EditorialSesame seeds being used to make hand-ground ajonjolí paste in the town of San Luis de Sincé, Colombia, Jan. 30, 2023. (Federico Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialAl Jebrini Tahini, one of the oldest tahini mills in the Old City of Jerusalem, which uses a basalt stone to mill sesame seeds, Oct. 12, 2022. (Tzachi Ostrovsky/The New York Times)
EditorialChef Peter Serpico?s daughter Charlie helps him sprinkle sesame seeds on his fish-sauce-forward hobak jeon at his home in Philadelphia, June 30, 2022. (Hannah Yoon/The New York Times)
EditorialVarieties of pan de muerto covered in sugar and sesame seeds and sugar skulls at La Migaja Mexican Bakery inside the Mi Rinconcito Mexicano restaurant in Miami, Fla., Oct. 28, 2021. (Alfonso Duran/The New York Times)