Cheap, unfussy and adaptable, these lentils call up warming memories of home and family for many South Asians.
It can star in a creamy pasta or casserole, or be the understudy to kale in a spring minestrone.
Sheet-pan japchae makes easy work of caramelizing a rainbow of vegetables before tossing with noodles.
A look behind the scenes at Zaytinya, which over two decades has remained one of the globe-trotting humanitarian’s most beloved spots.
Using canned artichokes and frozen peas keeps this fresh meal simple to make all year long.
Irresistible honey-and-soy-glazed chicken thighs, a springy Easter menu and a one-pot dish sure to please.
It is a testament to the power of seasoning and steady, patient simmering.
Eric Kim’s bacon and egg don is extremely delicious, and extremely simple.
Snacking for the Masters, a benefit for a culinary careers program and a fond farewell to this column.
This spring menu — a showstopping frittata, a snappy salad and a chewy cookie from a celebrated restaurant chef — isn’t just surprising. It’s surprisingly simple.
And plenty more minimum-effort, maximum-rewards dinner ideas.
Make these all-purpose biscuits today and they’ll be terrific. Make them three weekends in a row and they’ll be the best biscuits ever.
Recipes for those gray, not-so-springy days: skillet eggs with garam masala and tomatoes, braised chicken with salted lemon, sweet potato shepherd’s pie.
The supermodel opens up about life in Miami and her new cookbook, “Nourish.”
The artist Bianca Lee Vasquez, a co-founder of the art space Sainte Anne, regularly gathers friends for laid-back meals at her apartment, just a few blocks away.
Satisfying dishes that invite improvisation.
This classic Jamaican treat is bold, bright and vibrant, and central to the holiday.
Sweet potatoes with tahini butter, coconut saag and broccoli aligot are delicious at any age.
Recipes for when you want fancy-Friday vibes but have meh-Monday energy.
For Ecuadoreans, fanesca, a labor-intensive soup served just during the lead-up to Easter, is a staple of Holy Week festivities.
A fragrant mash-up of shakshuka, eggs in purgatory and egg curry, this easy one-pan recipe can be made with pantry ingredients you probably already have on hand.
This traditional dish, heady with spices and deeply satisfying, serves as a reminder of survival and possibility.
Ham El-Waylly’s fast, easy recipe has the creamy texture of an Alfredo and a bright, herbal tang that’s perfect for spring.
Perloo, a Lowcountry staple with roots in West Africa, is a great meal for a gathering.
The chef and writer is known for bringing people together over delicious food. She reads an essay about the importance of making connections and the most of your time.
Books about food make for great bedtime reading.
Bright, breezy recipes to welcome spring.
A Missouri high school program teaches students to take freshly killed animals from the field to the classroom and into the kitchen.
Peruse vintage home goods from Provence, pick up chocolate-dipped matzo and more food news.
My garlicky chicken with lemon-anchovy sauce is a well-loved weeknight classic.
The best way to start making homemade sweets? Follow these basic instructions and tips.
Exciting young chefs wielding a palette of spices from places like Korea, Latin America and Morocco are turning the capital of Europe into a culinary upstart.
Sigue esta guía para conseguir verduras caramelizadas y crujientes, pero tiernas, durante todo el año.
Boneless beef chuck burbles with maple syrup, caramelized tomato paste, thyme, soy sauce and bay leaves in Vallery Lomas’s bourbon-braised beef.
Four words, a lot of weekend baking delight.
That way the flavors have time to deepen in the fridge, with plenty of celery root, carrots and parsnips, and lemon juice to make it pop.
A short stay in the freezer removes just enough moisture to create an impressively crisp exterior and pleasantly spongy interior when roasted.
A new recipe from Hetty Lui McKinnon combines salty halloumi cheese, jarred marinara and harissa for a fantastically easy five-ingredient baked pasta.
In the second installment of Ask Kenji, the cookbook author Kenji López-Alt tackles tough questions about tender meat.
This forgiving and adaptable weeknight dinner stars tender chicken thighs, braising greens and whole garlic cloves.
Rick Martinez’s streamlined recipe updates a 1980s favorite for 2024 weeknights.
The classic chicken Parmesan gets a Za’atar and melted halloumi twist.
Blessed with an ever-widening array of fancy heirloom produce, chefs are turning uncooked vegetables into edible sculptures.
Ginger-dill salmon, skillet chicken with orzo, dill and feta and (frozen) fava bean stew are herbaceously springy.
Why fry when you can freeze?
More weeknight dishes that wow: herby pork larb, sticky chicken with brussels sprouts and shrimp in purgatory.
Emma Stone and Christopher Nolan were among the winners celebrating at the official after-party of the Academy Awards.
Responses to a special Sunday Opinion feature. Also: The rewards of being a chef; atoning for past horrors.
Just as your leeks need miso, and as your barley soup could use some kielbasa.
This stolid supporting player has slowly risen to a starring role in creative restaurants across the country. Some diners, though, may need a little coaxing.
Hetty Lui McKinnon’s satisfying take on leeks vinaigrette combines silky leeks with a mustardy miso dressing and creamy white beans.
Geraldine DeRuiter’s “If You Can’t Take the Heat” expands on her viral, award-winning blog posts.
This brown bread recipe, a staple of the Ballymaloe Cookery School in Cork, Ireland, is as satisfying and foolproof as they come.
What to cook this weekend: chicken with couscous, dates and buttered almonds; easy roast duck; and a heavy pot of Boston baked beans.
The modern version of jocón incorporates Maya techniques and ingredients, as well as Spanish components.
Dates add their rich, molasses-y flavor to roasted fennel and farro salad, blackened broccoli and a pantry friendly Persian lentil rice.
Ali Slagle’s new carbonara-leaning skillet pasta with bacon and eggs is a quick and easy meal for any time of day.
Adas polo, a Persian recipe perfumed with cinnamon and layered with caramelized onions and dates, only feels expensive.
“This meal was simple, healthy, and so incredibly tasty. I’d eat this every night of my life,” a reader says of my sheet-pan chicken with garlic yogurt.
Our house had the best treats in the neighborhood. This one we never shared.
This internet-famous spaghetti with cherry tomatoes and kale lets you cook noodles and sauce in the same pot.
Sip teas inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, learn to cook the cuisine of Punjab and more food news.
Leave it to Ali Slagle to bring brightness and ease to these (hopefully) last deep winter dinners.
In the third installment of her YouTube series, the cookbook author and chef Sohla El-Waylly will teach you how to master the basics of the bird.
It’s a showstopping kaleidoscope of bulgogi, shiitakes, bean sprouts, spinach, carrots and cucumbers, all drizzled with a spicy gochujang sauce.
Just add rice or potatoes (and maybe a chilled white wine).
Kenji López-Alt’s buttery, unabashedly garlicky noodles are as easy to make as they are to devour.
Commit this method to memory for caramelized and crisp yet tender vegetables all year long.
Eat as if it’s already April: spring minestrone with kale and pasta, crispy rice with dill and runny eggs, and hot and sour seared tofu with snap peas.
Meera Sodha’s easy recipe combines tender cauliflower, buttery cashews, sweet peas and warming spices for a five-star, reader-favorite dinner.
A hot bacon dressing, a crispy-edged fried egg and sliced brussels sprouts star in this meal-worthy take on a Southern classic.
These recipes from David Tanis — flatbreads rubbed with za’atar, slow-cooked lamb and a gorgeous gluten-free walnut cake — get even better with time.
The velvety texture of this chicken-and-mushroom pasta comes from gradually adding broth and wine and stirring gently.
Britain’s vegetable producers are hoping this is a moment for the humble frozen pea, a cost-effective staple at a time of rising food prices.
Una tormenta perfecta ocasionada por el cambio climático, la guerra europea y la covid han hecho que los franceses tengan que buscar alternativas.
A perfect storm of climate change, a European war and Covid have left the French scrambling for alternatives.
The key Ukrainian city lost its last bridge as fighting intensifies.
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.