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The 20 Best Cookbooks of Spring 2025 March 11, 2025
I don’t know about you, but the first two months of 2025 have felt like two years. We live in uncertain and, ahem, interesting times, and as such, small but dependable pleasures have started to assume the role of a life raft. This spring’s roster of ...
The 19 Best Cookbooks of 2024 December 16, 2024
Listing the best cookbooks of 2024 isn’t a straightforward task. Thousands of brilliant titles get released every year and determining the standouts is inherently subjective. Plus, the task each cookbook sets out to accomplish is unique. Restaurant c...
Martha Stewart’s Hors d’Oeuvres Handbook December 06, 2024
On Election Night, I stayed up late with my dog. We lay on the couch together. He napped. I tried to avoid checking the stupid New York Times needle every 10 seconds by reading scholarly articles about the meaning of Martha Stewart. The deadline for ...
‘Sift’ Is a Deep, Delicious Dive Into the How and Why of Baking November 21, 2024
Most folks watch The Great British Bake Off for the drama and pretty bakes, with no intention of ever hauling out their mixer. Then there are those who watch the show’s contestants build jaw dropping showstopper desserts and say, “Ooo, I’m going to t...
The 16 Best Cookbooks of Fall 2024 September 11, 2024
YouYou know the drill: According to the calendar, it’s fall now, and that means it’s time to Get Serious — about school and work, about the impossible task of emotionally preparing yourself for the upcoming election, and, of course, about cooking. Be...
Ina Garten and the Age of Abundance September 03, 2024
On a June evening that was pleasantly warm in East Hampton and too hot almost everywhere else, Ina Garten and her husband, Jeffrey, picked me up for dinner in a Mini Cooper convertible. It was one of many on the roads of Long Island’s East End. (“The...
