It wasn’t planned, but we were walking around after my birthday party—an afternoon affair at Ruffian in the East Village, a perfect place, followed by some cocktails at Bar Kabawa, which serves the perfect daiquiri—and Win Son Bakery suddenly appeared. “I’ve wanted to try this place,” I announced to my husband, old friends, and cousins, and so we did. And then I went back the next day, and then again the next, to eat the egg and cheese on scallion pancake. I just wanted to make sure that it was as delicious as I’d believed it to be on that exuberant evening, and it was.

In November and December, I traveled a lot—mostly between the homes of New York and San Juan, and also to Copenhagen, of course—but I also cooked a lot, and I took the downtime of the season to re-test and photograph some recipes in the archive that hadn’t had images. I’m very proud of this recipe selection that I’ve curated over the years, so I encourage you to browse.

Below, I’m chronicling all the most notable eating, cooking, and drinking of the last months of 2025, from fungi-based burgers to a trip to Bad Bunny’s Lala restaurant to my continued fascination with organic colas…