I recently described chef Lidia Bastianich to a colleague as the “first lady of Italian cooking in the United States” — ...

Long before Julia Child and Emeril Lagasse, Antonin Carême gained international fame, by cooking for kings and writing ...

When I’m choosing cookbooks to recommend — or to wrap up for the people I love — I try to think about what they actually enjoy in the kitchen. Some want tradition. Some want shortcuts. Some want to ...

The holiday season is officially here and whether you’re hosting your own holiday feast or tasked with bringing a dish to a function, odds are that cooking may be a requirement in the near future.

Cassandra Peterson has been a Halloween icon for decades. As the beloved horror host and Goth queen Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, she’s introduced us to some of our favorite cult horror movies, ...

Amazon Books editorial director Sarah Gelman shares her top cookbook picks of 2025. Park ranger fired after helping drape a transgender pride flag on Yosemite's El Capitan Zelenskyy delivers letter ...

Anyone who tries to capture the breadth of Middle Eastern cuisine usually spawns a bugbear. Claudia Roden, the preeminent scholar and cookbook author, instead inspired confidence and relief when she ...

Many students are finishing up their required reading for the semester, and the summer beach reading season is less than two months away, but there is never really a bad time to open a good book. In ...