Butter + Love

Two simple ingredients drive a fledgling Brooklyn-based baker

When it comes to a satisfying treat, simple is almost always best. Alison Walla’s small Brooklyn-based baking outfit Butter + Love exemplifies that ideal with her line of shortbread and gingerbread fruit- and herb-infused cookies made from spruced-up family recipes. Taking its name from a Norwegian proverb, Butter + Love was born from Walla’s morning coffee runs to the Green Grape in Fort Greene. The …

QOOQ

Improve your technique with this comprehensive culinary tablet

Scaling back the general capabilities of all-purpose tablets, the French-made QOOQ (pronounced “cook”) delivers a highly specialized kitchen assistant. The recently upgraded model is about to hit the U.S., and, while it doesn’t set out to revolutionize the tablet market, QOOQ offers an easy-to-use interface with seemingly limitless options for foodies. Content-wise, there simply aren’t any cooking apps that can match the QOOQ. The tablet …

Taste #5 Umami Far Eastern Vegetarian Paste

Chef Nobu spices up the "fifth taste" with a new blend for flavor specialist Laura Santtini

Giving her “little tube of magic” new meat-free appeal, London-based restaurateur and flavor specialist Laura Santtini recently teamed up with renowned chef Nobu Matsuhisa to create Taste #5 Umami Far Eastern Vegetarian. This savory, garlic-based puree is a follow-up to her popular Taste #5 Umami Paste—a blend that includes anchovies and favors the piquancy of black olives, tomatoes and porcini mushrooms. The Far Eastern Vegetarian …