Do you eat foods that leave you hungry or full? Take our quiz.
If you find yourself snacking, craving foods or feeling hungry a lot of the time, you may be eating the wrong foods.
By Anahad O’Connor

In the Ozempic Age, Has ‘Craveable’ Lost Its Selling Power?
The food industry has long touted its products as impossible to resist. But with a spotlight on the perils of compulsive eating, that tactic is getting another look.
By KIM SEVERSON

Exploring Caribbean Food, Island by Island
A new guard of chefs is getting specific about a cuisine that is often flattened into one large region.
By KORSHA WILSON

The Secret Ingredient Your Rice Krispies Treats Are Missing Simple to make but complex in taste, these marshmallow confections highlight the delicious balancing act of black sesame and sugar.
By ERIC KIM

Our best brownie recipes for when no other dessert will do
By Becky Krystal

How to prepare your home for extreme cold, and stay warm in a power outage
(DePayWalled)
By Victoria Bisset

Cook like you’re on holiday
Malta
‘Broad beans are so loved’: how to cook and eat as though you’re on holiday in Malta

‘Fresh, vibrant, zingy’: Simon Bajada’s recipe for qarnit bit-tewm (Maltese octopus salad)
Writer and photographer Simon Bajada shares his insights on Maltese cuisine and his recipe for a vibrant seafood salad
Sarah Ayoub, recipe by Simon Bajada

Middle Eastern food and drink
Mildreds’ vegan takes on Middle Eastern classics – recipes

(L to R) Red lentil harira, jackfruit walnut wraps, Chermoula cauliflower galette. Photograph: Ola O Smit/The Guardian. Food styling: Tamara Vos. Prop styling: Anna Wilkins. Food styling assistant: Florence Blair.
Sarah Wasserman

A GOOD APPETITE
An Oatmeal Cookie for Raisin Haters
A puddle of blueberry maple jam is stuffed inside these tender, gently spiced treats.

Cooking a jam may seem intimidating at first blush, but it’s quite simple and makes these cookies shine.
By Melissa Clark

THE POUR
How to Define a Good Wine? It’s Complicated.
Yes, a wine ought to taste good. But there’s much more to consider, including farming, winemaking and intent.
By Eric Asimov

Anthony Dias Blue, Whose Writing Elevated California Wines, Dies at 82
A longtime editor at Bon Appétit and a radio personality, he helped millions gain a new appreciation for the American wineries he loved.

Anthony Dias Blue believed that good wine needn’t be expensive or difficult to appreciate; all that people needed, he said, was a guide, like him, to show them what was worth buying.
By Clay Risen

Tony Fortuna, Restaurateur With a Congenial Flair, Dies at 76
He turned running a dining room into a fine art at each of his restaurants over a 40-year career, most notably TBar on the Upper East Side.

Tony Fortuna in 2021 at a satellite of his Manhattan restaurant TBar in Southampton, N.Y. He was associated with a succession of New York restaurants, including Restaurant Lafayette, Tavern on the Green, Lespinasse, Mad. 61 and the Monkey Bar.
By Florence Fabricant

A GOOD APPETITE
An Easy, Thrilling Tofu Recipe for Just About Any Resolution
This grain bowl, finished in with a sweet chile sauce, is perfect for the vegetarian curious or anyone wanting lighter fare.

A simple to make, complex in flavor sauce anchors this adaptable grain bowl.
By MELISSA CLARK

What’s With All the Different Salts? Here’s How to Use Them.
Table salt, kosher salt, finishing salt: The choice can be confusing, but we offer a little explanation and advice.

Salt comes in many varieties. Black salt often gets its color from purified charcoal. Red and gray salts have traces of clay; pink salt can get its hue from algae or clay; smoking salt over an open fire turns it golden-beige.
By MELISSA CLARK

Making a Cooking Resolution? These 9 Recipes Will Get You Started.
Whether you want to eat less meat, bake more crowd-pleasing desserts or (finally) learn how to cook, here are some first steps for the new year.
By TANYA SICHYNSKY

Mike Grgich Dies at 100; His Wine Stunned the French by Besting Theirs
A Croatian immigrant’s California chardonnay was judged the top one in a famous Paris tasting. He later established his own acclaimed winery in Napa Valley.

Mike Grgich in 1980 with a bottle his California winery produced. A Croatian immigrant, he struggled for years to establish himself in Napa Valley.
By ERIC ASIMOV

Bill Granger, Chef Who Brought Avocado Toast to the World, Dies at 54
His breakfast cuisine catapulted Australian cafe culture to international acclaim, although some saw his best-known dish as an example of millennial excess.

Bill Granger handing out plates of scrambled eggs in Tokyo in 2006. Known for serving unfussy but sophisticated fare, he popularized Australian cafe culture around the globe.
By NATASHA FROST

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

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!