Through a series of profiles, reminiscences, essays, interviews and recipes, “Why We Cook” explores many facets of women in the world of food. More than 100 chefs, writers, entrepreneurs, farmers, wine experts and educators contributed to this lively book. The bright illustrations are by the author, Lindsay Gardner, who seeks to understand exactly why she…
Olive oil is made all over Italy, but no region produces oils as singular as those from Tuscany. Mannie Berk, the president of the Rare Wine Company in Brisbane, Calif., is a connoisseur who has had Tuscan extra-virgin olive oils bottled for his company since 1995. Lately, he has found them lacking their customary verve…
The merveilleux, the signature pastry made by Frédéric Vaucamps in Lille, France, has been available in his small shop on Jane Street in the West Village for many years. Now the company, which has 46 shops worldwide, has opened a second New York store, a flagship in Midtown named for the pastry. The feather-light cake…
LOS ANGELES — Last month, the singer Courtney Love, who is a keen observer of social media trends, posted a cryptic message on Instagram. “Lots of people don’t understand Gen-Z,” she wrote. “I think they’re funnier than any other generation I’ve ever known.” Accompanying Ms. Love’s Instagram post was a blurry photo of herself and…
By trade, I’m an omnivore. The only food rule I follow is that I eat everything, because anything can lead to deliciousness. Maybe it’s goat meat on the bone, cooked low and slow and served in a dark pool of its own cooking juices. Maybe it’s a bloomy wheel of cheese made from cashew milk,…
Just in time for fall, and New York Fashion Week, Target has revealed the lineup for its next designer collaboration. Instead of one chic remix of a designer’s greatest hits, we’re getting four. New York City designers Victor Glemaud, Nili Lotan, Sandy Liang, and Rachel Comey are bringing accessible versions of their best styles to…
Good morning. Yewande Komolafe is in The Times this week with a fantastically detailed and informative treatise on plantains that will, I hope, encourage you to cook with the fruit more than you already do — which may be often or may be not at all. Of course she has recipes to help you on…
A light rain fell as I fought through a sea of masked fighters for a glimpse into the center ring. From a few feet away, I watched as two local fighters struck at each other with their bare fists. Thousands of spectators stood in the stadium bleachers surrounding the fighting pit, their eyes following every…
What is clear is that a confluence of factors — including Delta’s contagiousness and the fact that people under 12 are not yet eligible to be vaccinated — is sending more children to the hospital, especially in areas of the country where the virus is surging. “If you have more cases, then at some point,…
The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo have been among the strangest in memory. Delayed by a year, and unloved and underway in a host city that didn’t want them, the Games have still provided a bevy of brilliant sporting stories, including bold debuts and smashed records, underdog triumphs and superstar broken hearts. They were also big…