Ask Brad: Why it matters that I take my own photos

Have you ever wondered which of the big Italian restaurant chains makes the best spaghetti, or how they measure up against each other? Me, too. So I went on a marathon spaghetti binge to find out. Here’s what I learned. Maggiano’s Little...

I get a lot of mail. People love critiquing the critic. Sometimes they really let me have it. A guy named Rich wrote to tell me to he’s fed up with me writing about spicy food. “I am afraid you have finally done it, Mr. Johnson! Your taste buds...

We get it: Getting to dine out is a privilege, a part of this job we enjoy. But when you do it a lot, and we do, you notice all the good things — the server who goes the extra mile or the chef who comes out to chat with the patrons — and you...

I just spent two weeks trying to clean out my inbox. I get a lot of mail. Some of it is nice to read. Some of it, not so much. All of it highly opinionated. Apparently I rub people the wrong way from time to time, and they don’t hesitate to let me...

Reem Kassis thought for sure she was a one-and-done cookbook author. In 2017 Phaidon published “The Palestinian Table,” written so Kassis could codify her family recipes and help preserve — or “safeguard,” a word she uses often — an everyday...