I love cooking. That’s why I hated packing school lunches for my three children. If the joy of feeding them is giving them something delicious, then it was joyless to send them off with meals that languished for hours in warm classrooms and were decent at best. Aside from the almighty peanut butter and jelly…
Hi, lovely people. It’s Margaux filling in for Em. I’ve missed you! My two kids went to sleep-away camp this summer, and while my partner and I did miss them quite a bit (sniff), one of the unexpected benefits of their absence was being able to eat whatever we wanted. There was zero planning of…
SOUTH ONONDAGA, N.Y. — The solstice sun lingered overhead as Angela Ferguson surveyed the green hills of the Onondaga Nation in central New York. “The ancestors know that we’re here and I think that’s what makes us all feel good,” she said. “They’re thanking us for utilizing this land for the purpose it was intended,…
A golden-domed, syrupy-centered fruit pie may be the ideal dessert to serve at a summer gathering. But for eating out of hand, say, at a Labor Day cookout or picnic, a pie bar is superior. Pies are a pleasure to eat but can be awkward to serve, especially when their insides are a little runny…
Chia seeds are back (again) — and nutritionists and doctors say there are good reasons for it.
A chicken dinner shouldn’t be a gamble; it should leave you feeling like a winner, winner. Whether you prefer your chicken bone-in or bone-out, the meat white or dark, the pieces cooked low and slow or fired hot and high on a grill, there’s a New York Times Cooking recipe out there for you. Our…
I can’t stop thinking about Yewande Komolafe’s delicious version of asaro. She published her recipe for the southern Nigerian dish a couple of years ago, after a trip to Lagos, and its perfect for when you’re craving something with a bit of warmth and substance. Her version is summery — light, brothy and deeply satisfying…
There’s a new face welcoming visitors to Boston. It belongs to a 3-year-old in Velcro sneakers, crouching by a boombox and haloed in gold. She’s the artist Rob Gibbs’s daughter, who stares unflinchingly from a soaring 70-foot mural across from South Station, the city’s biggest train terminal. Mr. Gibbs — who paints under the name…
The celebrity chef Mario Batali and two women who filed lawsuits accusing him of groping them at a bar and a restaurant in Boston have agreed to settle the suits on undisclosed terms. The settlement is a milestone in a long saga for Mr. Batali, who once sat atop a multimillion-dollar food enterprise and hosted…
Good morning. Did you read Eric Kim’s latest gem, about kimjang, the communal act of making and sharing kimchi? Two things stood out to me in his excellent piece. First, kimjang has been named an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO, a designation meant to acknowledge and celebrate living traditions inherited from our ancestors and passed…