Books
How this summer’s must-read novel about a cult turns food into temptation.
Katherine Cusumano
The food recs are great, but the context that shows you an entire city is even better.
Carey Polis
Beach reads, train reads, plane reads—they’re all here.
Elaheh Nozari
“Women want to be the architects of their future and their destiny, not just the recipients of it.”
Hilary Cadigan
“Through Miss Lewis I realized that there was a history of black women, like me, in professional kitchens, and that I wasn’t alone.”
Mashama Bailey
In The Monk of Mokha, Eggers chronicles the harrowing true story behind a high-end coffee company.
Carey Polis
We talked with the actual writer, Lindsay Maitland Hunt, about all things healthyish... cookies included!
Aliza Abarbanel
Behind a concealed closet door, this home bar mimics the design of professional setups.
Jim Meehan
Julia Child in a tube top, people.
Alex Beggs
Distillery Cats—the name says it all—is perfect.
Alex Beggs
For Colu Henry, cooking 500 pounds of pasta for her first book had some unintended consequences.
Colu Henry
Brooks Headley encourages stealing from other cookbooks, he does it all the time.
Brooks Headley
A desperate dispatch from Superiority Burger’s Brooks Headley, a chef attempting to file his (way overdue) second manuscript
Brooks Headley
These are our kind of beach reads.
Carey Polis
Chef Barbara Lynch remembers the teacher who changed the course of her life in this excerpt from her new memoir, Out of Line.
Barbara Lynch
From prehistoric squash to the invention of sliced bread, all the way to the California roll.
Alex Beggs
Spoiler alert: It's pretty awesome
Martha Rose Shulman
Artist Liza Lou remembers her mother's important lesson about feminism in her recipe for popcorn.
Liza Lou
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Julia Child's kitchen had three pantries, a restaurant stove, and every gadget under the sun. It was a cook's Disney World.
Fall: The season best for making apple pie, chai tea, and burrowing under a blanket reading a good food book.
Carey Polis
We asked our favorite chefs and cookbook authors what they’re reading this summer—everything from fiction to cookbooks.
Christine Muhlke
When 7:30 bedtime hits, it's wine time.
Diane McMartin
The secret to longevity may just have something to do with pork belly...
Elyssa Goldberg
If you think working in a top restaurant is glamorous, talk to Stephanie Danler. In an excerpt from Sweetbitter, her new novel, she reveals the back-of-house backstabbing, the after-hours appetites, and other deliciously dishy secrets.
Stephanie Danler