EditorialPuppet characters Bert and Ernie in “Sesame Street: The Musical” at Theater Row, New York, on Sept. 7, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialKay Chun’s sesame salmon bowls where everyone can get the whole beautiful bowl, or a version customized to their specs. (Linda Xiao/The New York Times)
EditorialAbby, Big Bird, and Elmo during a taping of Sesame Street at Kaufman Studios in New York on May 16, 2019. (Landon Nordeman/The New York Times)
EditorialChef Peter Serpico?s daughter Charlie helps him sprinkle sesame seeds on his fish-sauce-forward hobak jeon at his home in Philadelphia, June 30, 2022. (Hannah Yoon/The New York Times)
EditorialA light-up Elmo bath toy made in China and sold by Glo, which has a partnership with Sesame Street, at Glo’s business in Starkville, Miss., March 30, 2022. (Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times)
EditorialHuge Casey and Jean Kasem estate auction will include late Top 40 radio hosts microphone, celebrity-signed letters and guitar collection to her wedding dress and Cheers memorabilia& as well as household items from their Holmby Hills home
EditorialGoma or sesame, Sesamum indicum. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialHenry Orenstein, president of Topper Toys, with toys based on Sesame Street, in New York, July 23, 1971. (Christopher E. Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialKay Chun?s sesame salmon bowl, which is inspired by chirashi, in New York, June 9, 2021. food stylist: Monica Pierini (Linda Xiao/The New York Times)
EditorialAhmed Fadel smears salmon cream cheese on a sesame bagel at Tompkins Square Bagels in Manhattan, Dec. 3, 2021. (Adam Friedlander/The New York Times)
EditorialOver 1,200 of Hollywoods biggest blockbuster film Artifacts and 20th and 21st century screen gems including John Travoltas Pulp Fiction suit and casino chips from James Bond film Casino Royale to dazzle the auction block
EditorialVarieties of pan de muerto covered in sugar and sesame seeds and sugar skulls at La Migaja Mexican Bakery inside the Mi Rinconcito Mexicano restaurant in Miami, Fla., Oct. 28, 2021. (Alfonso Duran/The New York Times)
EditorialMichelle Obama Promotes Healthier Foods with Elmo and Rosita at the White House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 30 Oct 2013
EditorialNick Wiseman, a founder of Little Sesame, a small chain of hummus shops in Washington, packs hummus on May 30, 2021, to be sold at Whole Foods Market. (Rosem Morton/The New York Times)
EditorialAndy Maskin, on duty while Chloe Mead rests, watches over Henry while Madeline keeps an eye on Sesame Street at their home in Queens on May 9, 2021. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times)
EditorialA Korean cheeseburger with sesame-cucumber pickles in New York, April 6, 2021. Food styled by Barrett Washburne. (Bryan Gardner/The New York Times)