I moved to New York when I was 18. Not long after that, I enrolled in culinary school on a student loan. It was a disorienting choice at times, even though I kept telling myself that pursuing a trade ...

This recipe for Mango Pudding draws inspiration from the Asian store-bought fruit jelly cups studded with chewy coconut gel (nata de coco). Nata de coco is also known as coconut gel, not to be ...