Sara Bonisteel

Of all the gifts thrown at the New Orleans parades, one of the newest and most unusual is a collection of South Asian family recipes.

From restaurant lists to indispensable cooking tips, these are our most read articles of the year.

Let’s make some peak fall memories.

The Times’s restaurant critic is stepping down after a dozen years on the job. Here are some of his most engaging reviews and essays.

Readers ate up lists on the best restaurants, turned to reliable weeknight recipes and gladly took advice on frozen pizzas and saving money at the grocery store.

The 50 places in the United States that we’re most excited about right now.

King cake, fried chicken and more recipes to celebrate Carnival season.

These are the places that received the top rating in their last starred reviews from The New York Times.

A recent look at the state of premium frozen pizza, and an accompanying taste test, brought out big opinions. “Pizza,” as one reader notes, “is a big tent.”

The 22 stories that kept readers coming back for more.

Whether you’re looking for a roast turkey recipe or a new vegetarian dish, New York Times Cooking has your Thanksgiving dinner covered.

In the second pandemic year, readers flocked to articles that elevated their cooking skills — and others that simply delighted or disturbed.

Bavarian charm, Christmas knickknacks and all-you-can-eat restaurants draw hordes every holiday season to the twinkly streets of Frankenmuth, Mich.

Readers turned to the Food section for advice on quarantine cooking, expiration dates and comfort food — lots of comfort food.

In a taste test conducted by Wirecutter and NYT Cooking, three American brands came out on top.

These are the places that currently have four stars from The New York Times’s critics.

From articles on climate change to a review of a Brooklyn institution, the most popular stories this year were ones that prompted reader discussion.

A look at some classic steakhouses, as reviewed by our restaurant critics.

We asked 18 families to show us what they have for dinner on a typical weeknight.

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