The food side of The Nanciest

Food
Kvelling.

Restaurants, markets, road-trip stops, New York institutions, tiny discoveries, home cooking, and food that deserves an immediate phone call.

Kvell /kvel/ — to feel or express enormous pride and pleasure. Add food, and suddenly everybody has an opinion.

Nancy Hirsch holding grilled corn at a rooftop dinner in New York Come hungry
leave with a list

From the archive

Six to start with.

There are hundreds of food moments in Nancy’s orbit. Begin here, then follow @food.kvelling for the full feast.

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Completely reasonable food rules

Standards, but delicious.

No tiny portions pretending to be philosophy. No bad bread. No stingy schmear.

Rule one

The schmear should be generous.

Rule two

A pickle deserves cross-examination.

Rule three

Food is never just food.

Restaurants, hotels & food brands

Feed Nancy something worth talking about.

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