Business
As his restaurants’ customers return, a Miami chef is missing a critical ingredient: Workers
Buoyed by a huge spring break and tourist influx, South Florida restaurants are having a boom, with no hourly workers to service them.

Chef Michael Beltran, second from left, jokes with his staff before the dinner service starts picking up at Ariete in Miami on April 30. (Scott McIntyre for The Washington Post)
By Laura Reiley

Humans Have Been Sharing Food With Animals for Centuries. Why Is That?
Researchers want to learn more about the connections between humans and the feeding of birds, beasts and other fauna.
By James Gorman

The Lure of H Mart, Where the Shelves Can Seem as Wide as Asia
The huge grocery chain and other megastores like it have revolutionized the way many Asian-Americans shop and eat.
By LIGAYA MISHAN

Diet Companies See Gains as Americans Try to Drop Pandemic Pounds
In recent weeks and months, as people have ventured out more often, business has jumped for companies that sell plans to help lose weight.
By JULIE CRESWELL

Michelin Announces Stars for New York Restaurants
The French producer of guides announced the awards, with a few additions and no subtractions.
By Florence Fabricant

Njahi (Kenyan Black Beans) in Coconut Sauce
Kenyan black beans are cooked until tender, then simmered in an aromatic coconut curry sauce.

Chef Michael Beltran, second from left, jokes with his staff before the dinner service starts picking up at Ariete in Miami on April 30.
By Laura Reiley

FRONT BURNER
American Fruits and Nuts in Vivid Detail
A new book looks at the U.S.D.A.’s historical watercolor record of the nation’s pomological bounty.

Mangoes from “An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts.”
“An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts: The US Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection,” Atelier Éditions, $50.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

FRONT BURNER
A Lighter Cast Iron Frying Pan
Vermicular’s new skillets are thinner than your average cast-iron pan, and can handle just about anything on the stove top.

Vermicular Frying Pans, $155 for the deeper 9.4 inch pan; $160 for 10.2 inch; $40 for glass cover; vermicular.us.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

FRONT BURNER
Ibérico Ham With Texas Twang
Raised in Hill Country, the pork from Texas Iberico relies on southwest flavors, like hickory smoke and chile.

Texas Iberico, texasiberico.com, tienda.com.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Our 11 Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes
We’ve published many takes on the classic treat over the years, but these are the ones our readers return to again and again.

Alison Roman’s shortbread chocolate chip cookies are a perennial favorite.
By Margaux Laskey

An English Manor for a Bowl of Stew?

Pad Thai

Summer Cake