Noon–12:30 p.m. Amanda Hesser Author, “The Essential New York Times Cookbook” Priya Krishna Food Reporter, The New York Times Author, “Indian-ish” 1–1:30 p.m. Melissa Clark Food ...

Merrill Stubbs, left, and Amanda Hesser say that their friendship ... first met in 2004 when they worked together on a New York Times cookbook. Amanda was the food editor of the newspaper's ...