The Monday Interview Sheldon Simeon Cooks Hawaii. Real Hawaii. The Maui-based chef is putting his own spin on the Islands’ flavors with furikake ranch and birthday cake butter mochi. Story: Tatiana Bautista
Cooking 300 Percent More Chile Crisp What to buy, cook, and read to find your next favorite jar. Story: Anna Hezel
Cooking Give Your Spaghetti the Gift of Chile Crisp Fold it into peanut pesto, swirl it into lemon and butter, or spoon it onto butternut squash puree. Story: The TASTE Editors
Culture Have Sad Desk Lunches Gotten Sadder? A year of work-from-home lunches has some longing for the satiating normalcy of the office lunch break. Story: Jane Black
The Monday Interview The Most Indulgent Way to Eat Vegan Lauren Toyota preaches a dairy-free approach to nachos, dips, melts, and milkshakes. Story: Anna Hezel
Let's Talk About American Food Marion Cunningham’s Immortal Waffle The author helped define an era of simple, unglamorous home cooking, leaving behind a signature recipe that may outlive us all. Story: Mari Uyehara
Culture A Fresh Era for Frozen Food Goodbye TV dinner, hello mujadara, pozole, and sweet potato ndambe. Story: Emma Orlow
A Kitchen In New Orleans The More-Is-More Way to Étouffée It starts with a darker roux, a generous smother, and a heady blend of ginger, cardamom and coriander, thanks to Asha Gomez. … Story: Scott Hocker
The Monday Interview Mastering Meringue, One Peak at a Time In her new cookbook, pastry chef Zoë François shows the way to delicate layer cakes, glossy ganache, and lofty crowns of egg white. Story: Anna Hezel
Culture Welcome to the Great Shroom Boom We’re living in the age of mushroom coffee, chocolate, jerky, and beer. Story: Emma Orlow
Cooking The Shortcut to Clam Opulence Conventional wisdom says that fresher is better, but when it comes to umami-packed brine and easy volume, canned clams have the edge. Story: Anna Hezel
The Monday Interview Whole Hog BBQ Is a Wholehearted Affair Rodney Scott on the rhythms of the barbecue pit, and how he finds his moments of zen amid the chaos. Story: Matt Rodbard
Don't Call It Comfort Food Mung Beans, Milk, and Sugar Is a Revelation The combination brings back after-school memories of comfort in a mug. Story: Charisma Madarang
Cooking What Makes a Great Meatball? Salt, fat, season, and roll your way to a better meatball. Story: Jamie Feldmar
Culture Was Cast Iron Almost Canceled? TV chefs love it. Home cooks collect it. The backlash was inevitable. Story: Priya Krishna
The Monday Interview A Restaurant’s Quest to Preserve Indigenous Food Louis Trevino and Vincent Medina are telling the Ohlone story through roasted chanterelles and acorn flour tamales. The yearlong pandemic closed down … Story: Minyoung Lee
Cooking A Bun That Can Be Anything, Go Anywhere Soft, light, and faintly sweet, mantou are perfect for filling with savory pork belly or just snacking on straight from the steamer. Story: Shayne Chammavanijakul
Culture The Aspirational Appeal of…Cake Mix? The polish of Instagram has come for your Betty Crocker mix. Story: Jane Black
The Monday Interview Shanghai, Beyond the Soup Dumplings Betty Liu’s ode to the region looks past the modernist skyscrapers and restaurant mainstays that tourists gravitate toward. Story: Tatiana Bautista
Cooking Teach an Old Rice Cooker New Tricks Inspired by Hainanese chicken rice (and Colonel Sanders), a better bowl of rice can be yours with the flip of a switch. Story: Tatiana Bautista
Culture It’s Never Been Harder to Pick a Favorite Bagel A boom of pop-ups, at-home experiments, and schools of thought has put the bagel back in the news. Story: Emily Wilson
