EditorialA sponge of yeast, bread flour and water is mixed into dough for challah bread in New York, Aug. 22, 2022. Food styled by Laurie Ellen Pellicano. (Armando Rafael/The New York Times)
EditorialA stalked glass sponge, observed at a depth of 1.62 miles in the Atlantic Ocean during an exploration of a volcano in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, July 23, 2022. (NOAA via The New York Times)
EditorialA stalked glass sponge, observed at a depth of 1.62 miles in the Atlantic Ocean during an exploration of a volcano in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, July 23, 2022. (NOAA via The New York Times)
EditorialBritain's Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, poses for photographers with victoria sponge cakes as she joins children and care home residents for a 'Poetry Together' recital and tea party at the Royal Geographical Society in London, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 202
EditorialTrenton Campbell, 19, wearing a yellow Sponge Bob costume, waits in line at East Cobb Church of Christ in Marietta, Ga, on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, to vote in Georgia’s Senate runoff elections. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialLadyfingers or even sponge cake or poundcake for the classic trifle with berries in New York on Dec. 4, 2020. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. (Christopher Simpson/The New York Times)
EditorialThe milk syrup is absorbed by the sponge cake in this seis leches cake in New York on Jan. 14, 2020. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. (David Malosh/The New York Times)