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Quick recipes for busy weeknights and burnt-out weekends.

When you need a sweet treat but it’s too hot to bake, make one of these oven-free desserts. Icebox cakes are one of the greatest make-ahead desserts imaginable. What’s better than layers of whipped cream (or ice cream!), cake or cookies, and all your favorite toppings coalesced into a showstopping centerpiece? And from Memorial Day through Labor Day, this no-bake dessert has the bonus effect of keeping you cool. Wins all around. Our favorite icebox cake recipes require little prep time and even…

Whether you prefer flowy linen or indestructible canvas, these picks have you literally covered.

The best time to start getting kids into cooking might just be bedtime. In the past few years, a wave of children’s books written by food world celebrities—from New York Times columnist J. Kenji López-Alt to Taste the Nation host Padma Lakshmi—have hit the shelves. While they differ in age ranges, they all share an exuberance for cooking and eating, and some even include kid-friendly recipes. Perhaps the little one in your life would like to join the quest for a missing melon, or hang out with a…

When Netflix’s High on the Hog released its first season in 2021, the docuseries was praised across food and entertainment worlds for its history of Black food in America. “High on the Hog is an incredible reframing of history that reintroduces the United States to viewers through the lens of Black people’s food,” wrote the journalist Osayi Endolyn in The New York Times, discussing the Peabody Award–winning show’s journey through centuries of slavery and emancipation, as well as a history of Jun…

The Michelin Guide will announce on Tuesday, November 7, which restaurants in Chicago will receive coveted Michelin stars this year. The awards are set to be doled out at a glitzy ceremony in New York City. Last year, four Chicago restaurants received stars for the first time, one of which has since closed. The remaining three—Kasama, Esmé, and Galit—all received a single star. Of last year’s honorees, Kasama (featured in the second season of FX’s The Bear) in particular made headlines for becom…

You may have noticed the watermelon emoji cropping up on social media: The organization Jewish Voice for Peace, which has coordinated large protests calling for a cease-fire as the violence in Gaza intensifies, recently shared an image of a watermelon on Instagram with a caption asking readers to attend protests, skip work, and call elected officials—each call to action bulleted with a watermelon emoji. People are adding watermelon emoji to their Instagram handles or bios, posters are featuring…

Although Starbucks has denied it, employees claim management has removed Pride decor from stores—and they’re not staying quiet about it.

In the book “Raw Dog,” writer Jamie Loftus takes a close look at America’s favorite sausage—and how it represents everything wrong with the country’s meat industry.

Transphobes are protesting Bud Light after its partnership with actress Dylan Mulvaney. But 50 years ago, queer activists organized the original beer boycott against Coors.