Concrete Utopia
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Tae-hwa Eom
Love thy neighbor is far from mind when disaster strikes a Seoul apartment complex in this blackhearted social satire.

Park Bo-young in “Concrete Utopia.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Anselm
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by Wim Wenders
The history and thought of the artist Anselm Kiefer is threaded throughout this exceptional documentary from Wim Wenders.

A scene from the documentary “Anselm.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

Origin
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama, History | Directed by Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay’s new feature film, adapted from the Isabel Wilkerson book “Caste,” turns the journalist into a character who examines oppression.

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as the journalist Isabel Wilkerson in “Origin.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Music | Directed by Beyoncé, James B. Merryman, Mark Ritchie
The concert film offers a comprehensive look at a world-conquering tour and rare insight into the process of one of the world’s biggest stars.

Beyoncé in July on the Toronto stop of her Renaissance tour.
By WESLEY MORRIS

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Our Son
R | Drama | Directed by Bill Oliver
A simple yet engaging melodrama, starring Billy Porter and Luke Evans, explores what it means for two fathers to divorce.
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

Park Bo-young in “Concrete Utopia.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Concrete Utopia
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Tae-hwa Eom
Love thy neighbor is far from mind when disaster strikes a Seoul apartment complex in this blackhearted social satire.

Park Bo-young in “Concrete Utopia.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Anselm
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by Wim Wenders
The history and thought of the artist Anselm Kiefer is threaded throughout this exceptional documentary from Wim Wenders.

A scene from the documentary “Anselm.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

Origin
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama, History | Directed by Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay’s new feature film, adapted from the Isabel Wilkerson book “Caste,” turns the journalist into a character who examines oppression.

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as the journalist Isabel Wilkerson in “Origin.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Music | Directed by Beyoncé, James B. Merryman, Mark Ritchie
The concert film offers a comprehensive look at a world-conquering tour and rare insight into the process of one of the world’s biggest stars.

Beyoncé in July on the Toronto stop of her Renaissance tour.
By WESLEY MORRIS

— Of Possible Interest —

Our Son
R | Drama | Directed by Bill Oliver
A simple yet engaging melodrama, starring Billy Porter and Luke Evans, explores what it means for two fathers to divorce.
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

A scene from the documentary “Anselm.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

Origin
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama, History | Directed by Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay’s new feature film, adapted from the Isabel Wilkerson book “Caste,” turns the journalist into a character who examines oppression.

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as the journalist Isabel Wilkerson in “Origin.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Music | Directed by Beyoncé, James B. Merryman, Mark Ritchie
The concert film offers a comprehensive look at a world-conquering tour and rare insight into the process of one of the world’s biggest stars.

Beyoncé in July on the Toronto stop of her Renaissance tour.
By WESLEY MORRIS

— Of Possible Interest —

Our Son
R | Drama | Directed by Bill Oliver
A simple yet engaging melodrama, starring Billy Porter and Luke Evans, explores what it means for two fathers to divorce.
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

Woman Who Threw Food at Chipotle Employee Sentenced to Work Fast-Food Job
A judge reduced Rosemary Hayne’s jail sentence after she agreed to work in a fast-food restaurant for 20 hours a week for 60 days.
By Rebecca Carballo

A GOOD APPETITE
This Vegetarian Main Is Ready to Shine on Your Holiday Table
Layers of buttery phyllo surround a silky spiced vegetable stew in this showstopping dish.
By MELISSA CLARK

Cookies!

12 gluten-free holiday cookies to spread the joy far and wide

Chocolate-Raspberry Truffle Sandwich Cookies.
By Becky Krystal and Kari Sonde

12 holiday cookie recipes to savor and share this season

By Becky Krystal

7 Brilliant Cookies to Keep Your Holidays Bright
Make one or make them all.

Technicolor Cookies | Sam Seneviratne | NYT Cooking https://www.youtube.com/embed/t2RPXn1b7Ec?si=dss8-l1babJOwaYr

Gingerbread Blondies | Melissa Clark | NYT Cooking https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ja83fMcBa2E?si=MafWxjz3fDLbiycg

Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies | Vaughn Vreeland | NYT Cooking https://www.youtube.com/embed/vUEgs7iDwC0?si=QCF0h9I57qsa8A_q

Lemon Butter Curls | Yewande Komolafe | NYT Cooking https://www.youtube.com/embed/KCkjYbGR8y4?si=mJbXlkvoomJgl-9M

Rainbow Rave Cookies | Sohla El-Waylly | NYT Cooking https://www.youtube.com/embed/3K0iTSsTQhw?si=MnLYfm_NjgUD5wuB

Matcha Latte Cookies | Eric Kim | NYT Cooking https://www.youtube.com/embed/cBSHebMz_Uk?si=OJUKbwArDXGoSIZY

Neapolitan Checkerboard Cookies | Sue Li | NYT Cooking https://www.youtube.com/embed/KyY9ZHIazV0?si=QcWqJN2qU108ALCP

Beth Dimino is in My Bubbie’s Kitchen: Pignoli Cookies https://www.youtube.com/embed/NvSxuOFEhxo?si=fQUQzagO9GBJ8HeQ

The History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie – Depression vs WW2 https://www.youtube.com/embed/RVDVbu0d4i8?si=L5Zvgdgv0gDLGOd-

Trying the BEST & CLASSIC German Christmas Snacks & Candy!! https://www.youtube.com/embed/V0_sgR4Hc7o?si=81co0m5vIavfp5hw

Gift Lists

If your gifting includes those in the jet set, here’s a gift list for you:

If existential angst over the impermanence of all things is destroying your holiday spirit, here’s a gift list for you!

If you have people (or families) you hate, here’s the gift link for you!

Here’s a slightly more reasonable gift list for people or families you don’t hate!

If you haz too much monies and want to blow it over the holidays, here’s a list for you!

How Mortadella Went From Cold Cut to Hot Item
Helped by its millennial-pink hue and the rise of the charcuterie board, the Italian specialty is winning a new fan base of American chefs and consumers.

Mortadellas in Bologna can be so large that skilled workers need a coltellina, a sawlike knife, to cut them.
By JULIA MOSKIN

A GOOD APPETITE
A Cozy One-Pot Chicken for a Fuss-Free Holiday
With carrots, sweet potatoes and dates, this braise is a colorful main course for your Hanukkah table.

This recipe, inspired by tsimmes, keeps ease in mind, turning a simple side dish into a main.
By MELISSA CLARK

The Best Black Cake, a West Indian Delight, Starts at Home
For many in the Caribbean diaspora, there is no substitute for this deeply flavorful fruitcake.

Dense with puréed fruits and rum, black cake is a must-have specialty for the Caribbean holiday season.
By RAMIN GANESHRAM

A Simple, Lemony Pasta for Catching Your Breath
With braised white beans and juicy marinated cherry tomatoes, it’s the sort of vegetarian dinner I crave this time of year.

By MELISSA CLARK

The Longer This Cake Soaks, the Better It Is
The faint bitterness of Thai tea gets absorbed into tres leches, checking the sweetness, so it’s just enough.

By LIGAYA MISHAN

Which potato for which dish? How to choose the right spud for your recipe
Should you mash a maris? Do you know your king edwards from your duke of yorks? Our panel washes the mud off the mysteries of spud varieties

Never trust a recipe that asks for just any potato – if you use the wrong type, it might ruin your dish.
Anna Berrill

The best allergy-friendly nut substitutes for cooking and baking

Substitutes for nuts include dried fruit, chocolate and seeds, such as pumpkin or sunflower.
Advice by Becky Krystal

At 90, Madhur Jaffrey relishes her role as a groundbreaking food writer

Madhur Jaffrey at her home in Hillsdale, N.Y.
By Mayukh Sen

6 Indian recipes for curry, dal and more from Madhur Jaffrey

By Anna Luisa Rodriguez

Spicy soup, roast squash and nasu dengaku: Michael Wignall’s recipes for winter pumpkin and squash
Roast pumpkin and chilli soup with feta; butternut squash, parma ham and a pumpkin and sunflower-seed pesto on toast; and roast squash with a Japanese glaze

P-pick up a pumpkin: (clockwise from top right) Michael Wignall’s pumpkin and chilli soup with feta; squash, parma ham and seed pesto bruschetta; and squash nasu dengaku (AKA with a miso, soy and toasted sesame seed glaze)
Michael Wignall

The 20 best Christmas biscuit recipes – from brandy snaps to nutmeg shortbreads

George Fuest’s chocolate, rye and festive spice cookies, Ren Behan’s Polish gingerbread cookies, Becky Excell’s cranberry pistachio biscotti, Ana Ortiz’s alfajores de dulce de leche, Georgina Hayden’s tahini, almond and honey cookies, Ferdinand ‘Budgie’ Montoya’s paciencia cookies.
Allan Jenkins compiled by Holly O’Neill
https://youtu.be/DrcXr0X8W38?si=Vv27LGImljL91ZOy

For Her Next Round, Toni Tipton-Martin Orders Up a Book of Cocktails
The author of “The Jemima Code” has distilled 200 years of African American drinking know-how into her new “Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs and Juice.”

Ms. Tipton-Martin’s new cookbook shows how African Americans influenced American cocktail culture.
By CHRISTINA MORALES

A GOOD APPETITE
Keep Thanksgiving Going With This Leftover Turkey Soup
This fragrant recipe filled with chickpeas and farro is a cozy destination for the last of the holiday’s spread.

This heartier soup leans toward stew, but you can always add water for a brothier consistency.
By MELISSA CLARK

How to Clean Up After Thanksgiving Dinner Like a Pro
Getting a handle on the cleaning that comes with cooking is about more than just dishwashing.
By GENEVIEVE KO

Turn Your Thanksgiving Leftovers Into a Hot Pocket
Somewhere between a calzone and one of those Costco chicken bakes, this recipe from J. Kenji López-Alt makes the most of the feast.

Any kind of pizza dough works well to wrap your leftovers, but homemade and store-bought can offer the best texture and flavor.
By J. KENJI LÓPEZ-ALT

Our best Thanksgiving leftovers recipes, including soup and sandwiches
By Kari Sonde and Becky Krystal

The Rules for Thanksgiving Wine
How many bottles to buy and more holiday advice from our wine critic.
By ERIC ASIMOV

THE POUR
For Thanksgiving, 20 Wines Under $20
These lively, versatile bottles are perfect for a crowd. Don’t worry about pairing, these will go with anything.

By ERIC ASIMOV

Overlooked No More: Elena Zelayeta, Emissary for Mexican Cooking
Beginning the 1930s in San Francisco, she transformed the image of her native Mexican cuisine in the United States with a restaurant and popular cookbooks, all while overcoming a loss of sight.

Elena Zelayeta in the 1970s. She wrote four cookbooks, a self-help book and a memoir, starred in a TV cooking program, and started her own frozen food brand.
By MAYUKH SEN

Sally Darr, Formidable Chef of ’80s-Era French Bistro, Dies at 100
A skilled and self-taught cook of homey French fare, she drew fans (including Julia Child) to her Greenwich Village restaurant for more than a decade.

Sally Darr with her sous-chef, Guy Reuge, right, and a cook, Jim Pender, at La Tulipe in 1980. She had been determined to open “the perfect little French restaurant.”
By PENELOPE GREEN

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/11/15/ftc-food-industry-dietitians-tiktok/FTC cracks down on food industry for paid dietitian ‘influencer’ posts
The agency said industry trade groups and nutrition influencers failed to adequately disclose who was behind paid advertising
By Caitlin Gilbert, Sasha Chavkin and Anahad O’Connor

How long is it safe to leave food out? The 2-hour rule, explained.
By Ellie Krieger

The Best Store-Bought Thanksgiving Pie Crust, Stuffing and More
Our panel of Times tasters scoured ingredient lists, picked favorites and passed along takeaways.
By JULIA MOSKIN

The Crispy, Juicy Joy of (Carefully) Deep-Frying a Turkey
Yes, the job requires equipment, lots of oil and a dash of common sense about flammability. But the rewards can be bountiful.
By KIM SEVERSON

The Ultimate Guide to Thanksgiving
We’ll get you through the day, one decision at a time: how to cook the turkey, which sides to serve, what to make ahead and how to end the meal.
By TANYA SICHYNSKY, LEO DOMINGUEZ and EDEN WEINGART

Claire Saffitz’s Thanksgiving Is Not That Complicated
This pared-down menu from the cookbook author lets you maximize your enjoyment.

A pared-down Thanksgiving can also be the most satisfying.
By CLAIRE SAFFITZ

These Five Thanksgiving Pies Are a Dessert Lover’s Dream
Make one or all of these updated classics and brand-new favorites from Claire Saffitz.

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Clockwise from top left, a pecan slab pie, a cranberry cheesecake tart, a caramelized apple pie, a pumpkin pie with pepitas and a creamy lemon pie with honey and ginger
By Claire Saffitz https://www.youtube.com/embed/0rHT0QPvLTc?si=u2q4GkzTRbyqr291

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Our Go-To, Won’t-Fail Roasted Brussels Sprouts Recipe
You cook them in a cast-iron skillet, meaning the sheet pan is free for the 534 other dishes on your menu.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES COOKING

Our 27 Most Popular Thanksgiving Desserts
Caramel apple crisp, tall and creamy cheesecake and a showstopping crimson cranberry curd tart.
By MELISSA CLARK

The Pies Are Here
Caramel apple pie, pumpkin pie with pepitas, pecan slab pie and lemon pudding pie with honey and ginger. Oh, and a cranberry cheesecake tart.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES COOKING

A Buttermilk-Brined Chicken in Advance of the Big Bird
With roasted brussels sprouts and Ina Garten’s lemony puréed potatoes, it’s a nice warm-up for Turkey Day.
By SAM SIFTON

A GOOD APPETITE
Thanksgiving Rolls Two Ways: Easy and Fluffy or Buttery and Rich
Melissa Clark has a couple of smart new roll recipes — a fast version made from pizza dough and another finished with coarse sugar and black pepper.

Black pepper and Demerara sugar make these Parker House rolls feel especially deluxe.Credit…Bobbi Lin for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Maggie Ruggiero.
By Melissa Clark https://www.youtube.com/embed/YYxFvOpBgnw?si=zSK1oDL6UrQ2by1R

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No Gluten or Dairy, but Plenty to Love in These Thanksgiving Dishes
Welcome guests with dietary restrictions to the table with these recipes that everyone can enjoy.

Fluffy meringue delivers the airiness of whipped cream in a pie with a nutty flourless crust.
By Genevieve Ko
Genevieve eats (almost) everything, but has been creating gluten-free and dairy-free desserts for friends for more than a dozen years.

FRONT BURNER
Turkey Potpie, Guinea Fowl and a Hybrid Turnip for the Thanksgiving Table
Aprons for a good cause, a roasting pan for the holiday bird and more food news.
By Florence Fabricant

A Really Great Polenta Finishes Off Strong
Infused oil gives a final kick to this dish with roasted-until-golden mushrooms and charred tomatoes.

By YOTAM OTTOLENGHI

8 Nonalcoholic Wines for the Thanksgiving Table
These alcohol-free wines will help everyone give thanks this Thanksgiving.

By Florence Fabricant

3 wines to serve with your Thanksgiving dinner, starting at $16

Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard Field White NV; Roots Wine Company Klee Pinot Noir 2022; Trefethen Vineyards Eshcol Red Wine 2020.
Perspective by Dave McIntyre
Columnist, Food