The New York Times Dining & Wine section in 60 seconds: Picnics, rooftops, jerks

by Emily Matchar, Posted Jul 2nd 2008 @ 9:00AM

The Minimalist gives us 101 20-minute picnic ideas. Cold peanut noodles! Savory lentil salad! Cheese balls with fresh herbs! Thanks, Minimalist!

Jamaican jerk: an underrated form of barbecue. I agree.

Cold red wine? Eric Asimov says it's OK. So it must be OK.

Newsflash: rooftop dining is nice. But sometimes your napkins blow off the roof. Uh oh!

A book review of 'Beyond the Great Wall,' about Chinese dishes little known in the U.S.

Poor Jeff Varasano, lately of Atlanta, tries to answer the eternal question of why New York pizza is never good outside of New York. Godspeed, dude.

Fruit crisps: why are they never crisp? With recipe.

Source

Filed Under: Newspapers, Lists, Drink Recipes, Methods
Tags: america, barbecuing, chinese, crisps, east coast, grill, jerk, picnic, pizza, red wine, summer, wine