The Best Food Books of 2015
The top cookbooks and culinary histories of the year
Food
Everything You Know About Latkes Is Wrong
The shocking true story of a Hanukkah staple
Batter Up for The Great Holiday Baking Show
The four-part ABC series hopes it can replicate the success of a British phenomenon.
Breakfast Cereal's Last Gasp
Better-informed consumers are ditching the bowls of sugar that were once a triumph of 20th-century marketing.
The 16th-Century Origins of Food Porn
For several hundred years humans have treated food not just as sustenance, but as spectacle.
Why We Eat Together
Communal dining is a quintessential human experience.
The Myth of ‘Easy’ Cooking
An entire industry has been built on the premise that creating gourmet meals at home is simple and effortless. But it isn’t true.
The Man Who Brought the Bagel Into the American Mainstream
Daniel Thompson, who turned a controversial dream of mass-producing bagels into a reality, died at 94.
What a $1,500 Sandwich Tastes Like
A new show proves it: If your food is made from self-ground wheat and self-made cheese, there’s a good chance it will end up tasting like “a cork board dipped in lemon juice.”