With its bubbly, bronzed top, crisp edges, and tender, airy interior, our 2025 Recipe of the Year is the focaccia of the moment: It’s lofty but light, strikingly tall, and the perfect size for the dinner table. Inspired by Martin Philip's focaccia in our Big Book of Bread, this recipe relies on a…

In This Recipe Partially dehydrating canned black beans in the oven solves the problem of mushy texture that plagues most black bean burgers.Crumbled feta cheese adds moisture and seasoning right into each patty.Sautéed onions, poblano peppers, and garlic with just a touch of smoky chipotle chile…

This Honey Gochujang Chicken recipe will liven up your meal with its bold and savory flavors. I pan-sear the slices of chicken breast so they stay juicy and tender, then add umami and gentle heat with sweet Korean chili paste. Korean cuisine is very popular in Japan, and my own family adores its…

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Sign up for Trump’s Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency. What exactly is Donald Trump doing? Since taking office, he has reduced his administration’s effectiveness by appointing to essential agencies people who lack the skills and temperaments to do their jobs. His…

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My mother makes the best apple cake, and has for as long as I can remember. Big cinnamon-y chunks of apple nestle into a coffee cake I would call “unbelievably” moist, but really, should not be hard to believe considering that my mother is also the one who brought us another of the best cake recipes…

Recently, I’ve been thinking about developing domain expertise, and wanted to collect my thoughts here. Although I covered some parts of this in Your first 90 days as CTO (understanding product analytics, shadowing customer support, talking to customers, and talking with your internal experts), I…

This glazed salmon recipe is based on a traditional Chinese red cooked fish (hóngshāo yú)—specifically, my grandpa’s incredibly flavorful hóngshāo yú. While the dish is traditionally made with whole fish, like tilapia or snapper, I created this version for busy weeknights by using salmon fillets.…

This red-braised pulled pork has all the delicious flavor of a traditional Chinese red braised or hóngshāo pork belly, but it’s much easier to make.

Starting the salmon over high heat, then reducing the heat and gently pressing on the fillets, ensures optimal contact with the pan, allowing you to achieve crispy skin while maintaining a moist, medium-rare center.Avocado, cucumber, and scallions introduce fresh and contrasting flavors to the…

This is clearly not a pasta bake, but it was supposed to be one. From November to December, I was pursued by a vision of an oozy, decadent french onion pasta bake — that is, the flavors of french onion soup applied to baked pasta with a bronzed and broiled gruyere topping. What was not to love? How…

This festive cranberry cake is a holiday version of a cake I’ve been baking for years — a decade?

Black pepper chicken is a Chinese American dish that combines a comforting Chinese takeout-style brown sauce with a good amount of black pepper.

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A favorite in izakayas, Yaki Onigiri are crispy grilled Japanese rice balls glazed with a savory soy sauce.

Red Beans and Rice Updated March 19, 2025 Craig Lee for The New York Times Total Time 2½ hours, plus at least 4 hours’ soaking Rating 5(4,906) Comments Every Monday, you can find a pot of red beans and rice cooking in someone’s kitchen in New Orleans. The food writer and New Orleans bon vivant…

* Hanlon’s razor is a mental safeguard against the temptation to label behavior as malicious when incompetence is the most common response. It reminds us that people are not out to get us, and it’s best to assume good faith and resist the urge to assign sinister motives without overwhelming…

Sheet-Pan Miso Chicken With Radishes and Lime Updated Sept. 24, 2020 Susan Spungen for The New York Times (Photography and Styling) Total Time 45 minutes Rating 4(2,118) Comments This vibrant dish is adapted from “Keeping It Simple” (Hardie Grant, 2020), a book of weeknight recipes by the food…

Thick, creamy, and luscious. This Coconut Chicken Recipe is a total Caribbean dream. Packed with flavor thanks to the creamy coconut milk sauce with sautéed coconut, onion, garlic, and lots of spices. Serve with rice, avocado, and fried green plantains if you’re feeling fancy. This chicken will make…

No dumplings are formed in the making of this soup…but your mouth won’t know the difference. Leave pleating practice for another day: Here the wrappers—sliced into pieces—eat like noodles when cooked until tender in the hot broth, alongside savory pork and just-wilted cabbage. A dipping-sauce-style…

I am very excited* to announce the opening day of what we call slaw season at the Smitten Kitchen. There is nothing better than a crunchy, lettuce-free, wilt-resistant salad in the summer, and I don’t just mean cabbage swimming in mayo. It could be broccoli or cauliflower, vegetables fine and…

Email me this recipe Plus, enjoy weekly doses of recipe inspiration as a bonus! If there’s one food that I must have when I visit Japan, it would be my mom’s Japanese Croquettes or Korokke (コロッケ). With a crispy panko shell and soft interior of potato and ground beef, my mother’s korokke is the most…

Career advice as a genre is almost fatally flawed. With 160 million American workers across thousands of occupations in hundreds of industries, saying anything that is of use to all of them is practically impossible. The most common counsel is almost always too personal to be broadly applicable. My…

Summer is in full swing, and that means swampy weather, sweaty commutes to and from work, and very little desire on the part of this food blogger to stand over the stove for an extended period of time.

Horace​ was stridently anti-giraffe. The animal was, he believed, conceptually untidy: ‘If a painter had chosen to set a human head on a horse’s neck [or] if a lovely woman ended repulsively in the tail of a black fish, could you stifle laughter, friends?’ His account of the giraffe in Ars Poetica…

The Japanese-style Mapo Tofu (Mabo Dofu) is incredibly flavorful but less spicy than the Sichuan-style.

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Vegetable Moo Shu is healthy and vegan, but it’s also just plain delicious.

A couple of weeks ago, I hosted a talk with Point Nine, where I presented what I believe are the essential building blocks of great engineering leadership . Instead of focusing on how much you need to

Chinese hua juan, or flower rolls, are beautiful to look at and delicious.

When it comes to meal salads, I feel pretty much everything you need to know is summed up by one of my favorite commercials of all time, which assures you that no matter what’s in your bowl (deep-fried taco shell, ground beef, guacamole, sour cream and cheese), as long as it vaguely resembles a…

In This Recipe A long, slow rise is a hands-free way to develop maximum flavor and chewiness in the crust.With a hot oven and a cast iron pan, the crust bakes up deeply golden and crisp.Shredded, low-moisture mozzarella keeps the pizza crisp and light. I've got a confession to make: I love pan…

Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma Updated Jan. 23, 2024 Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist; Hadas Smirnoff. Prop Stylist: Megan Hedgepeth. Total Time 45 minutes, plus marinating Rating 5(25,070) Comments Here is a recipe for an oven-roasted version of the flavorful street-side classic…

This cookie recipe comes to you a little bit late, but juuuuuust in time for Christmas. Better late than never I always say! Every year, our neighborhood hosts a holiday cookie exchange, and I’m constantly on the hunt for new cookie recipes to try. Luckily, this year, I happened upon this Brussels…

Recipes Buns & Rolls Sandwich buns & dinner rolls Recipe by These feather-light, buttery rolls were a 19th-century staple of the Parker House, a famous Boston hotel — the same hotel that in 1855 created the first Boston Cream Pie. So what makes a Parker House roll special? Butter. A buttery fold…

Searing the Brussels sprouts cooks them quickly, which develops nutty, sweet flavors instead of off, long-cooked cabbage aromas. Using the fat from slab bacon to sear the sprouts adds smoky notes. Ah, the Brussels sprout. Rich in sulfurous compounds known as glucosinolate, even the slightest bit of…

Recipes Bread Filled & pull-apart bread Recipe by This soft, tender apple twist bread is loaded with cozy cinnamon flavor and sweet-tart apples, making it ideal for breakfast, brunch, or a not-too-sweet dessert. A warmly spiced filling of Vietnamese cinnamon, grated apple, and crunchy walnuts or…