Elazar Sontag

2 months ago | bonappetit.com | Elazar Sontag

An eager crowd gathered to celebrate Hapa Pizza’s opening in 2023. While great pizza abounds in the Pacific Northwest, the Beaverton, Oregon, restaurant took a novel approach. Its airy, char-spotted crust resembled a classic Neapolitan but was adorned with toppings like tender brisket and pho broth cooked into a heady reduction. Thanks to a constellation of creative chefs combining cuisines and regional influences, pizza culture across the US is evolving.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Elazar Sontag

Photo by Michael RainesAn eager crowd gathered to celebrate Hapa Pizza’s opening in 2023. While great pizza abounds in the Pacific Northwest, the Beaverton, Oregon, restaurant took a novel approach. Its airy, char-spotted crust resembled a classic Neapolitan but was adorned with toppings like tender brisket and pho broth cooked into a heady reduction. Thanks to a constellation of creative chefs combining cuisines and regional influences, pizza culture across the US is evolving.

Jan 22, 2025 | seriouseats.com | Elazar Sontag

I grew up in a Jewish household, where menorahs and Shabbat candles took the place of Christmas trees and Easter bunnies, which meant I wasn't a lot of help when our team started planning out Easter content. But even though I don’t know the first thing about Easter, I do know about candy. Searching out the very best Easter chocolates—bunnies and non-bunnies alike—was a task I could handle.

Jan 7, 2025 | seriouseats.com | Elazar Sontag

This classic Italian soup is best kept simple, so instead of embellishing and improving upon an already-great recipe, we focus on using the best ingredients to take this soup to the next level. The secret is using the highest quality dried beans, and letting them go low and slow. This isn't quite a noodle soup, but it feels wrong not to include a great wonton soup on this list.

Jan 1, 2025 | seriouseats.com | Elazar Sontag

This deeply comforting, one-pot meal of chicken and rice is chock full of peas, carrots, and plenty of garlic and onion. This is a truly simple and comforting chicken-and-rice dish, and success lies in properly developing and layering flavors: browning the chicken well, blooming spices in oil, and ensuring even seasoning of salt throughout the dish. An assortment of banchan (side dishes), a dollop of gochujang, and a drizzle of sesame oil makes this homestyle bibimbap a favorite in Korea.