Cooking & Food
'Chef's Table Pastry': Behind the Scenes at Milk Bar
An upcoming episode of Netflix Original Documentary Series “Chef’s Table: Pastry” profiles Christina Tosi of New York’s Milk Bar, who described to us her creative process in inventing desserts like cereal milk ice cream, compost cookies and crack pie.
How to Cook Easter Brunch: Recipes
Did you slip into a Peep-related sugar coma and blank on making a brunch reservation? These recipes have you covered.
Roasted Chestnuts: Three Easy Recipes
Roasting chestnuts were a thing long before Nat King Cole crooned about this winter treat.
How to Make a Perfect, Flaky Pie Crust With Science
Your guests will be thankful for how delicious some science-based tips and tricks make your pie crusts.
"Binging With Babish" Turns TV Food Into Gourmet Meals
Host Andrew Rea has spent hours making the perfect "Master of None" pasta or an accurate Krabby Patty.
From Greatest Restaurant of All Time to Innovation Lab
When Ferran Adrià decided to close elBulli, a restaurant many consider the most influential of our time, in order to reopen it as a kind of culinary think tank, he could not have imagined the obstacles to come.
'MasterChef' Offers Amateurs a Shot at Food Fame
Despite long odds and a potential for infamy, reality television still lures the masses.
Denmark's Restaurants Benefit From 'Noma Effect'
René Redzepi’s cooking at Noma made Copenhagen a restaurant hub; now all of Denmark is a draw.
Here’s a Primer on Food Safety
Here are some tips to avoid giving your relatives food poisoning this holiday season.
The Science of Pie
Your dessert isn’t just delicious; it’s also a lesson in chemistry, physics and neurobiology.
11 Foods You Should Never Feed Your Kids
Among them: honey, canned tuna and granola bars.
Rap Snacks: Inside the Hip-Hop Restaurant Boom
Three hip dining spots in New York celebrate hip-hop culture through food.
Consumer Rights Advocates to Sue Putin Over Food Destruction
The Society for Protecting the Rights of the Consumer is appealing to the High Court
The Great L.A. Food Truck Experiment in Healthy Eating
Take a dozen loncheras—Los Angeles food trucks—and discover whether there is a market for a healthier menu.
Food Guidelines Are Broken. Why Aren’t They Being Fixed?
Two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight, one-third are obese and about 25 million have diabetes.
A Look at Some of the America’s Most Famous Female Competitive Eaters
From tearing apart steaks to scarfing down dozens of hot dogs, these women are showing their male counterparts how to eat like a pro.
Why Does Your Chocolate Taste So Bad?
New efforts by the chocolate industry are aimed at giving cacao beans the cachet of wine grapes.
Weak Oversight Is Holding Back Edible Insects
Industry leaders say they can’t ramp up their cricket powder sales because of vague regulations.
Keep the Breadbasket, Throw Out the Gluten
Gluten-free cooking tips from the founder of Erin McKenna’s Bakery NYC in New York City.
The Long History of Food—And Celebrity Chefs
Our understanding of what we eat is becoming more sophisticated--and historical.
A Restaurant With a Waiting List of 60,000
Noma, the Copenhagen restaurant named the Best in the World, opens a pop-up restaurant in Tokyo...and you’re probably not getting a table.