EditorialJoshua Pinksy, the chef at the restaurant Claud, sprinkles whipped ricotta on his pistachio Bundt cake, which relies on a boxed pudding mix for its familiar flavor and airy texture, in New York, Jan. 4, 2023. (Colin Clark/The New York Times)
EditorialCharlie Young, who runs the small grocery and convenience store his father opened before he was born, in Earle, Ark., where Jaylen Smith is quite possibly the youngest African American mayor ever elected in the United States, Jan. 4, 2023. (Houston Cofield
EditorialPaula Collins, a lawyer who represents smoke shop and convenience store owners who sell cannabis, in New York, on Nov. 17, 2022. (Evelyn Freja/The New York Times)
EditorialKrista Hoffman, who received an Amazon catalog in the mail that had no prices on any products, at her home in Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 4, 2022. (David Williams/The New York Times)
EditorialBottled beverages damaged by floodwaters outside a convenience store in Mamaroneck, N.Y., on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialA memorial to George Floyd outside Cup Foods convenience store in Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, where he died while in police custody last year. (Joshua Rashaad McFadden/The New York Times)