EditorialA Pink Cupcake soda, which adds cupcake and cream, vanilla and strawberry flavored syrups to Sprite, at Twisted Sugar in Summerville, S.C., Nov. 22, 2021. (Leslie Ryann McKellar/The New York Times)
EditorialAlan Richardson and Karen Tack, the authors of “Hello, Cupcake,” speak after preparing a batch of corn-on-the-cob cupcakes at Richardson’s home in Irvington, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2021. (Timothy Mulcare/The New York Times)
EditorialAlan Richardson and Karen Tack, the authors of “Hello, Cupcake,” speak after preparing a batch of corn-on-the-cob cupcakes at Richardson’s home in Irvington, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2021. (Timothy Mulcare/The New York Times)
EditorialAlan Richardson and Karen Tack, the authors of “Hello, Cupcake,” speak after preparing a batch of corn-on-the-cob cupcakes at Richardson’s home in Irvington, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2021. (Timothy Mulcare/The New York Times)
EditorialAlan Richardson and Karen Tack, the authors of “Hello, Cupcake,” speak after preparing a batch of corn-on-the-cob cupcakes at Richardson’s home in Irvington, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2021. (Timothy Mulcare/The New York Times)