Whole endive leaves make beautiful, edible canape cups, and come into peak season just in time for the holidays. In this week's Cook the Book selection, The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook, the leaves are filled with a cumin-flavored... More

The first time I really sat down and read Entertaining was when I was planning my wedding. I opened it looking for ideas and closed it thinking, “Yes, I could make all the food for our wedding, wouldn’t that be... More

[Photograph: Christine Tsai] When I was five, my mother bought a new kind of cookbook because she was entranced by the pictures within: here were elegant parties and rustic feasts; there was the author working her massive garden, feeding "part... More