time magazine

As the enduring popularity of cookbooks, recipes, and cooking shows indicate, we’re a food-centric species always on the lookout for the next delicious meal. With that desire for variety in mind, what’s on the menu in 2012?

I come from a family of four children, two girls and two boys. My parents, who have been married for nearly four decades, are loving, attentive and hyper-involved in all our lives. I’ve never doubted their affection for me—it borders on obsession, frankly—or their authentic investment in my happiness.