EditorialGlenroy Burke, or “Chef Shrimpy,” at his restaurant, The Jerk Cafe, in South Yarmouth, Mass. on June 26, 2022. (Vanessa Leroy/The New York Times)
EditorialIngredients for crispy shrimp cakes are mixed together, in New York, Oct. 22, 2021. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (David Malosh/The New York Times)
EditorialA burger plate, a seasoned ground patty paired with crunchy accouterments, like a burger in parts, in New York, Sept. 14, 2021. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (David Malosh/The New York Times)
EditorialA customer pays for an order at the Chapli & Chips halal food cart on Hillside Avenue in northeastern Queens, June 12, 2021. (Adam Friedlander/The New York Times)
EditorialYewande Komolafe’s crispy bean cakes with scallions and herbs in New York on July 30, 2020. Food Stylist: Frances Boswell. (Beatriz Da Costa/The New York Times)
EditorialGreen and Scotch bonnet peppers are the loudest ingredients, punctuating an otherwise sultry filling with bitter, fruity and spicy outbursts, in a dish offered at Kafe Louverture in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Jan. 21, 2020. (John Kernick/The New York Times)