One of the pleasures of "reviewing" a new Ina Garten cookbook is that her cookbooks are pretty much flawless. So it's not a chore or a review, it's just me with a cup of tea or a fancy cocktail, making notes and muttering to myself "THAT sounds good!"

After the pandemic put an end to her career as an event planner in New York City, Samantha Perlstein quickly cooked up a plan B and launched a healthy, high-end brand of granola that's been selling out at East End farmers markets.

A recently published monograph, "Skolnick: Architecture + Design Partnership" (Pointed Leaf Press), explores the 40-year legacy of the East End architect Lee Skolnick and his firm. Alastair Gordon caught up with him to talk about his practice, his design aesthetic, and his collaborations with artists and cultural institutions.