‘Cooked’: A DIY Manifesto

As I grew steadily more comfortable in the kitchen, I found that, much like gardening, most cooking manages to be…

‘Relish: My Life in the Kitchen’

by Lucy Knisley

Stuffed

Mary Roach on the science of eating until you explode

Mind Over Fatter

An excerpt from ‘Foodist,’ Chapter 7: Zen and the Art of Mindful Eating

chicken

The Shmoo was the brilliant 1948 invention of Al Capp, the cartoonist who brought us Li’l Abner. Essentially a self-sacrificing blob with a face, a Shmoo met all human needs. Fried, its meat tasted like poultry, broiled, like steak. As a species, the animals lived to be eaten, and they bred copiously, so their…

Romance, the Hard Way

‘Robicelli’s: A Love Story, With Cupcakes’

Of all the baked goods…

A Dish in the Mind

Daniel Patterson’s ‘Coi: Stories and Recipes’

How many times has a…

Brilliance Fades, But the Recipes Remain

‘All Gone: A Memoir of My Mother’s Dementia. With…

How to Eat Roast Spring Suckling Lamb — With the Table Manners of Orson Welles

“I gave him an evasive…