It’s not saying anything new to acknowledge that cooking has become a regular part of our lives. And for many, finding something new and exciting to cook is half the fun (or the only fun, really). Cookbooks are an obvious answer for recipe discovery, but with cooking newsletters, endless blogs — and sure, even TikTok — it’s easier than ever to get inspired and, for those at the beginning of their cooking hobby, actually learn how to cook.

As someone who is admittedly at that stage (I prefer baking, okay!?), I most appreciate recipes that advertise ease, like this one from Joy Cho published on Eater at Home this week. The pasta non-recipe — it’s really more of a sauce preparation method with lots of opportunity for riffing — only calls for buying three ingredients, not including the pasta. It also advertises comfort, which I’ll never say no to.

A hat from Tiny Fish Co., a Delicacies strawberry charm necklace, and Matiz garum.

Last week, Eater published a guide to everything you could want to know about garum, a versatile fermented fish sauce that’s been used as a condiment since Roman times. It includes a few options to buy, but this one from Spanish company Matiz seems like the easiest to snag at the moment.
There’s a new tinned fish brand for your pantry. Tiny Fish Co. comes from former Top Chef contestant Sara Hauman and launches with smoked mussels in escabeche sourced from the Pacific Northwest, as well as branded merch, with more conservas to come.
Food jewelry company Delicacies is partnering with Joy the Baker, née Joy Wilson, on a strawberry charm necklace, in silver, gold, or rose gold. It comes with Wilson’s recipe for grilled strawberry shortcake, and $10 from every purchase goes to Second Harvest New Orleans. Plus, through Monday, people can use the code joythebaker15 for 15 percent off anything from the Delicacies site.
Vegan ice cream shop Dear Bella has partnered with Fly By Jing on a dan dan ice cream for its Lunar New Year kit, which also comes with a black sesame flavor and Taiwanese pineapple cake flavor. The dan dan ice cream pairs well with Fly By Jing Chili Crisp, or the red bean sauce that comes in the kit.
Gaby Melian fans might be interested to know the former Bon Appétit talent has published a book. Food Related Stories is part of Penguin Random House’s Pocket Change Collective series.

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