Dining
fromBon Appetit
1 day agoThe Best New Cookbooks of Spring 2026
New cookbooks celebrate diverse culinary traditions and personal stories, offering unique recipes and cultural insights for home cooks.
If there's an earthquake? You'll need a bolillo pa'l susto (a bread roll to calm the nerves). Constructing your Day of the Dead altar? Make sure there's a sugary, orange-flavored pan de muerto on there to guide your loved ones back to the land of the living. And lest we forget the rosca de reyes-oval-shaped sweet bread topped with jellies and dried fruits that's served on Kings' Day (January 6) and contains hidden baby Jesus figurines.
This unassuming marine macroalgae (to give it its proper name) is packed full of vital minerals and nutrients, and can make for an unglamorous, yet functional addition to your diet. Seaweed is exactly as the name suggests - an edible marine algae that grows along coastlines and on rocks under the water. It comes in thousands of varieties, but the ones we eat most commonly fall into three groups: brown (like kelp and wakame), red (nori, dulse), and green (sea lettuce).
BBQ culture was a huge part of my upbringing in Monterrey, Mexico. Every gathering revolved around open-fire cooking and outdoor grilling. Tending to the grill on your own is a rite of passage. We celebrate the Fourth of July by blending my family’s traditions with American classics.
Like many food trends, beef tallow's resurgence demonstrates a cyclical nature, where ancestral culinary practices are re-embraced, driven by modern dietary movements and interests.
At least a month or so ahead of my north London kitchen, I'm cooking with artichokes, aubergines, courgettes, tomatoes, broad beans and superb local new potatoes, all straight from the fields.