Published Oct. 30, 2025Updated Oct. 30, 2025 Date night doesn’t have to mean reservations, crowded restaurants and a huge bill. You can make a night at home feel special with some mood lighting (dimmers! candles!) and delicious food. These easy recipes come together in an hour or less, and are guaranteed to impress without spending…
9 a.m. Meander through a market Chiang Mai’s creative side is on display every weekend in its markets. Jing Jai Market offers a well-designed circuit of shaded stalls and tasteful boutiques. At the orderly food pavilion, stop for fried quail eggs with spicy mushrooms and edible-flower salad (each about 30 or 40 baht). Locate Boro-Wanderers…
Published Oct. 24, 2025Updated Oct. 24, 2025 In this house, we love pie. But canned pumpkin purée can be used for so much more: Cakes! Cookies! Cheesecakes! It’s an incredibly versatile pantry ingredient that shouldn’t be slept on. Whether you’re craving something warm and spiced, light and creamy, make-ahead or kid-friendly, these 21 easy recipes…
By Ali Slagle Ali Slagle is a recipe developer and regular contributor to NYT Cooking who specializes in low-effort, high-reward recipes. She is also the author of the cookbook “I Dream of Dinner (so You Don’t Have To).” Published Oct. 24, 2025Updated Oct. 24, 2025 Stir, simmer, sip, savor: The steps to making lentil soup…
The Starlite Motel in Mesa, Ariz. Video by Ash Ponders for The New York Times The motel might seem like an ageless fixture of the American landscape, but in fact, this roadside mainstay didn’t exist before Dec. 12, 1925. That’s when Arthur and Alfred Heineman, two brothers with a successful Southern California architecture practice, opened…
Published Oct. 21, 2025Updated Oct. 21, 2025 This video and article are part of Cooking 101, our series on kitchen fundamentals. Every episode covers a different technique, with tips and recipes from guest hosts who are experts to set you up for success. My early cakes always leaned unnaturally to one side. Their fillings oozed….
Published Oct. 17, 2025Updated Oct. 17, 2025 Being a parent means sometimes eating meals you aren’t really excited about, but you know your child will eat. And while a big bowl of buttery beige pasta served with a side of buttery beige bread can be delicious in its way, kid-friendly doesn’t always have to mean…
Published Oct. 15, 2025Updated Oct. 15, 2025 When the weather cools, there’s nothing like baking something sweet to stave off the dread of shorter, chillier days. And if you look at your calendar, there’s probably a school or holiday event coming up that you need to make something for. These 18 easy recipes are cozy…
Even if that someone is you. Easy chicken soup, instant pot congee, green smoothies and more dishes that restore and rejuvenate. Christopher Simpson for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Published Oct. 10, 2025Updated Oct. 10, 2025 For many, it’s got to be chicken soup or congee. For others, it’s nostalgic childhood foods…
Our recipe tester called one of them “miraculous.” Cook through these dishes, and level up your weeknight game.Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Sue Li. Published Oct. 8, 2025Updated Oct. 8, 2025 This video and article are part of Cooking 101, our series on kitchen fundamentals. Every episode covers a different technique,…
