Unexplained Bacon

Looking sharp

How to buy the only knife you really need

• Our Table

  Rice and bean favorites — The ultimate budget meal

• Features

  The seven-fishes feast — Or five, if that’s all you can handle

• The Culinate 8

  Tried-and-true holiday food gifts — Make and give edible presents

• Features

  How to host a potluck — You still need a menu

Front Burner

Stocking up

The basics of making meat stock

• Features

  Spice trade — A brief history of cinnamon

• The Culinate Interview

  Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid — The travelers

• Features

  Recipe organizing — Get those ducks in a row

• First Person

  Tied tight — Does anybody wear aprons anymore?

Culinate Kitchen

Toffee Brittle with Chocolate and Sea Salt

• Culinate Kitchen

  Yogurt Biscuits

• Culinate Kitchen

  Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies

• Joan Nathan’s Jewish Holiday Cookbook

  Rugelach

• Our Table

  Rice and bean favorites — The ultimate budget meal