Melissa Clark has a lament in The Times this week. “There’ll be no sipping eggnog in red lipstick and spangles,” she wrote, “no parking myself in front of platters of Camembert and Stilton, not even any sleeves of Ritz crackers with that unidentifiable orange cheese spread I look forward to year after year.”The crackers stopped me short. They, along with tubs of orange cheese spread, are a feature of the holiday party NYT Cooking has each year in the second-floor bar at Sardi’s, on West 44th Street in Manhattan, steps from the back door of what used to be The New York Times’s headquarters. So that’s my dream for December 2021: Manhattans at Sardi’s, cheese spread and cheer. Put those together at your leisure this week, or for New Year’s Eve, and revel in their deliciousness.

Source: New York Times December 23, 2020 15:22 UTC