Ina Garten once said (and we agree), “You can be miserable before you eat a cookie and you can be miserable after you eat a cookie, but you can’t be miserable while you’re eating a cookie.” Join NYT Cooking recipe creator, video journalist, and YouTube personality Vaughn Vreeland and celebrated Mexican American cookbook author, New York Times bestseller, recipe developer, and food personality Rick Martinez for a delightful evening as we give cookies the credit they deserve. In conversation with chief restaurant critic for The New York Times Tejal Rao, they will discuss Vaughn’s latest collection of trusted treat recipes, Cookies. As Vreeland says, “because you deserve a cookie.”
Featured Speakers and Moderator:
Vaughn Vreeland
Vaughn Vreeland is a writer, recipe creator and video host for New York Times Cooking. An avid baker and home cook, Vaughn can be seen making his latest creations on the NYT Cooking YouTube Channel, Instagram and TikTok. He is the author of the forthcoming book Cookies: The Best Recipes for the Perfect Anytime Treat.
Rick Martinez
Rick Martinez is a celebrated Mexican American cookbook author, New York Times bestseller, recipe developer, and food personality. His debut book, Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico is a James Beard Award–winner, IACP Cookbook of the Year, IACP Best International Cookbook, and New York Times bestseller and serves as a transporting tribute to his family’s homeland of Mexico and a personal exploration of Rick’s self-identity as a third-generation Mexican American.
Tejal Rao
Tejal Rao is a chief restaurant critic for The New York Times and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine. She is two-time winner of the James Beard Foundation Awards for restaurant criticism and a Vilcek Prize in creative promise. Previously, she was a restaurant critic at The Village Voice and later at Bloomberg News. Before that, Rao worked as an editor, French translator, copy editor and cook.
