Talking Points: Cooking During COVID

YOU DON’T NEED A RECIPE: COOKING DURING COVID WITH SAM SIFTON OF THE NEW YORK TIMES

Sam Sifton is an assistant managing editor of the New York Times, responsible for culture and lifestyle coverage, and the founding editor of NYT Cooking, its digital recipe collection. Formerly the Times’ food editor, national news editor, chief restaurant critic and culture news editor, he is also the author of See You on Sunday: A Cookbook for Family and Friends and Thanksgiving: How to Cook It Well.

In the time of Covid, many of us have been cooking more than we ever have before. Sam will talk about the joys and frustrations of cooking for ourselves and others in the midst of a global pandemic and about his new book, No-Recipe Recipes, out this March from Ten Speed Press.

BIG ARTS Talking Points series for the upcoming 2021 season can be accessed online for the same per-session charge as in-person attendance. Note that due to COVID-19 precautions, all of this season’s Talking Points speakers (with the exception of Kinfay Moroti on February 25) will be making virtual appearances via online connection and will not be physically present in the hall. Talking Points is designed to get you “talking,” so we hope to see many of you get comfortable at home, grab a snack and a drink of your choice, and log in!

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