If this soup comes up short, I’ll have to leave New York and move back to Trinidad. This was no exaggeration but an acknowledgment of the situation. It was 7 am, and the astringent whiff of industrial ...

This was no exaggeration but an acknowledgment of the situation. It was 7 am, and the astringent whiff of industrial cleaner was still detectable in the test kitchen, where the stainless- steel prep ...

At the Culinary Institute of America, one imperfect consommé — and a ticking clock — threatened everything. If this soup comes up short, I’ll have to leave New York and move back to Trinidad. This was ...