The Endless Torment of the ‘Recipe?’ Guy

“It all boils down to people needing to remember there’s a person on the other side of the screen who deserves space and support, time and rest,” Mr. Sparks said. Credit…Andrea Chronopoulos Lucia Lee, a middle-school teacher in Brookline, Mass., posts photos of kimchi jjigae and seared mackerel to Instagram: neatly framed, overhead shots of…

Add a Bit of Art to Your Breakfast Platter

Decorate your breakfast plate with the results from new Takashi Murakami pancake pans bearing the artist’s signature flower patterns. The frolicking flowers decorate his artworks and many commercial products like this one. They leave their imprint on 5-inch griddle cakes; add berries and whipped cream and call it dessert. The stainless steel pans have resin…

A Dozen Reasons to Drink Beaujolais

Here they are, from least to most expensive. Credit…Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Michel Guignier Beaujolais 2020, 12.5 percent, $16 Straightforward Beaujolais are conventionally considered simple and easy to drink. But this one is more than cheap and cheerful. It has grip and depth, and is full of earthy fruit flavors. Michel Guignier, who is…

The Only Challah Recipe You’ll Ever Need

If you don’t have the patience for breadmaking (or for baking at all), chances are you’ll still find challah, the enriched bread often served on the Jewish sabbath and during the High Holy Days, not only manageable — but fun. Compared with more technical breads, like sourdough loaves or baguettes, challah is mostly hands-off, with…

This Fish Has a Smart Shortcut

Hello, everyone. I missed writing to you when I was out on my summer vacation, though I didn’t miss trying to come up with different ways to say “delicious.” (“Toothsome!”) I returned and plunged directly into fall madness, a maelstrom of back to school, back to office, back to everything. Naturally, as I tried to…