Diner French Toast With the Semolina Trick: A Step-by-Step Guide
A step-by-step guide to thick, crisp-edged diner French toast built on the semolina custard trick from Milk Street, with bread picks, soak times and pan heat from two test kitchens.
How to Cook Perfect Over-Easy Eggs the Diner Way: Low Heat, One Flip, No Broken Yolks
A step-by-step method for over-easy eggs: low heat, real butter, a cup-first crack and two ways to flip, timed to World Egg Day’s 30th anniversary.
How to Make Fluffy Diner-Style Pancakes at Home
How to make fluffy diner-style pancakes at home, from a St. Louis fry cook’s viral story to the lump-and-rest science, a timed run sheet and a troubleshooting table.
The Real Diner Milkshake: Why Portillo’s Oreo Cake Shake Has Everyone Talking, and How to Build One at Home
Portillo’s blended Oreo cake into a shake this week. The diner original is simpler, colder and thicker, and it is easy to build at home.
Rolling Pin Bakery — 1387 Route 25A, East Setauket, NY 11733
For three decades, David Dombroff’s Rolling Pin Bakery in East Setauket has turned out wedding cakes, apple turnovers and cookies for North Shore families, and in 2025 a reunion of 150 former employees made the local news.
Crescent Duck Farm, Aquebogue, NY: Long Island’s Last Duck Farm Is Back After 19 Months
Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue lost its entire flock to avian flu in January 2025. Here is how Long Island’s last duck farm, and the chefs behind it, rebuilt.
