What’s Meat Got to Do With It?

In case you haven’t heard, they’re making meat out of plants. Burgers out of soy and coconut. Fried chicken out of jackfruit. Steaks out of “cooked wheat gluten.” Brands like Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat have expanded into fast food, infiltrating chains like Burger King and Dunkin’ with meatless patties and breakfast sausage. Meat people…

The Next Avocado Toast

Good morning. There’s all kinds of excitement in the Food section of The Times this week, from Tejal Rao’s exciting visit to the Magic Castle in Los Angeles, for beef Wellington and legerdemain, to Priya Krishna’s accounting of the rise of immigrant and refugee cuisine in Lancaster, Pa., the heart of Amish Country. And I…

A Salad Bowl With an Heirloom Price

At nearly $500 for the salad bowl, you’d think Alice Waters would handpick and rinse the lettuces for you herself. But no, she only inspired the new bowl for the Permanent Collection online shop. It’s a beautiful piece, fairly shallow and 13 1/4 inches across, with an alluring natural pattern. Ms. Waters selected redwood for…

The Most Versatile Summer Salad

LONDON — When you hear “summer salad,” I bet the first thing that comes to mind isn’t a bunch of vegetables cooked within an inch of their lives and left to hang out so their juices meld and their flavors turn hearty and complex. These kinds of techniques are usually left to robust meaty stews or…