I swirled the last dab of icing on my pumpkin cheesecake, replaced the knife with a pen and scribbled on the top right corner of the recipe: “post(?)-pandemic — first time friends in house.” Then I ...

Welcome to “Cookbook of the Week.” This is a series where I highlight cookbooks that are unique, easy to use, or just special to me. While finding a particular recipe online serves a quick purpose, ...

Welcome to “Cookbook of the Week.” This is a series where I highlight cookbooks that are unique, easy to use, or just special to me. While finding a particular recipe online serves a quick purpose, ...

The biggest challenge about our annual Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest is not the baking, but creating your own original recipe. That’s what dozens of bakers have told me when sharing their stories ...

While the aim of cookbooks may be to elucidate the process of cooking, how exactly those books get made in the first place can appear opaque to anyone who hasn’t spent some time navigating the world ...

When I landed the deal for my cookbook, Indian-ish, two summers ago, my first reaction was the appropriate one: I screamed! I called my entire family! I bought myself a cake and ate most of it! But ...

Joan Nathan has spent her life exploring Jewish culture through recipes. Now in her 80s, her new book is her most personal work yet — excavating her own culinary history. Joan Nathan has spent her ...

How do you downsize a lifetime of cookbooks? I’m planning a move from a spacious apartment to a compact 500-square-foot space. It’s exciting — at least that’s what I’m telling myself. The truth is ...

Cookbooks, like memoirs and nonfiction novels, provide vital insight on how humans do what they do best—live their lives. The passing down of recipes, whether written or unwritten, is as old as time.

A 350° oven will not cook a bell pepper in 30 minutes. Nevertheless, I did as instructed by the Stuffed Peppers recipe in 99 South Philly’s Palizzi Club Culinary Secrets: Recipes from the Heart of ...

Renee Ghert-Zand is the health reporter and a feature writer for The Times of Israel. As far as author and researcher Genie Milgrom knows, her recently published “Salsa! A Cuban Kosher Cookbook” is ...