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The spices are merely a vessel for culture, community, storytelling, and politics. The recipes were so fresh, simple, and seasonal. That's not the version of South Asian food that most people know.

East Village Cookbook began with a loose group of residents who met while walking their dogs during COVID, forming an accidental community that was diverse in age, religion, and profession.

Food has been used as more than a form of sustenance. Food trade melds cultures and stimulates economies, religious traditions almost always involve some aspect of food, and, most importantly, food brings people together.

I love to create with Indigenous ingredients. So that was the easy part, Wahpepah said. I love to cook, I'm a creator and that, but you know, writing is totally different. She enlisted the help of Condon, an experienced cookbook writer and editor, to bring her vision to life.

Sandra Lee, the host of Food Network's 'Semi-Homemade,' was staunchly against doing the show when it was first pitched to her. At the time, she was a bestselling author of three cookbooks that celebrated fast, simple recipes that were not made from scratch. When representatives of Food Network first approached her in 2003 about doing a show, she wanted to host a home and garden show.

At the center of that success is Chef Shorne's philosophy of what he calls New Age Caribbean cuisine. It is food rooted in memory and tradition, presented through refined technique, contemporary ingredients, and a global point of view.

According to Ruth Painter Randall, author of "Mary Lincoln: Portrait of a Marriage," per Mr. Lincoln's White House, Mrs. Lincoln specifically asked the cook to prepare "fricasseed chicken and small biscuits with thick cream gravy poured all over it, all on one platter." The cook obliged, and it was such a hit with the president that he had three helpings.

Jenna is a Senior Digital Editor at Southern Living. She has worked on the digital team for nearly 10 years. She joined the team as a Digital Production Assistant in 2014 and has helped the brand grow its digital presence ever since. She writes, produces, and assigns content with a focus on email growth. She also ensures that new content is optimized using SEO best practices and helps use search potential to pitch new content ideas.

Tall, blond, and approachable, Sandra Lee was a mainstay on the Food Network for over a decade and has released over 20 cookbooks. "Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee" ran for 15 seasons (from 2003 to 2011), and "Sandra's Money-Saving Meals" clocked 65 episodes over the course of four years (from 2009 to 2012). After her shows ended, she took a break from TV, but a series of personal battles thrust Lee back into the spotlight and she slowly became one of those Food Network chefs that you don't see much anymore.

They're your over-prepared friends trying to get everyone to pitch in for the group trip, except their group trip involves selling tickets for a Tony-award winning production. Welcome back to Art Snack, a smol attempt at streamlining the beautiful chaos of Portland's arts and culture scene. If the thing you want to read about isn't in this week's Art Snack, check back next week. And it never hurts to put it on my radar. Anyhoo, let's snack!

Take what you've got and make it work for you.

Slen­der as it is, there's no short­age of meaty mate­r­i­al: Mod­ern chefs may find some of the first Amer­i­can cook­book's meth­ods and mea­sure­ments take some get­ting used to. We like to cook, but we're not sure we pos­sess the where­with­al to tack­le a Crook­neck or Win­ter Squash Pud­ding. We've nev­er been called upon to "per­fume" our "whipt cream" with "musk or amber gum tied in a rag." And we wouldn't know a whortle­ber­ry if it bit us in the whit­pot.

It was joined by South African fish paste brand Redro, which emerged in the 1930s. Peck's anchovy-based paste originally became famous for its shelf stability and the fact that it would elevate a simple piece of buttered toast with its salty flavor. It has the consistency of a pâté and is packed with umami flavor. Folks still missing this condiment can purchase Peck's Anchovette on Amazon or try their hand at a copycat recipe.

Can food exist without love? And, inversely, can love exist without food? The answer to both is yes, of course, but the two are so intertwined that it's hard to imagine a romantic date without dinner, or a form of care greater than cooking a loved one their favorite meal. With Valentine's Day approaching, we at New York Times Cooking took a spin through our reader comments and found many tales of courtship and connection, of partings and proposals.