Stories

• Are food critics still necessary?

• Beth Dooley on The Joy of Cooking and the future of wheat

• Why your bartender hates cosmopolitans, and other stories from the craft cocktail revival

• Marcus Samuelsson's Harlem

• Baking with cast iron

• Anthony Bourdain makes school lunches, builds the perfect burger, and doesn't put ketchup on hot dogs

• The Splendid Table and America's Test Kitchen: A perfect pairing

• A crock for all seasons: year-round uses for your slow cooker

• Moving to Harlem with Marcus Samuelsson

• What's the next Honeycrisp? Apple breeder David Bedford might have the answer.