EditorialTai no kabutoni, or simmered sea bream head, at Uosan Sakaba, an izakaya on the far eastern side of Tokyo, May 2023. (James Whitlow Delano/The New York Times)
EditorialSour cherries are simmered with rice vinegar and sugar for a sheet-pan chicken recipe, in New York, June 28, 2022. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (Ryan Liebe/The New York Times)
EditorialSimmered kabocha squash with scallions, a recipe adapted from the blogger and cookbook author Cynthia Chen McTernan that calls for stir-frying and then quickly braising the mixture in broth, in New York, Oct. 28, 2018. (Andrew Scrivani/The New York Times)
EditorialSimmered kabocha squash with scallions, a recipe adapted from the blogger and cookbook author Cynthia Chen McTernan that calls for stir-frying and then quickly braising the mixture in broth, in New York, Oct. 28, 2018. (Andrew Scrivani/The New York Times)
EditorialCommunity members prepare to speak in opposition to the Community for All resolution at the Marathon County Courthouse in Wausau, Wis., on May 13, 2021. (Lauren Justice/The New York Times)
EditorialFor southern Vietnamese thit heo kho trung, boiled eggs are simmered with the braised pork in a bowl of rice in New York, Jan. 25, 2021. Food Stylist: Rebecca Jurkevich. Prop Stylist: Paige Hicks. (Johnny Miller/The New York Times)
EditorialAt Weekender Billiard, a Bhutanese snooker hall in Woodside, Queens, players line up shots before decamping to tables for dishes like ema datse, green chiles simmered with cheese, on Feb. 18, 2017. (An Rong Xu/The New York Times)
EditorialSwordfish with twice-cooked eggplant and capers, in New York, Sept. 22, 2020. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (Christopher Simpson/The New York Times)
EditorialQuarterback Eli Manning is surrounded on the field after his New York Giants upset the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLll, in Glendale, Ariz., Feb. 3, 2007. (Doug Mills/ The New York Times)