Luckily for the-traveler, many of the best Merchants of Venice purvey food.

We used to spend a hell of a lot on food, but now I’ve figured out a better way to shop.

Reading my father’s daily accounts of his dinners, I’m transported back to my parents’ table—and reminded of the lessons they taught me about food and family.

Chip Brantley, author of the book The Perfect Fruit: Good Breeding, Bad Seeds and the Hunt for the Elusive Pluot and co-founder of cookthink.com, explains what the difficult French filmmaker showed him...

I remember the first time I ever saw an Asian man with a Southern accent; I was 15 when he came on TV and did a stand-up comedy routine.

For someone who once subsisted on cookies and soda, the road to a whole-grain, occasionally vegetarian life began with this staple.

In India, where I grew up, rice gains mystical—even mythological—proportions.

With houseguests on the way, executive editor Doc Willoughby asks the intrepid cooks in the Gourmet Test Kitchen for their favorite freezer-friendly recipes.

Sprinkled throughout this book are charming tidbits: anecdotes, tips, and trivia. But perhaps the book’s most refreshing aspect is its authoritative demystification of cooking....

I can’t read Japanese at all, so I usually rely on pictographs for cooking directions. But what if there are no pictographs?