art form

The famous chicken noodle soup cannot possibly evoke the same nostalgia for my childhood sick days now that it is missing key artificial ingredients and celery

The pleasure of drinking coffee is inextricably linked to its caffeine – after all, the beverage is a drug. Would you snort white powder just for the way it feels?

Halloween is hedonistic, cathartic and, I would argue, healthy in that way. Let the kids eat their candy – it’s only once a year

There’s plenty to change about the experience of dining out besides abolishing tipping, so let’s stop charging for bread and take off those costume uniforms

Taste-testing 10 kinds of sweet, tart and, in some cases, delicious apple ciders from New York to Texas – and some ‘old world’ varieties to balance things out

People lined up Wednesday to eat at the newly opened New York outpost of the home of ‘the original chicken sandwich’ – but how good is it?

Bring on the autumn, with its changing leaves and warm sweaters – but please, hold the pumpkin, sweet potatoes and carrots

We sent our food snob to try Starbucks’ first new seasonal treat for autumn in four years, one that takes us back to our youths. His report: it’s disgusting

Food snob: I advise against wearing food as clothing or accessory – and I have seen the slow-motion, rotting-alfalfa horror of the Chia Pets Halloween costume