Culture I’m a New (Really New) Nigerian Chef How West African chefs, and a DNA test result, empowered me to find my food. Story: Mecca Bos
Shelve It The American Heritage Rice Movement Is No Fluff America’s rice landscape is more diverse and more glorious than you might think. Here’s how to take full advantage of it. Story: Cathy Erway
Cooking A Japanese Homestyle Meatball Clinches The Comfort Food Crown Rie McClenny’s tsukune recipe mixes in tofu for a bouncy, bountiful chicken meatball Story: Aliza Abarbanel
Culture These Light Ukrainian Cheese Pancakes Carry a Heavy Load Syrniki—fluffy, fruit-topped, and a beloved staple in a country at war—is experiencing a restaurant renaissance in the US Story: Flora Tsapovsky
Rabbit Hole How a Zero-Proof Irish Coffee Is Born Disappointed by an iconic experience, two coffee experts and coauthors of a new coffee book took matters into their own goblets. Story: Jordan Michelman
Extra Good The Caesar Tries on a Autumn Sweater Fennel, beets, and a sneaky apple star in a cool-weather take on our favorite salad. Story: Zola Gregory
Culture Pass the Butchy Borscht: Digging in the Lesbian Cookbook Archives In the 1980s and ’90s, a wave of unapologetically queer cookbooks beat the odds and made it to print. Story: Emma Banks
Cooking The Cure-All Soup of the Season Pierre Thiam’s hot pépé soup is ultra-fragrant and restorative. Story: Eliza Dumais
Culture We’re Living in a Golden Age of Pasta Tools With a new wave of artisan pasta toolmakers emerging around the world, and mostly outside of Italy, there’s never been a better time to roll a little cavatelli. Story: Adam Reiner
Cooking Put That Mayo to Work A chef discovers a new trick for leveling up the classic—and sometimes tired—roast chicken. Story: Rob Newton
Culture The Joy of Amaranth Cannot Be Denied Growers with personal connections are choosing to center the ancestral food in their work. Story: Arabella Paulovich
Extra Good This Olive Oil Grape Cake Proves Fall Baking Doesn’t Need Pumpkin Spice Don’t let apples have all the fun this fall. Story: Zola Gregory
Culture We’ve Hit Peak Beverage “Affordable affluence.” “Permissible indulgence.” What happened to fun? Story: Aliza Abarbanel
Good Things with Garlic What Goodfellas Got Right About Garlic How a famous Scorsese scene taught a generation to slice just a certain way. Story: Jason Diamond
Culture Popcorn Is a Time Capsule for How We Snack The movie theater staple is ever evolving, just like our snacking habits Story: Jane Godiner
Extra Good Meet the Mushroom Madame Mushrooms star in this meat-free take on the classic comfort sandwich. Story: Zola Gregory
Culture Who Deserves to Eat at Noma? A visit to the hus that René Redzepi built presents 18 meticulous plates of food, with a few lingering questions to wash it all down. Story: Jason Stewart
Cooking A Cacio e Pepe Gets Drunk and Breaks the Rules Pecorino, spaghetti, black pepper, and a whole bottle of red wine is the Molly Baz way. Story: Rachel Sugar
Shelve It Have Nuts Gone Nuts? Savory or sweet, spiced nuts are an all-American standby. These brands are taking it further, with flavors from dill pickle to Buffalo wing. Story: Cathy Erway
Culture Searching for America’s First Chicken Finger Some 34% of restaurants in the United States have chicken fingers on their menus. Can we point to number one? Story: Ellie Skrzat
Culture Pistachios Are Quiet Luxury The alluring and expensive nut is more than an ingredient. It’s a low-key status symbol. Story: Alex Beggs