A Farmed Striped Bass Worth Roasting

Wild striped bass, also called stripers or rockfish, are a treasure. Nothing quite compares with the sleek, muscular fish. Until now, farmed versions have been a hybrid with little flavor or succulence. But a new kind of farmed striped bass has come on the market that’s not a hybrid; it is genuine morone saxatilis, the…

A Vending Machine With Healthy Options

The spirit of the Automat lives on in Farmer’s Fridge, a vending machine holding grab-and-go sandwiches, salads, layered bowls and breakfast items, freshly made and delivered daily. The entrepreneur Luke Saunders started the company after years as a traveling salesman in the Midwest, where he said his only eating options were fast-food chains. Customers select…

New Pastries for a New Bien Cuit

Bien Cuit bakery has opened a new Brooklyn branch, and it’s introducing some innovative items in this store. Canelés — the well-burnished little molded cakes from Bordeaux, in flavors like coconut green tea, espresso and bergamot — are new here, as are craquelins, made from choux paste, with a sugar crust and pumpkin-miso cream inside.…

Melissa Clark’s Latest Winner Dinner

It’s not for tonight, but you could sketch out a grocery list for the fall dinner David Tanis outlined in his column for The Times this week: spinach and feta borek to start, followed by slow-roasted Turkish lamb accompanied by rice pilaf with pumpkin, currants and pine nuts, and an almond cake with saffron and…

The Best Chili Recipe Is Yours

Good morning. Bay scallops come into season tomorrow, and if the harvest from Long Island doesn’t look promising on account of a warm-water die-off this summer, the baymen in Massachusetts seem hopeful, and their delicious little maritime gummy bears should show up in the cases of your fancier fishmongers sometime this week. Buy them if…