Who Owns a Recipe? A Plagiarism Claim Has Cookbook Authors Asking.
U.S. copyright law protects all kinds of creative material, but recipe creators are mostly powerless in an age and a business that are all about sharing.
By PRIYA KRISHNA

FOOD MATTERS
The Humble Beginnings of Today’s Culinary Delicacies
Many of our most revered dishes were perfected by those in need, then co-opted by the affluent. Is that populism at play, or just the abuse of power?
By LIGAYA MISHAN, PATRICIA HEAL and MARTIN BOURNE

Substack Expands Food Newsletters With Ruth Reichl and Others
The former restaurant critic and Gourmet editor is joining a cadre of chefs and authors enlisted to expand the platform’s culinary content.
By KIM SEVERSON

Feta Pasta and Other Winners
Whether you need simple recipes or are in marathon cooking mode, we have options.
By EMILY WEINSTEIN

24 Days of Cookies
These recipes from New York Times Cooking are sure to make your holidays bright.

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EAT
A Cookie as Big as the Ritz
This festive cookie cake is a cross an American chocolate-chip cookie and an elegant Parisian treat.

By DORIE GREENSPAN

Sylvia Weinstock, the ‘da Vinci of Wedding Cakes,’ Dies at 91
She produced floral-draped architectural works in the shape of rose-studded topiaries, baskets of speckled lilies and bouquets of anemones.

Sylvia Weinstock at a wine and food festival in Miami in 2014. Her clientele included Whitney Houston, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, LeBron James, Robert De Niro, Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart and various Kennedys and Kardashians.
By Katharine Q. Seelye