Meryl Streep's gleeful performance as the beloved cook goes beyond imitation. She is the Julia Child of our dreams
By Stephanie Zacharek Aug 7, 2009
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The director of "Julie & Julia" opens up about her great passion, on-screen and off: Food
By Rebecca Traister
August 5, 2009
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Anthropologist Richard Wrangham has a provocative theory on human evolution. It starts with food and an open flame
By Sarah Karnasiewicz
July 29, 2009
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Cheftastrophe! The fifth season boils down to overcooked soufflés, under-salted fish and lots of big, salty tears.
By Heather Havrilesky
February 26, 2009
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Will Obama give America an extreme makeover? Will the Europeans rule "Top Chef"? Plus: Gordon Ramsay breaks the swearing sound barrier!
By Heather Havrilesky
February 8, 2009
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Mark Bittman's revolutionary "Food Matters" is both a cookbook and a manifesto that shows us how to eat better -- and save the planet.
By Laura Miller
January 5, 2009
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Tom Colicchio, David Chang and others on the virtues of the hog, the importance of ethical farming and why true pork lovers are not ignorant pigs about their meat.
By Sarah Hepola
July 11, 2008
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It's trendy now, but will hype and gimmickry (bacon cocktails, anyone?) spoil the great salty meat?
By Peter Meehan
July 10, 2008
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So why do I cure my own bacon? Because it's fun, it's easy, and loving food is different than loving the food that you make.
By Rebecca Traister
July 8, 2008
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Why are Americans so batty for bacon? It's delicious, it's decadent -- and it's also a fashion statement.
By Sarah Hepola
July 7, 2008
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Trisha Yearwood is known for her gorgeous voice and her marriage to Garth Brooks. But, as she told Salon, she can also whip up some mean comfort food.
By Curtis Sittenfeld
May 24, 2008
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Ever since I dumped my eighth-grade boyfriend, I've been single on Feb. 14. I also couldn't make homemade pasta. Turns out, these things are related.
By Rebecca Traister
February 14, 2008
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Top chefs adore them, Rachael Ray sells them, so what's the big fuss about Japanese knives?
By Harris Salat
February 1, 2008
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Whose place is it, again?
By Catherine Price
December 20, 2007
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Foreign women opening restaurants in Kabul provide stability and comfort to a war-torn area.
By Carol Lloyd
December 18, 2007
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The foundation of great cooking is technique, not recipes.
By Alex Koppelman
December 4, 2007
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Figuring out which (if any) organic wine to buy can feel like navigating dawn with a hangover.
By Rebecca Clarren
December 1, 2007
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Something about the holidays brings up all those old gender stereotypes.
By Carol Lloyd
November 29, 2007
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Low-cut, form-fitting knits are the new uniform for (female) TV chefs.
By Matthew Fishbane
June 28, 2007
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Do female chefs cook differently from male chefs?
By Catherine Price
June 26, 2007
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"The Silver Palate Cookbook," now celebrating 25 years, changed the way my family ate -- and fueled my teenage dreams about an adulthood full of bounty.
By Rebecca Traister
May 8, 2007
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Is the impressive new cookbook "Pork and Sons" a contemporary charcuterie classic or just piggy porn? I cooked a swine-inspired feast to find out.
By Sarah Karnasiewicz
May 1, 2007
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The Times suggests the trend toward high-tech cooking is leaving female chefs behind. Plus: Frank Bruni ogles some breasts.
By Carol Lloyd
March 1, 2007
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With food blogs multiplying like weeds and millions of recipes available with a simple keystroke, has the Internet made the cookbook obsolete?
By Jonathan Beecher Field
February 27, 2007
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So they like aromatherapy and antique lead crystal -- that doesn't mean they're homosexual!
By Cary Tennis
February 15, 2007
"Julie & Julia"
Is Nora Ephron the foodiest filmmaker?
How cooking makes you a man
Finale wrap-up: "Top Chef"
I Like to Watch
How to live what Michael Pollan preaches 
A wonderful, magical animal
Bacon is dead! Long live bacon!
Belly of the beast
Bacon mania
Heaven, heartache and the power of deviled eggs
Of Valentine's jinxes and packaged gnocchi 
This blade slices, it dices
The modern kitchen
Five books to help you become a chef by New Year's!
Does organic wine taste bad?
"Silver Palate," you seasoned my youth
Going whole hog
Ciao, cookbooks!
My friend claims the men I like are all gay
How the World Works
War Room