Our melting-pot offers much more than usual-suspect cuisines. Find out what fufu is and how to eat it properly. Travel the babka diaspora. Learn the secret of white mole. And more.

As Calvin Trillin says, food writing is never about the food. New York Table is where food and everything else intersect, across the five boroughs. Here’s the staff.

Our guest speakers have shared some of the dishes they love. This week, short ribs and chocolate chip cookies.

Today’s Video: Serious Eats’ Ed Levine on eating and reading