“How to chop an onion” is to food videos as “how to do a perfect cat eye” is to makeup tutorials; both have been done to death, yet people keep clicking, because both topics are critically important.

During the COVID-19 lockdown, I worked at the Hollywood Food Coalition, a nonprofit organization that serves as both a food kitchen and a food rescue service. Because all the food is donated to the ...

Back in the ’80s and ’90s, I used to work behind the scenes with Julia Child during her appearances on “Good Morning America.” It was my job to prepare the food she would put before the cameras. Once, ...