TRILOBITES
A Tool Kit to Help Scientists Find the Ultimate Chickpea
A major plant genome sequencing effort may offer a path to breeding more climate-resilient chickpeas, while also revealing clues to the legume’s origins.
By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD
For Those Who Feel Rejected by Family, Friendsgiving Can Be a Lifeline
For many L.G.B.T.Q. Americans, especially those with immigrant roots, traditional notions of Thanksgiving and family may not apply. The holiday offers another way to celebrate.
The chef Arnold Myint, in his Nashville home, making preparations for a Friendsgiving dinner.
By Eric Kim
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK
A Thanksgiving History Lesson in a Handful of Corn
The cornmeal that has become a staple of the holiday table reflects millenniums of work by Native Americans — a legacy that Indigenous people are trying to keep alive.
The Native people who came to the Pilgrims’ harvest feast in 1621 were Wampanoags, and the corn served was Wampanoag corn.
By Pete Wells
These Pie and Cake Servers Have Style
Two utensils available at the Museum of Modern Art make dessert presentation a breeze.
Tola Spatula, $30 ($27 for members); One-Handed Cake Server (after Dec. 10), $12, ($10.80 for members), store.moma.org.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
Yotam Ottolenghi’s Rules for Brunch
When it comes to planning a festive meal, the chef has certain specifications. This custardy butternut squash meets them all.
This meal is seasonal and comforting.
By YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
A Superb Shrimp Stew
Vallery Lomas’s spicy shrimp Creole delivers weekend depth of flavor in a fraction of the time.
By EMILY WEINSTEIN
A GOOD APPETITE
The Crispiest, Lightest Shrimp Cakes
What’s the secret? It’s using pulverized rice cakes as a binder, Melissa Clark writes.
For an untraditional binder, crushed-up rice cakes are mixed in with the shrimp for an ethereal, especially crisp result.
By Melissa Clark
A GOOD APPETITE
Three Hanukkah Desserts That Skip the Fryer
Melissa Clark’s oil-imbued recipes, for lemon curd, chocolate cake and Greek honey cookies, are a sweet way to celebrate the holiday.
This olive oil lemon curd can be served with scones or berries, piled into a Pavlova or mounded into a tart shell.
By Melissa Clark
How to make shortbread – recipe
Felicity Cloake’s festive shortbread would make an ideal gift.
Christmas shortbread as made by our resident perfectionist, with a few choices of festive flavourings
Felicity Cloake
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Elite Wine Group Moves to Expel 6 Members in Sexual Harassment Inquiry
The American chapter of the Court of Master Sommeliers says it investigated 22 members. But at least one woman who came forward feels that’s not enough.
By CHRISTINA MORALES
Peter Buck, Co-Founder of the Subway Sandwich Chain, Dies at 90
The $1,000 loan he gave to a friend’s son was used to start a single sandwich shop. That shop grew into the world’s biggest fast-food chain.
Peter Buck in an undated photograph. The idea behind what became Subway stemmed from his fond memories of an Italian sandwich shop his family had patronized when he was growing up in Maine.
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE