Rachel Tepper Paley

Persimmons, macarons, and fruit with pasta?

We talked to food banks around the country to see what's changed and what still needs to be done.

If banana bread and sourdough are the “it” dishes of pandemic life, then freezers are the “it” appliance.

To understand banana bread’s new role in these strange times, we turned to all manner of baker and asked: What does banana bread stand for when you’re stuck in quarantine?

If you’re someone who likes to eat — and really, who isn’t? — then choosing the perfect beach getaway is just as much about finding the perfect place to chow down as it is about finding the perfect stretch of sand. We’re here to help: These 10 picturesque beach towns are also fantastic dining destinations in their own rights, packed with everything from ritzy white tablecloth establishments to grubby beachside diners.

I am a creature of habit. I come by it honestly; so are my parents, who began visiting Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, in the late 1980s and never stopped. For nearly every one of the last 25 years, summer for me has meant trekking out to this tiny seaside town. Sometimes I wonder why my family never branched out, why we so willingly became creatures of habit.