36 HOURS
36 Hours in Oslo
The Norwegian capital is refashioning itself into a major cultural destination, with new museums, daring architecture, intriguing restaurants and myriad ways to celebrate the outdoors – even in the heart of winter.
By LISA ABEND

Eat Your Salad With a Spoon
Sohla El-Waylly’s quinoa and broccoli spoon salad, and more spoonable recipes.
By MELISSA CLARK

How to get the tang of citrus without using fruit
Our panel of chefs had no problem suggesting myriad alternatives to citrus fruit that still achieve that sharp, tangy flavour you crave …
Anna Berrill

A GOOD APPETITE
A Vegetarian Update for Old-School Tamale Pie
A bean-based chili and a little bit of spice bring this retro casserole into the modern age.

This tamale pie may not be as meaty, but it’s still as comforting as the original.

The Restless Quest for a Better Frozen Pizza
As shoppers flock to the freezer aisle, artisan pizzaiolos are using new tech and express shipping to give them pies that taste like the real thing. But the translation from fresh isn’t easy.
By JULIA MOSKIN

THE POUR
The American Wine Industry Has an Old People Problem
To find an audience with younger consumers, American winemakers need to make changes, and fast, a new report finds.

A new report finds that wine in cans is one way the American wine industry should court younger consumers.
By ERIC ASIMOV

In New Zealand, Sauvignon Wishes and Sashimi Dreams
A road trip in the country’s South Island offered perfect wines, stunning views, intimate restaurants and the chance to make a pilgrimage to a salmon Shangri-La.
By TOM DOWNEY

The Stillwater factory worker who designed the pop-up bread toaster
Motivated by his desire for a reliable cafeteria breakfast where he worked, Charles P. Strite designed a pop-up toaster in 1919.

Toastmaster pop-up bread toaster invented by Charles P. Strite and manufactured in Minneapolis by the Waters-Genter Company in 1921.
By Kara Sorensen

The Food Expiration Dates You Should Actually Follow
The first thing you should know? The dates, as we know them, have nothing to do with safety. J. Kenji López-Alt explains.
By J. Kenji López-Alt

Five Stars, Zero Clue: Fighting the ‘Scourge’ of Fake Online Reviews
Third parties pay writers for posts praising or panning hotels, restaurants and other places they never visited. How review sites like Yelp and Tripadvisor are trying to stop the flood.
By MARIA CRAMER

How M&M’s Found Itself in the Culture Wars
The candy brand announced that Maya Rudolph would replace its promotional cartoon characters, which have been the focus of a partisan backlash.
By DANIEL VICTOR

Cooking with physical limitations? Try these creative workarounds.
If you have physical challenges, there are appliances and strategies to help safely prep food, cook and bake
By Diana Michele Yap

It Wouldn’t Be a Kitchen Without These Tools
Four experts share the utensils and gadgets they can’t cook without.
By Naz Deravian

12 Easy Pastas That Are Ready in 30 Minutes (Really!)
Start an episode of “Abbott Elementary” while you cook, and dinner will be on the table by the time the credits roll.
By MARGAUX LASKEY

Pesto With a Citrusy Twist
A zesty Sicilian take on the favorite, from Ali Slagle, is a perfect accompaniment to fish or pasta.
By EMILY WEINSTEIN

Soup’s On
Everyone knows it’s the best food. These 24 recipes prove it.
By Krysten Chambrot

EAT
‘This Is the Best Chicken I’ve Ever Had’
A dash of gin and a smattering of fried sage make these sautéed chicken breasts more than the usual weeknight dinner.

By ERIC KIM

Two Kinds of Sheet-Pan Recipes
Make a simple salmon dinner, or a riff on a Middle Eastern fried eggplant sandwich.
By MELISSA CLARK

How to make the perfect self-saucing lemon pudding – recipe

‘A proper pudding, but without the stodge’: Felicity Cloake’s perfect self-saucing lemon pudding.
Felicity Cloake

The Many Lessons of Kouign-Amann
I made this Breton-style cake at least half a dozen times to perfect it. Here’s what it taught me about grief.

Unlike the mini kouignettes you may be familiar with, this version of kouign-amann layers butter and dough in a large round skillet.
By Yewande Komolafe

How Much is Too Much?
Take our alcohol quiz to find out.

Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, 85, Dies; Taught Americans How to Cook Chinese Food
She was committed to codifying traditional Chinese cooking techniques when most Americans thought of Chinese food as dishes like chop suey and chow mein.

Eileen Yin-Fei Lo at her home in Montclair, N.J., in 1976. Her dinner party guests would rave about her Chinese cooking, so in 1972 she started offering cooking classes there.

17 Foods You Should Buy When They’re on Sale
And inflation-friendly recipes for how to make the most of them once you have them.
By MARGAUX LASKEY

How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low
The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle against minimum wage increases.
By DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD and TALMON JOSEPH SMITH

TRILOBITES
The Toxin That Helps Oyster Mushrooms Devour Worm Flesh
That does not sound fun, guy.
By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

ITALY DISPATCH
Hunting for Truffles Is a Perilous Pursuit, Especially for the Dogs Who Dig
Truffles are big business, and some are trying to take out the competition by poisoning the dogs that accompany those known as “truffle hunters.”
By JASON HOROWITZ

What to Know About Gas Stove Alternatives
Cooking with gas isn’t the only way. Electric and induction cooking can offer some distinct advantages, experts say.
By Christine Chung

They Rejected Diet Culture 30 Years Ago. Then They Went Mainstream.
Once considered radical, Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole’s method of intuitive eating has become the cornerstone of the modern anti-diet movement.
By MICHELLE RUIZ

A Taste of Lunar New Year
By MELISSA CLARK

Easy, Festive Dishes for Chinese New Year at Home
Wontons may be an everyday affair, but that’s all the more reason to celebrate with them, Genevieve Ko writes.

Wontons, fried or in bowls of noodle soup, symbolize prosperity for the new year.
By GENEVIEVE KO

This Soup Is Yotam Ottolenghi’s Comfort Food
In this soup, lamb meatballs and semolina dumplings come with a zest of history.

By YOTAM OTTOLENGHI

A GOOD APPETITE
4 Winter Salads That Are Anything but Sad
January is a tough time for vegetables, but these recipes prove how good they can be, especially when roasted until their natural sweetness shines.

Winter salads can be just as, if not more, exciting as their summer siblings. A key is roasting the vegetables.
By MELISSA CLARK

CULINARY ARTS
Cool Americans
European grocery aisles and the items they contain say a lot about how Americans are viewed overseas.
By RACHELLE MEYER

Noma, Rated the World’s Best Restaurant, Is Closing Its Doors
The Copenhagen chef René Redzepi says fine dining at the highest level, with its grueling hours and intense workplace culture, has hit a breaking point: “It’s unsustainable.”
By Julia Moskin

Why Stone-Ground Grits Are the Best Grits
For unparalleled flavor, look to the slower cooking, especially delicious sibling of instant and quick-cooking grits.

Two white bowls filled with shrimp-topped grits are photographed from overhead. To the left is a napkin with a fork. Some bottles of hot sauce are to the top of the frame.
Slow-cooked grits are the ideal base for shrimp and grits.
By Vallery Lomas

A GOOD APPETITE
A One-Pot Salmon and Rice Dish You’ll Turn to Again and Again
For the simplest one-pot meal, fish and grains steam in the same pot, at the same time, on the stovetop.

Mellow coconut milk is a wonderful partner to slightly sweet salmon.
By MELISSA CLARK

A GOOD APPETITE
Pull From Your Pantry for This Easy Lemon Butter Pasta
Hold the garlic and olive oil: This mellow new take on weeknight pasta features a mellow mix of brown butter, almonds and lemon.

Sliced almonds add crunch to this pantry pasta that’s sauced with nutty brown butter.
By MELISSA CLARK

Can Craft Beer Companies Rescue Malt Liquor’s Reputation?
Long maligned for being strong, cheap and irresponsibly marketed, the beer is getting new attention and innovation.

This fall, Off Color Brewing in Chicago released a malt liquor called Beer for Dealing With Your Family. “I was like, what if I make something really strong that gets everyone drunk?” said David Bleitner, a founder.
By JOSHUA M. BERNSTEIN

FRONT BURNER
Meads That Celebrate Honeys From Around the Globe
Heidrun Meadery, which makes mead in the style of Champagne, has teamed up with the World Honey Exchange on a new line of sparkling meads.

Heidrun Meadery World Honey Initiative sparkling meads, $65 each for 750 milliliters, $175 for all three, heidrunmeadery.com.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

FRONT BURNER
A Nonalcoholic Amaro ‘Falso’ From St. Agrestis
Try the new bitter drink, read a winemaker’s memoir, heat up sauces from Kalustyan’s and more.

A glass bottle of a dark red liquid sits next to a glass filled with the same liquid, as well as a citrus peel. The label on the bottle reads “Amaro Falso: Non-Alcoholic Cocktail.”
Amaro Falso, $59.99 for 12 bottles, stagrestis.com.
By Florence Fabricant

Where Did All the Bargain Bourbon Go? Blame the Whiskey Mania.
Bourbon and rye used to be workaday drinks, but prices are being driven way up by speculators, a scramble for bragging rights and a large shot of hype.
By CLAY RISEN

Cara De Silva, Food Historian Who Preserved Jewish Recipes, Dies at 83
She edited “In Memory’s Kitchen,” a collection compiled by prisoners in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. It was a surprise hit.

Cara De Silva in an undated photo. As a food historian she was interested in the culinary byways and subcultures that undergirded a community.
By CLAY RISEN

Jean Paré, Best-Selling ‘Everyday’ Cookbook Author, Dies at 95
With easy-to-follow recipes developed in her native Canada, she became one of the world’s top cookbook authors, publishing more than 30 million copies.

An older woman with short blonde hair and round eyeglasses in a kitchen smiles to the camera as she pours milk with one hand and cranberries with the other into a bowl. She’s wearing a red shirt and an apron that says “get cookin’.”
Jean Paré, one of the best-selling cookbook authors in the world, sold more than 30 million cookbooks by the time she retired in 2011.
By Christina Morales

King Phojanakong, Pioneer of Filipino Food in New York, Dies at 54
His first restaurant, Kuma Inn, became destination dining despite its location on what was then a quiet stretch of the Lower East Side.

King Phojanakong, smiling broadly wearing a black T-shirt bearing the name of his restaurant, Kuma Inn, as he holds a plate containing a brown and green dish in both hands and extends it toward the camera.
The chef King Phojanakong in 2014 at his Manhattan restaurant, Kuma Inn. The son of a Filipino mother and a Thai father, Mr. Phojanakong was both classically trained and steeped in the home-cooking traditions of his parents’ native countries.
By Clay Risen