TRILOBITES
Sharks Wash Up on Beaches, Stabbed by Swordfish
The discovery of impaled sharks on Mediterranean shores backs up old fishermen’s tales of the marine predators dueling with swordfish.
Evidence suggests sometimes a swordfish really is a fish with a sword.
By Joshua Sokol

TIMES INSIDER
Giving Recipe Creators Their Due
The NYT Cooking team created a new way to credit the original sources of recipes. But applying the change to The Times’s vast archive of dishes took months of collaboration.
About 20 percent of recipes on NYT Cooking have been adapted for home cooks from another source, like the recipe for this stuffing from Marilyn Monroe.
By Elisha Brown

Share Your Story of Keeping America Fed
We want to hear from farmers, meatpackers, grocers and other essential workers who have kept the country fed throughout the pandemic.
By The New York Times

Cupcake caterpillar and super-gooey brownies: David Atherton’s easy bake recipes for children

Banana cupcakes, rich brownies and an upside-down sponge – three simple cakes for young bakers to make their own
David Atherton

What cooking skills should children learn?
What sort of tasks in the kitchen should kids know how to do at different ages?
Anna Berrill

FRONT BURNER
This Chile Crisp Has a Momofuku Pedigree
The Momofuku Culinary Lab now sells the condiment to drizzle over ice cream or spice up a main course.

Credit…Andrew Bezek
Momofuku Chili Crunch, $10 for 5.3 ounces, peachykeen.momofuku.com.
By Florence Fabricant

FRONT BURNER
A West Coast Kouign-Amann
Manresa now ships its crackly Breton confection nationwide, just in time for a holiday dessert table.

Kouign-Amann, $60 for two, manresabread.com.
By Florence Fabricant

FRONT BURNER
Culinary Historians Turn to Zoom
Ben Katchor, the author of “The Dairy Restaurant,” will discuss his book virtually with the Culinary Historians of New York.

Ben Katchor talk, 6:30 p.m., Nov. 16, free for members, $10 for nonmembers and guests, culinaryhistoriansny.org.
By Florence Fabricant

FRONT BURNER
For a Cheese Lover, Two New Books
Anne Saxelby and Alexandra Jones have written informative cheese guides, and the books complement each other.

“The New Rules of Cheese: A Freewheeling and Informative Guide” by Anne Saxelby (Ten Speed Press, $14.99); “Stuff Every Cheese Lover Should Know” by Alexandra Jones (Quirk Books, $9.99).
By Florence Fabricant

Take Comfort in Pumpkin This Season
You can roast, purée and bake with them. (And don’t forget the seeds.)

Samantha Seneviratne’s pumpkin bread is an unfussy classic.
By Margaux Laskey

Finding Strength in Sofrito in Puerto Rico
Hardship and hurricanes have shaped the island’s food for centuries. But chefs and home cooks make magic with whatever ingredients they have.

The chef Natalia Vallejo, at her home in Cayey, P.R., closed her San Juan restaurant, Cocina al Fondo, because of Covid-19. She is constantly cooking at home and planning for a future when she can be back in a restaurant kitchen.
By Von Diaz

You’ll Definitely Want to Keep This Savory Sauce on Hand
Rich with roasted red pepper, it’s excellent alongside a giant couscous cake, or any other pantry meal.

Giant couscous cake with roasted pepper sauce.
By Yotam Ottolenghi

Capturing the Heat and Crunch of Indonesian Cooking
In “Coconut & Sambal,” the chef Lara Lee leads a culinary expedition through one of the most populous countries in the world.

A recipe for nasi goreng, a staple Indonesian fried rice dish, appears in the new cookbook “Coconut & Sambal,” by the chef Lara Lee.
By Kayla Stewart

A GOOD APPETITE
This Dessert Goes Out to the Crust Lovers
Galettes offer a better ratio of crust to filling than pie, and this one delivers a rich maple-pecan frangipane wrapped up in plenty of buttery, flaky pastry.

Maple-pecan galette with fresh ginger.
By Melissa Clark

Sorted Foods does a cook off on an English Breakfast (one chef at 2.50 and one normal at 15.00 pounds)

Seasons Change. Classic Drinks Do, Too.
The hot toddy and mulled wine get an update to meet cooling, but still not quite cold temperatures.

A modern hot toddy.
By Rebekah Peppler

THE POUR
How Income Inequality Has Erased Your Chance to Drink the Great Wines
Benchmark bottles were always a splurge. But an increasing concentration of wealth has put them out of reach for all but the richest connoisseurs.
By Eric Asimov

Cecilia Chiang, Who Brought Authentic Chinese Food to America, Dies at 100
With her famed Mandarin restaurant in San Francisco, she enticed diners with the dishes she grew up with, leaving the American chop suey and chow mein era far behind.

Cecilia Chiang at her home in San Francisco in 2019. As a daughter of wealth, she fled the Japanese during World War II, traveling nearly 700 miles on foot, before arriving in San Francisco.
By William Grimes

MEXICO CITY DISPATCH
2 Broke Artists Started a Bakery at Home. It’s a Pandemic Hit.
They didn’t have an oven. Their apartment resembled Santa’s workshop set up in a dorm room. But two rookie bakers are thriving in Mexico City, where food and entrepreneurism go hand-in-hand.

David Ayala-Alfonso, center, and Andrea Ferrero boxing up their cakes and brownies in Mexico City this month. They recently hired Yorely Valero, left, to help them in the business.
By Natalie Kitroeff

FEATURE
The Fed-Up Chef
Gaggan Anand turned his Indian restaurant in Bangkok into a pilgrimage site for globe-hopping foodies. So why, even before the pandemic hit, was he willing to give it up?

“If you are here to judge me,” Gaggan Anand says, “you are in the superwrong restaurant.” Credit…Amanda Mustard for The New York Times
By Sheila Marikar

The Promise of Pawpaw
Issues like climate change, economic inequity and access to food have brought more attention to this creamy fruit and its resilient tree.

Devon Mihesuah, a professor of native history and culture at the University of Kansas, holding the ancient, native North American fruit tree still found across most of the eastern half of the United States.
By Rachel Wharton

How to Grow (and Eat) a Pawpaw
When to plant and when to harvest this native North American fruit.

Pawpaws produce filling fruits that are creamy when ripe and taste like a blend of banana, pineapple and mango.
By Rachel Wharton

EAT
This Tuna-Salad Sandwich Is Julia Child-Approved Lunch

By Dorie Greenspan

A GOOD APPETITE
A Childhood Favorite Reimagined
Harissa and lamb, pork and fennel, and vegan mushroom with leeks and farro make sophisticated fillings for the humble Australian sausage roll.

These Australian sausage rolls are inspired by those made at Bourke Street Bakery near Madison Square Park in Manhattan.
By Melissa Clark

FRONT BURNER
Wear Your Heart on Your Feet
For lovers of all things sprinkles, there’s a new shoe collaboration between Vans and Flour Shop.

By Florence Fabricant

FRONT BURNER
Brush Up Your Pie Skills
The cookbook author Kate McDermott teaches a series of pie-making classes online, via the 92nd Street Y.

Kate McDermott, right, will share her pie skills virtually in a series of classes at the 92nd Street Y.
Intro to Making Pies With Kate McDermott, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, Nov. 9, 6:30 to 8 p.m., $120, 92Y.org, 212-415-5500.
Florence Fabricant

A ‘Perfect’ Chocolate Chip Cookie, and the Chef Who Created It
The British pastry chef Ravneet Gill ran countless tests to arrive at her version of the classic recipe.

The dough is rolled into balls right away, as opposed to chilling it first, giving these chocolate chip cookies gentle domes in the center.
By Charlotte Druckman

In Trying Times, 20 Wines Under $20 That Revive and Restore

If you are tired of drinking the same old thing, these bottles, from nine different countries, represent the wide range of great values now available.

Dautel Württemberg Weissburgunder Trocken 2017 $15.99
Pedro Parra y Familia Secano Interior Itata Vinista País 2018 $15.99
Fabre Montmayou Mendoza Cabernet Franc Reserva 2019 $16
Domaine de la Bastide Côtes du Rhône 2018 $16.96
Storm Point Swartland Chenin Blanc 2019 $16.99
Château la Grolet Côtes de Bourg 2017 $17.96
A Los Viñateros Bravos Itata Pipeño Tinto 2019 1 liter $17.99
Trediberri Dogliani Bricco Mollea 2019 $17.99
Foxglove Paso Robles Zinfandel 2016 $18
Roca Altxerri Getariako Txakolina Camino 2019 $18.99
Matthiasson Napa Valley Chardonnay Village 2019 $18.99
Bodegas Hermanos Peciña Rioja Blanco Señorío de P. Peciña 2018 $19
Bodegas Yuste Aurora Manzanilla NV 500 milliliters $19.99
Keller Rheinhessen Riesling Trocken 2019 $19.99
Aslina by Ntsiki Biyela South Africa Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 $19.99
Compañía de Vinos del Atlántico Vara y Pulgar Vino de la Tierra de Cádiz Tintilla 2015 $19.99
Casa de Saima Bairrada Baga Bruto 2017 $19.99
Feudo Montoni Sicilia Nero d’Avola Lagnusa 2017 $19.99
Chiara Condello Romagna Sangiovese Predappio 2017 $19.99
Xavier Weisskopf Le Rocher des Violettes Vin de France Chenin 2019 $19.99

By Eric Asimov

Hot Toddy Season Comes Early This Year
Outdoor seating and dropping temperatures have created a demand for warming cocktails at New York City bars.

The Manhattan bar Dante has a Blue Blazer, a 19th-century flaming whiskey drink.Credit…Jeenah Moon for The New York Times
By Robert Simonson

A Disrupted Thanksgiving Leaves the Turkey Business Guessing
Without big gatherings, will Americans buy whole birds? Smaller ones? Just parts? Farmers and retailers are already placing their bets.

John Peterson, a farmer in Cannon Falls, Minn., is trying to anticipate what customers who travel to his family’s Ferndale Market for their Thanksgiving turkeys will want during a holiday changed by the pandemic.
By Kim Severson

Where’d I Stash That Chocolate? It’s Easy to Remember
People were more likely to remember the locations of high-calorie foods they’d smelled or tasted than the locations of low-calorie foods.
Nicholas Bakalar

Pilgrim’s Pride to Pay $110 Million to Settle Charges of Fixing Chicken Prices
The Justice Department said the company helped fix the price of chicken and passed the cost to consumers.

The Pilgrim’s Pride plant in Cold Spring, Minn. In June, the company’s then-chief executive was charged with price fixing.
By Eshe Nelson and Carlos Tejada

EAT
The Evolution of the Onion Sandwich

By Tejal Rao

You Won’t Want to Share This Roasted Cauliflower
Olives, crispy Parmesan and pancetta bring out the vegetable’s gentler, most irresistible side.

By Melissa Clark

FRONT BURNER
A Wine Dispenser for Your Counter

The Boxxle, which holds four bottles of wine or the wine bladder from a box wine, conveniently dispenses wine whenever you need it.
Boxxle, $99; replacement bags, $9.99 for three; boxxle.com.
By Florence Fabricant

WINE SCHOOL
For Northern Rhône Reds, It’s Not the Age but the Emotions
By Eric Asimov

NONFICTION
A Life of James Beard Stocked With Tasty Morsels

James Beard in his kitchen in 1961, demonstrating how to flambé. He won the trust of readers as an “unfussy bon vivant, as much in love with a good club sandwich as he was with veal Oscar.”
By Ligaya Mishan

THE MAN WHO ATE TOO MUCH
The Life of James Beard
By John Birdsall
Illustrated. 449 pp. W.W. Norton & Company. $35.

FOOD MATTERS
When Invasive Species Become the Meal
Is dining on nature’s predators an act of environmentalism — or just a new way for humans to bend the world to our will?
By Ligaya MishanPhotographs by Kyoko Hamada

How to Build a Better Dinner
To be a faster, more creative cook, take a cue from restaurant chefs, J. Kenji López-Alt suggests, and rely on culinary building blocks.

By J. Kenji López-Alt

A GOOD APPETITE
Twice the Cooking, but Boundless Flavor
Buttery swordfish pairs with eggplant that’s been broiled, then simmered until it collapses in a velvety heap in this sophisticated weeknight dinner.

Swordfish with twice-cooked eggplant and capers.
By Melissa Clark

FRONT BURNER
Goat Milk Caramel to Swirl Over Ice Cream or Into Coffee
Table Mountain sells four flavors of rich caramel from its farm near Boulder, Colo.

Credit…Max Hofert at Max Hofert Design.
Table Mountain Farm goat milk caramel, 5-ounce jar, $9.50; set of four 2-ounce jars, $20; tablemountainfarm.com.
By Florence Fabricant

THE POUR
California Fires Take a Deep Toll on Wine Country
Beyond the financial cost of the destruction in Napa Valley is the emotional price, as wine that’s been nurtured from vineyard to barrel flows down the drain.

Red grapes scorched by fires at Chateau Boswell in St. Helena, Calif. Many Napa wineries had not completed their harvest before the fires struck.
By Eric Asimov

Jim Murray, a Top Whiskey Critic, Faces Accusations of Sexism
Several distillers and retailers have severed ties to the British writer, after complaints surfaced about the treatment of women in his books and at events.
By Clay Risen

Warm Up With Cider Cocktails
With fresh or hard cider on hand, you have the makings of all sorts of drinks.

Mulled apple cider cocktails
By Florence Fabricant

THOSE WE’VE LOST
James Helferich, Artist in the Food World and Prison Chef, Dies at 75
A classically trained cook, Mr. Helferich worked at marine theme parks in Florida, enthralling his co-workers with his skill as an ice and butter sculptor. He died of the novel coronavirus.

James Helferich with his daughter, Jessica. He was a master creator of ice and butter sculptures when he worked in the hospitality business. He was later director of food services for a Florida prison.
By Penelope Green

Paris Chef Commits Suicide After Assault Allegations, Family Says
Taku Sekine, 39, famous for his restaurants, Dersou and Cheval d’Or, had faced recent accusations of sexual violence.

The chef Taku Sekine at his restaurant Dersou in 2016.
By Norimitsu Onishi