ReadyMade: Instructions for everyday life

When the cookie crumbles, make cookie crumble parfait. A collection of food projects, ReadyMade style: Table settings from travel mementos, a meat smoker from an aluminum can, picture-perfect picnics, and delicious treats from the odds and ends in your fridge.

If you liked the Spiced Apple Toddy last issue, you’ll love the skin, a close relative to the Toddy, as far as drinks go...

Churros are fried pate a choux dough covered with sugar. We like them with a steaming mug of hot chocolate...

The Italian word “ricotta” means “recooked” and refers to the old-school method for making this delicate, fresh cheese: After milk is separated into curds and whey, the whey is cooked again to extract the remaining curds...

Surratt’s dear friends Christine Busby and husband Mike Brooks (whose family settled in Wisconsin in the mid-1850s) insist on making this old family recipe every year...

When Chris Grassi and Fiona Ryan mix, twist, and sculpt at their Nolita store, Papabubble, magic happens—in bright, tasty, exquisitely addictive chunks of hard candy...