In the second part of a monthlong series, Pete Wells and experts say the easiest way to a better diet is to surround yourself with the right foods. By Pete Wells A reporter for the Food section, Pete Wells was The Times’s chief restaurant critic for 12 years. Published Jan. 12, 2026Updated Jan. 12, 2026…
1915 With America’s industrial revolution in the rearview, the government begins promoting homemaking to young women as an exciting new science — “just as useful to maid as to mistress.” Meanwhile, kitchens are adopting technology like mass-produced metal stoves, the early iterations of refrigerators (just iceboxes, at first) and electrification. The electric kitchen leads to…
Cooking in a rental property can be stressful, but packing a few treasured items from home can help you actually relax. Chances are good that a rental kitchen won’t come stocked with all your home comforts. Molly DeCoudreaux for The New York Times By Vaughn Vreeland Vaughn Vreeland has learned the hard way that there…
