André Baranowski
Diners enjoy peel-andeat boiled shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico.
Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Eugenia Bone
Frisée Salad with Poached Eggs and Bacon
Golden Potato Latkes
Creamy Corn Chowder
Matzo Ball Soup
Woody DeSilva’s Championship Chili
Smoked Pork and Sauerkraut Stew
Bobak’s Baby Dills
Ricotta and Roasted Pepper Frittata
Classic Eggs Benedict
Fettuccine Alfredo
Orecchiette with Rapini and Goat Cheese
Vegetarian Lasagne
Homemade Tagliatelle
Macaroni and Cheese with Ham
Figaretti’s “Godfather II” Linguine
New Orleans-Style BBQ Shrimp
Stuffies
Broiled Salmon Steaks with Tomatoes, Onions, and Tarragon
Salmon
Deep-Fried Southern Catfish
Lemony Roast Chicken
Chicken Tikka Masala
Indonesian Chicken Curry
Sweet-and-Spicy Korean Fried Chicken
Roasted Herbed Chicken and Vegetables
Carving a Chicken
Thai Red Curry with Roasted Duck
Lamb Chops with Salsa Verde
Karl Zartler
Filets Mignons with Mushroom Sauce
Patty Melt
Rayanne Gentry
Slow-Smoked Brisket
Kimchi Pancakes
green Bean Casserole
Butter Risotto
Legumes
Randy Evans’s Southern Peas
Chive and Cheddar Biscuits
Buttermilk Flapjacks
Huckleberry Crisps
Butter
Snickerdoodles
Dulce de Leche Cake
Chocolate-Caramel Tart
Ice Cream with Butterscotch Sauce
Lindy’s Cheesecake
German Chocolate Cake
Black-and-White Banana Malted Milk Shake
Spiced Wine
Virginie Blachere
Artichokes
David Brabyn
A student at Le Ferrandi culinary school in Paris tends to a simmering pot of veal stock under the watchful eye of his professor.
Todd Coleman
A variety of mezedes, or small plates, at Tsinari, an ouzeri in the city of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece.
Spring Rolls with Chile–Garlic Sauce
Spring roll wrapping
Tapas-Style Meatballs
Guacamole
Spicy Beef Empanadas
Wild-Greens Pie
Mushroom and Herb Crostini
Burgundy-Style Beef Stew
German Split Pea Soup
French Onion Soup
Thai Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup
Tuscan-Style Kale Soup
Matzo Brei with Mushrooms and Asparagus
Baked Ziti with Sausage
Brown Butter Pasta
Nice Slices
Everyday Fried Noodles
Veracruz-Style Red Snapper
Red-Chile Chicken Enchiladas
Marinated Flank Steak
Italian-Style Meatballs with Tomato Ragù
Pineapple-Chipotle-Glazed Ham
Roast Pork Loin
Potatoes Gratin
Potatoes
Chiles Rellenos
Kimchi Pancakes
Thai-Style Green Beans with Chile and Basil
Zucchini Fritters
Small wonders
Peppers Stuffed with Feta
Waitress from Aristotelous
Pan Suefen, Beijing
Sun Guoying, a home cook in Mutianyu, a village near Beijing, China, stir-fries a dish of eggs and scallions in her kitchen.
Fennel
Fennel Baked in Cream
Sopaipllas
Key Lime Pie
Limes
Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies
Red Velvet Cake
Lindy’s
Caramel Coconut Flan
Spiced Tea
Cardamom pods
Bruce Crippen
A volunteer plates spaghetti with homemade tomato sauce at the Sacred Heart Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. The church has been hosting its biannual Italian Spaghetti and Ravioli Dinner since 1910.
Penny De Los Santos
Hair and makeup artists, working at a fashion show at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, break for a lunch of burgers.
Shoppers at the Mercato Orientale, a busy market in the heart of Genoa, Italy.
carmen Barrio Perez
Pita bread
Hummus with Tahini
Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market
Eggs Poached in Spicy Tomato Sauce
Huevos Rancheros
Bucatini with Spicy Tomato Sauce
Secret ingredient
Grilled Lobster with Cilantro–Chile Butter
Three generations of the Enriquez family—esteemed for their cooking—prepare dinner at their home in El Paso, Texas.
Lambs
Sora Lella (left)
Sid’s Diner
Sid’s Fried Onion Burgers
Lentils
Creamy Spiced Indian Lentils
Gabriela Bojalil
A group of friends drink masala chai at a dhaba, or truck stop, in Delhi, India.
Ben Fink
A Christmas eve dinner in the Berlin home of Werner Blanck
David Hagerman
A market scene in Bangkok, where vendors sell produce as well as freshly prepared foods.
Michael Kraus
Texas cake pan
Pineapple-Chipotle-Glazed Ham
Sweet and Sour Pork Chops
Building the Perfect Burger
Burger Ingredients
Texan Cocktails
Texan Cocktails
Bloody Marys
Bloody Marys
Ariana Lindquist
Family Style
Michael Buhen
Jen Munkvold
Cow
Larry Nighswander
A line cook at the Waffle House in East Point, Georgia.
Landon Nordeman
Camille Lebro, Paris
Buggiano, Italy
Buggiano (Italy) outdoor summer feast
Herbed Tomato Tart
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
A cook prepares tagliatelle egg noodles at La Vecchia Scuola Bolognese, a cooking school in Bologna, Italy.
Italy’s Other Ragù
Pasta with Ragù
Let the good times roll
Cod Cakes with Chowchow
Chef Sara Jenkins, with her son at her side, serves roasted chicken in her New York City home.
The Other KFC
Owner Peter Servedio assists customers at Peter’s Meat Market, a butcher shop on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, New York.
Parisian home cooking
Dietmar Muthenthaler, the head chef of Demel, the legendary pastry shop in Vienna, Austria.
Lindsay Debach
Franklin Fountain, Philadelphia
Charred oak barrels
Hot Buttered Rum
Mastering Muddling
Regent”s Punch
James Oseland
Artichokes
Wai Smitaman, Kiew Krislas, Thailand
James Oseland
Figaretti’s “Godfather II” Linguine
Special Sauce
Chicken Paprikash with Dumplings
Lemongrass
Fried chicken at Blue Ribbon
Classic Seasonings
Boone Tavern, Kentucky
Boone Tavern Hotel
The Lilly Lunch Bunch—retired employees of the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical company—having vanilla ice cream sundaes with their choice of toppings at the Hollyhock Hill Restaurant in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Barbara Reis
Marinated Flank Steak
A cowboy rides herd at La Cense ranch, an 88,000 acre grass-fed cattle operation in Dillon, Montana.
Corbis: Owen Franken
The Real Thing
Bettmann
Au Pied de Cochon, Paris
Martin Harvey
A fisherman delivers his daily catch to a waterfront fish market on the coast of Tanzania.
The Mariners’ Museum
Clam fisherman, Rhode Island, 1940s
A. H. Wilcox
Butter
Getty: Ralph Crane
The Real Alfredo
Alamy: Mirrorpix
Queen Soraya