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A sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ reader, Don, asked if I had a good recipe for thin ginger snaps — a very crispy cookie that does actually snap when you break it. I knew I would find one or more in my vast cookbook collection and did.

If you love lasagna, but want to switch things up, don’t layer the noodles — roll them up. That’s what I did in today’s recipe.

When I was a chef’s apprentice in the early 1980s, the hotel I worked in had a fine-dining restaurant. That restaurant, as with others in that era, offered several dishes that were prepared on a rolling cart right in the dining room by service staff.

The Academy Awards are on Sunday and if you’re hosting a viewing party, you might want to serve decadent bites to nosh on. If you’re looking for something you can prepare in advance, make blini.

I routinely get recipe or column requests from sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ readers and they can really vary. Recently, a reader asked if I had a good recipe for pork belly. Another wondered if I could provide strategies for cooking with less meat.

The Super Bowl is Sunday and the game is being held just north of Miami. If you plan to watch and want to serve a food popular there, make Cuban sandwiches.

When you first read the name of a recipe, you sometimes get the wrong impression of how it will taste That happened to me when I first saw a recipe for a French dish called poulet au vinaigre, chicken in vinegar.

Chinese New Year begins this Saturday and festive gatherings marking the occasion will continue until the next full moon. Enjoying foods said to bring good fortune is an important part of the celebration.

Last Sunday morning, I stepped outside for a moment — the wind was howling and the rain was coming down sideways. I hurried back inside and checked the weather forecast. Snow was predicted for later in the day.

Being curious about something inspires some of my food columns, and that was the case today. Last week, I was out just before 8 a.m. food shopping.