How the Humble Sheet Cake Became Top Tier

The Los Angeles-based baker Michelle Boulos can still picture the sheet cakes she ate as a child: slathered with bright white frosting, decorated with tiny plastic balloons. But the confections she makes and sells via her Instagram account No Good Cakes are something else entirely. On one recent creation, frills of buttercream surrounded an acid…

Chaat Party Has Entered the Party Chat

Good morning. We were out on the water last weekend, chasing striped bass in the Lower Bay south of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge; along Midland Beach on Staten Island; at Sandy Hook and Romer Shoal in New Jersey; off Breezy Point, in Queens, then east along the Rockaway Peninsula to the beach club we call the…

Jammy Tomato Eggs for a Bolstering Breakfast

Is there anything more luxurious than a hot breakfast, leisurely prepared while in pajamas on a chilly weekend with coffee in hand? (Possibly, but for the sake of this particular New York Times Cooking newsletter, no.) And is there anything more comforting than a treasured family dish that transports you home with the first spoonful?…