Patience Gray News Today

The New Yorker staff on their favorite cookbooks, including Mark Bittman’s “How to Cook Everything” and Nigella Lawson’s “How to Be a Domestic Goddess,” among others.

Elissa Altman remembers an Italian soup on a cold spring day.

The recent episode of Radio 4’s obituaries programme, Last Words, included a tribute to Susan Campbell, the artist, illustrator, author and authority on kitchen gardens, who has died aged 92.

With the best tomatoes of the season, make easy fresh or dried pasta dishes served with a bright fennel salad and the perfect dessert, panna cotta. To preserve tomatoes the Italian way, try Paul Bertolli's conserva.

Yogurt maker Homa Dashtaki of the White Moustache in Brooklyn took nine years to write her cookbook "Yogurt & Whey," an ode to her Iranian heritage.

Patience Gray escaped a brutal life in Nigeria. She's thankful for a special day to recognize women of all backgrounds and circumstances.

The turnip alone cannot solve shortages of produce. We need a second British agricultural revolution

The novelist and memoirist, whose new book is “A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home,” was disappointed by D.H. Lawrence: “He had a genius for sense of place, but his travel narratives are marred by petty narcissism. Must have been a dreary travel companion.”

‘Cucina povera’ is written about romantically, but there’s no reason why we can’t cook dishes that are frugal and delicious

The wintry season will see more of us embracing time in our kitchens. Conditions are right for finding a cooking project with a modest learning curve and big rewards. It's an opportune moment to discover quince, the final act in the year's fruit season.