This hearty meal, featuring lamb meatballs and a pear and radicchio salad, is punctuated with a spectacularly sunny, yet festive, lemon roulade.

Rings, zigzags, slabs and elaborate geometric designs are giving savvy party hosts new methods for a more equitable slice.

Exceptional new cookbooks, with fresh takes on easy baking, Thai cooking in America and seasonal pasta, as tested by New York Times Cooking and the Food desk.

Chicken stew, Dubai chocolate, egg bites: You loved them all year. Now, see what rose to the top.

The ever-changing menu at this unshowy restaurant in Chinatown exemplifies the subtle art of the most rarefied form of Japanese cooking.

As Ligaya Mishan gives highest honors to a Japanese kaiseki counter in New York, she and Tejal Rao discuss what goes into the decision.

This year?s Cookie Week recipes are inspired by the flavors of treats we love, like mint chocolate chip ice cream, Vietnamese coffee and gingery Dark ?n? Stormy cocktails.

?b?? onírù, also known as ofàdà stew or designer stew, is open to adaptation, but always tastes of comfort.

A fascinating history of California wine, a beginner?s handbook, ?A Cynic?s Guide? and visits to natural producers in France and England, with recipes

They?re quite possibly the best part of the holiday. Here?s what to do with them.

Selecting the right bottle is never easy. Here are some recommendations for all types of people and parties.

For race weekend, a restaurant staffed by big names in the food world is suspended above the man-made lake at the Bellagio hotel.

Godunk offers up a spread of Thai dishes, Golden Ratio leans into fruits and vegetables for its cocktails and more restaurant news.

With quick-cooking red lentils and creamy coconut milk, Zaynab Issa?s recipe is perfect for a weeknight meal.

Samantha Seneviratne?s coconut cake snowballs condense the essence of the original into charming three-bite treats.

Our first batch of brief starred restaurant reviews, from our contributing critics Mahira Rivers and Ryan Sutton.

Kay Chun?s recipe calls for cod, but you could smear this garlicky, gingery topping on any other fish fillets you like.

It?s not mortadella. It?s Claire Saffitz?s strawberry-almond cookie, speckled with pistachios and macadamia nuts.

New York Times Cooking?s annual tradition ? in which we share our finest holiday cookie recipes and videos ? is here, and I?m thrilled to share mine!

Specifically these fast and friendly hoisin garlic noodles, which welcome whatever toppings you?d like.

When you need to use up those last bits of dark meat, two carrots and a half-bag of green beans, turkey fried rice is there for you.

Readers love Samantha Seneviratne?s soft and chewy sugar cookies, and so do I.

And all through the house, not a baker was stirring ? yet.

You have a turkey carcass, cranberry sauce and some cheese scraps. We have spicy, reviving birria de pavo and cranberry grilled cheese.

Four restaurants to check out before the holiday crowds descend in full force.

And more Thanksgiving Day affirmations, tips, snacks and drinks (margs, anyone?).

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