5 Stellar New Cookies in New York City

I may get my good-taste card revoked for this (and maybe never be asked to fill in for Nikita Richardson here again), but I’ll choose a cookie — any type, really — over a flaky, complex pastry every time. In a city of increasingly intricate laminated creations, there’s something refreshing about a straight-up cookie: an…

There’s a Salad for That

The unofficial kickoff of cookout season — Memorial Day weekend — hurtles toward us like an errant Frisbee in an overcrowded park. Will you meet it with rec-league reflexes and roll up to the party with a parade of complementary pasta salads, or will you let it ding you in the temple? I’m admittedly about…

Very Delicious Vegetarian Eating

If you’re a frequent reader of this newsletter (hi, Mom), you’re familiar with the name Hetty Lui McKinnon. I talk about Hetty’s recipes a lot — they’re delicious, of course, but also consistently satisfying, delivering a lot of wow and oomph (technical terms). Hetty, along with Alice Callahan, a Times reporter who covers health and…