Panna is a brand new bi-monthly digital cooking magazine that comes to your iPad through a free app and it is, quite frankly, amazing. In my opinion, app-based cooking media has so far been clunky and too derivative of print media. Panna founder David Ellner, on the other hand, created a video-based cooking magazine that takes full advantage of up-to-the-minute technology to give the kind of hands-on instruction that's often needed to make a recipe truly useful. Read on for more on how Panna works and for why I think this magazine is so terrific. More

Uh-oh. On Thursday Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia announced it was dramatically scaling back two of its four magazines and laying off 12 percent of its company, which is about 70 employees. Both Everyday Food and Whole Living will be see significant cuts and changes. More

You don't find perfect lines in the natural world of fruits and vegetables—it's all uneven curves and waves and organic shapes—which is why it's striking to see Turkish artist Sakir Gökçebag's food art. His visual displays are made up of fruits and vegetables that he's carefully cut and arranged to show a type of geometry not found in the natural world, and all without any digital manipulation.
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We never plan to waste food, but sometimes it just happens - and it's frustrating and a waste of money! So Kitchn reader Jacqueline Smith developed a weekly checklist system to make it easy for her to remember which food in her fridge was most perishable, so she could eat that first... More

The November issue of Food & Wine includes a brief interview with director David Lynch that is weird and wonderful, especially in an issue so focused on Thanksgiving and holiday cheer. Who can talk turkey when the man behind Eraserhead and Twin Peaks is talking about his very specific food preferences and describing his ideal kitchen? (Spoiler alert: it's a little disturbing.) More

Earlier this summer we got an email from a reader, Melody, who wanted to get a jump on fall cooking, especially soups. "I would like to know if you have a book to recommend just on soups," she said. "Not fancy soups but easy, simple ones." Do you have any good books (or other resources) to recommend to Melody? Here are two that I like... More

Elsewhere in the world, pizza isn't always the pizza you know. It might have a crust, it might be round, but sometimes that's where the similarity ends. Here's a glimpse at some unusual — and occasionally tasty-looking — pizzas from around the world. More

What recipes have you searched for in the last year? Food blog The Daily Meal went on a mission to discover the most popular foods of 2012, the ones that people search for online again and again. The resulting list is an interesting snapshot of a country's culinary inclinations. Curious to see what they say is the #1 searched recipe in America? See the list below: More

In case you couldn't already tell from the overflowing stands at the farmers' market and grocery store, it's apple season. A wonderful time indeed, but do you ever feel overwhelmed by the sheer variety? Which kind is best for cider? For throwing in your bag for an afternoon snack? What about pies and cobblers? Well, thanks to Slate, there's now a handy flowchart to help you find the best apple for you, whether you want to cook it or, you know, just throw it at someone. More

Of course you're craving pie right now. How could you not? Beautiful rosy apples are rolling into the markets. Pumpkins and pecans are begging for some brown sugar. The last summer fruits are so ripe, they hardly need to be cooked. It's pie season and Evernote is hosting an virtual cook-along to help us get cooking. More