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The Atlantic On recipes, spontaneity, and time: Your weekly guide to the best in books Naz Deravian, the author of the cookbook Bottom of the Pot, grew up in a family that shunned recipes in favor of spontaneous cooking—an attitude that initially impeded her effort to write a cookbook. However, as she wrote in an article for The Atlantic, the specificity and certainty of following a recipe eventually became a source of comfort for her, especially as she grappled with national and personal stressors. Even for those who are not facing such upheaval, recipes can be reassuring safety nets. Sp...

Tonye Aganaba. Photo submitted A highlight of the 2021 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival is the Performance Works Series, with nine ticketed, streamed concerts starting at 8 pm. Artists include critically-acclaimed Snotty Nose Rez Kids on June 25, Vancouver’s queen of neo-soul, Tonye Aganaba, will draw you into her wicked groove on June 29, and jazz-pop chanteuse Jill Barber exploring repertoire in French from her latest album on July 4. John Beasley’s MONK’estra. Photo by credit Eric Wolfinger Jazz and music lovers will also want to catch the International Streaming Series & ...

La Cocina's massive, multicultural food hall is finally opening in San Francisco next week FacebookTwitterEmail Pupusas from Estrellita’s Snacks, one of the vendors at San Francisco’s La Cocina Municipal Marketplace.Eric Wolfinger After five long years of anticipation, the Tenderloin is getting its first ambitious food hall on Monday — filled with tough-to-find dishes like jerk chicken tacos, vegan pupusas and Senegalese peanut stew. Billed as the first women-led food hall in the country and an example for mission-driven development, the effort is run by La Cocina, arguably San Francisc...

Posted: Jan 07, 2021 5:03 PM ET | Last Updated: January 7 comments (Photography, left: Christian Lalonde; middle and right: Betty Binon) My parents, uncles, great-aunties — they were big party people when I was a kid! Or so it seemed to me. I grew up spending weekends in homes bursting with cousins (both related and not related) and adults shouting happily over music. No one fussed to eat until 9 or 10 at night, in true Sri Lankan style, snacking in the meantime on short eats — an entire category of Sri Lankan food designed for eating in between more serious eating. Finally, the host an...

Posted: Dec 18, 2020 6:07 PM ET | Last Updated: December 18, 2020 comments This may be a soirée-free holiday season — with good reason — but that doesn't mean we have to skip one of the best parts of it: the standout party food. We're talking all the appetizers; rich dips, seafood bites, plates of puffs, beautiful boards of meat and cheese, and more. Even if you're hanging out solo this season, why not treat yourself to the thing you wish you were sinking your teeth into? You don't need a gathering to do it. In the weeks ahead, may we recommend making appetizers to dine on as dinner. B...