How to Make Perfect Steamed Fish with Ginger-Soy Sauce There’s no need for a steamer basket if you use this chef’s hack BY KRISTY ALPERT MARK ALPERT If you’ve sworn off cooking fish because you’ve suffered through your last rubbery fillet, it’s time to reconsider. This stupid-simple cooking technique comes from…
Don’t Hike Hungry Eat your way through the German countryside this month By Kristy Alpert THE TRAILS AND PATHWAYS are well worn in Germany, where hikers seek to conquer the Palatinate Forest by foot, hike the hilltops in the Eifel mountain range or wander the Weinstrasse and its rolling…
Windstar Cruises Into Portofino By Kristy Alpert / September 15, 2016 With only 500 inhabitants, Portofino, Italy, has long been favored by A-list celebrities for its luxe location, luring the likes of Ava Gardner, Giorgio Armani, Leonardo DiCaprio and more since the early 1950s. Although it still draws the celebrity crowd,…
This Crispy and Spicy Vietnamese Grilled “Pizza” Is Better Than Any American Chain Pie Here’s how to make this Vietnamese street food at home BY KRISTY ALPERTAugust 1, 2016 PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK ALPERT Unless you’re at some fancy-pants brick-oven place, face it: all pizzas are pretty much the same. Yeah,…
This Military Dish Is the Best Hangover Meal You’ll Ever Eat Give the stick-to-your-ribs, no-frills meal a try BY KRISTY ALPERT PHOTOGRAPH BY MARK ALPERT Maybe you know it as Creamed Chipped Beef. Maybe you know it by its less savory name, Shit on a Shingle. But if you know the…
BY KIRSTY ALPERT 5 Things I Learned from Partying in Mumbai First things first: Leave the little black dress at home. KRISTY ALPERT 12.14.2015 First things first: Leave the little black dress at home It was during the dessert course on the first night of Diwali that my trip to…
Thali is a delicious South Indian meal made up of a rainbow of dips and toppings PHOTO BY FLICKR.COM/RUTH HARTNUP 5 Things You Must Eat in Goa, India Locals’ tips on the best restaurants (and dishes) in Goa, India KRISTY ALPERT 12.14.2015 The Indian state of Goa may be most famous for its many seaside resorts, but to my mind,…
