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One-pan spicy chicken thighs and mushrooms. Spicy chicken thighs and mushrooms, seared tofu with kimchi and turkey chili start the year with flavor and ease. Food styled by Roscoe Betsill. Prop Stylist, Sophia Eleni Pappas. (Kelly Marshall, The New York Times)

Recipes: Five weeknight dishes for 2026

January 7, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

If you need recipes for healthy meals 鈥� breakfast, lunch, dinner, anything 鈥� you鈥檙e in the right place

Seared sweet potatoes with charmoula, in New York, Dec. 19, 2025. The New York Times former restaurant critic Pete Wells shares how he recovered from an out-of-control diet. Food stylist: Spencer Richards. (Rachel Vanni/The New York Times)

A former restaurant critic changed his eating habits. You can, too.

January 7, 2026 at 10:37 a.m.

This recipe is featured in a four-part series about creating healthier eating habits.

Jalape帽o cheddar cornbread. A riff on an old recipe, Melissa Clark enhances a brown butter-tinged dish by adding jalape帽o and Cheddar. Food styled by Barrett Washburne. (David Malosh, The New York Times)

Recipe: This easy cornbread is spicy-cheesy goodness

January 6, 2026 at 12:30 p.m.

This moist and nubby cornbread has a caramelized, rich flavor from browning the butter, a slight sweetness from a touch of honey and a fiery punch from jalape帽o -- either...

Basil tofu. Tofu is often called a blank canvas, an empty surface on which to paint your sauces, marinades and whims. Food styled by Samantha Seneviratne. (Julia Gartland, The New York Times)

Recipes: 7 easy ways to make the most satisfying tofu of your life

January 6, 2026 at 9:56 a.m.

Tofu is often called a blank canvas, an empty surface on which to paint your sauces, marinades and whims. But, while its flavor is mild, tofu is anything but blank.

Pita pockets made using Nefise Kansu’s recipe for sheet-pan döner kebabs, which have amassed popularity on TikTok. The Cypriot mother’s method doesn’t require the traditional kebob shop spit holding a round of the marinated lamb or beef to slice from as it cooks. Food styled by Spencer Richards. (Rachel Vanni/The New York Times)

How to make d枚ner kebab like a Cypriot mom

January 13, 2026 at 5:49 p.m.

For this sheet-pan recipe, she spread a blended mixture of meat and onion onto sheets of parchment paper and rolled them into long cylinders on a well-worn baking sheet.

White Bean Shakshuka. Luxury and simplicity aren’t mutually exclusive. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne. (Rachel Vanni/The New York Times)

Five Weeknight Dishes: Silky, Salty and Abundantly Satisfying Spaghetti Carbonara

December 30, 2025 at 3:09 p.m.

This dish is a deli bacon-egg-and-cheese-on-a-roll that has been pasta-fied, fancified, fetishized and turned into an Italian tradition that, like many inviolate Italian traditions, is actually far less old than...

Clockwise from left, delicata squash tart with hot honey and pistachios; French onion baked Brie and tuna rillettes. Make these quick Melissa Clark recipes and then supplement them with nuts, chips or whatever else you have on hand. Food styled by Barrett Washburne. (Bryan Gardner/The New York Times)

Recipe: The secret to the easiest New Year鈥檚 party spread

December 28, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.

A good formula is to make three festive, high-impact, low-effort recipes and then supplement them with an assortment of colorful things in small bowls.

Ponche Navideño (warm spiced fruit punch). Ponche Navideño merges holiday spice with tropical fruit to make one of the season’s most festive sippers. Food styled by Cyd Raftus McDowell. (Armando Rafael/The New York Times)

It抖阴ap the Most Wonderful (Warm) Punch of the Year

December 23, 2025 at 9:23 a.m.

Ponche is the undisputed drink of posadas, the Mexican Christmas party circuit, and it抖阴ap impossible to walk past a steaming pot of it without pausing to inhale its spiced, citrusy...

Crispy kofta with cucumber yogurt. Chicken stew, Dubai chocolate, egg bites: You loved them all year. Now, see what rose to the top. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne. (Ryan Liebe/The New York Times)

The most popular recipes of 2025

December 15, 2025 at 7:25 p.m.

No surprise here, but easy weeknight recipes that can be on the table in 45 minutes or less were among the top choices this year.

Pear and radicchio salad with blue cheese and meatballs with lentils and greens. Food styled by Rebecca Jurkevich. (David Malosh, The New York Times)

Recipes: A winter dinner menu that brings the sunshine

December 10, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

For a main course, meatballs are a satisfying and hearty option.

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