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“I always thought that the most exciting food in this country came from immigrant communities. I think American food is an ever-evolving organism,” Padma Lakshmi told Emily Weinstein of creating “Taste the Nation,” the television show she hosts. #NYTFoodFestival

Just arrived at The New York Times Food Festival for a day of eating, drinking and celebration in NYC! Follow @NYTimesEvents for highlights from the #nytfoodfestival main stage, including quotes from interviews, panel discussions and live cooking demos

Lots of discussion about the pending release of a book with new, agonizing @bourdain details based on access to his phone and laptop. Here is a gift link so anyone who wants to can read my report. nyti.ms/3BJhWa2

This morning at Climate Forward New York New York Times Events. Thanks so much for having me.

What a stunner of a list, NYT Cooking and Food gang. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

👏👏 @tejalrao Brett Anderson Priya Krishna Pete Wells Tanya Sichynsky nikita richardson Kim Severson Emily Weinstein

We're back with another The New York Times Food Festival on Saturday, October 8 at Damrosch Park in NYC! I'll be there with Padma Lakshmi, InaGarten’sClitoris and so many other amazing guests. Come eat, drink and celebrate with us. Get your tickets here nytimes.com/events/foodfes…

why is your dinner bill so high?? we worked w/ a single restaurant to break down how all the costs that go into your meal have skyrocketed from inflation. Umi Syam crushed this design! nytimes.com/interactive/20…

1/ I've spent the last 18 months investigating how our government reached the point of taking children away from their parents as a way to discourage migration to the United States. Here's my story about how and why it happened, and who's responsible.

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La Piraña, a trailer in the South Bronx serving lechón asado and other Puerto Rican classics, is open only on Saturdays and Sundays. But it packs more joy into two days than most restaurants manage in a full week.

Read the 3-star review by Pete Wells. nyti.ms/3xMzVub

Okay, I profiled Guy Fieri. nytimes.com/2022/05/23/din…

What are the most delicious vegetarian dishes to cook at home? The chef and writer @ciaosamin joins The Times’s @tejalrao and Emily Weinstein to discuss her favorites in a live event. Join us on May 17: nytimes.com/2022/05/02/din…

The Where to Eat newsletter by nikita richardson is here! Get excited! I'm excited! nytimes.com/2022/03/22/din…

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It was so great to talk to Matt Rodbard, and also I can cross getting one of these amazing illustrated portraits off my bucket list (eternally crossing fingers for a @wsj hedcut)

This is really exceedingly kind of Joe Ray. Thanks for reading & cooking.

Excited to report that Yewande Komolafe and Eric Kim have joined the team at The New York Times, where they'll write (among other things!) for the Food Desk and NYT Cooking. Here we go, 2021!

Thrilling news: Please welcome @GenevieveKo to the dance floor The New York Times! nytco.com/press/geneviev…

Sunday's L.A. Times Food cover: 'The undocumented restaurant workers who fed us are being forgotten. This is their struggle' by Patricia Isabel Escárcega latimes.com/food/story/202…