How Do the New Plant-Based Burgers Stack Up? We Taste-Tested Them
The new generation of veggie burgers aims to replace the beefy original with fake meat or fresher vegetables. To find out how well they do, we ran a blind tasting of six top contenders.
By JULIA MOSKIN

CULINARY ARTS
How Did the Diner Menu Get So Long?
You can get just about anything at an American diner. This illustrated history has some insights into why.
By RACHEL WHARTON and KOREN SHADMI

On Capitol Hill, the Caucus Grows for Diwali
Five members of Congress now celebrate the Indian festival of lights with feasts and family gatherings. But some of them think the version on the Hill needs work.
By Priya Krishna

The Way to a Better Meatball
Alison Roman’s latest, for lamb meatballs with chickpeas and eggplant, is a layered, restaurant-style dish that’s fancy without being too complicated.

Alison Roman’s crispy lamb meatballs with chickpeas and eggplant.
By Sam Sifton

MY DETOX
The Floral Tonics One Designer Relies on to Stay Balanced
Behnaz Sarafpour shares her recipes for restorative elixirs inspired by Persian folk medicine.
By Kari Molvar

FRONT BURNER
The Art of the Chinese Banquet
An exhibit at the Princeton University Art Museum explores feast culture in China.
By Florence Fabricant

FRONT BURNER
Chocolate Spiders, Oh My!
No trick. These confections from Kreuther Handcrafted Chocolate are definitely Halloween treats.

By Florence Fabricant

The Greatest Fish Recipe
Julia Moskin’s pan-roasted fish with herb butter may just teach you a technique that you’ll use for the rest of your life.
By Sam Sifton

THE POUR
In Oregon Wine Country, One Farmer’s Battle to Save the Soil
Agriculture can play a leading role in combating climate change and reversing ecological damage. Mimi Casteel is showing one way to get it done.

At Hope Well in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, Mimi Casteel raises ducks and other animals. She also grows grapes, vegetables and apples.
By Eric Asimov

A Lafite From China? This $300 Wine Is the Real Thing
A Rothschild estate in Shandong Province has released its first vintage. It was 10 years in the making.

Domaine de Long Dai, the Chinese wine estate that the owners of Château Lafite Rothschild in France decided to establish a decade ago.
By Amy Qin