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Sourdough Waffles

I know: with this post I have officially destroyed any lingering sympathy you might have had for my third bout with COVID. And your suspicions are well-founded. As I’m one of the very fortunate folks for whom the virus is no worse than a middling cold, my COVID infections have all essentially been a staycation,Continue reading “Sourdough Waffles”

Experimental Supper Club #8

The clam fritters were a disappointment, but the lamb ragu was good and everyone loved the cocktail, the carrot salad, and the rice pudding, which is a family recipe from Rene Redzepi’s partner….

Chef-y Recipes

I called a recipe chef-y the other week—I think it was this one—and one of my Experimental Supper Club buddies asked me what I meant by that. I thought about it and said something like, “A chef-y recipe calls for like 2 more hands, 4 more ingredients, and 8 more hours than you’ve got.” IContinue reading “Chef-y Recipes”

Wednesday’s Child: Welsh Cookies

I had never eaten Welsh cookies before I met my ex-husband. I think the first time I tasted them was from a care package his mother sent to Texas around the holidays. Petite, tender with butter, redolent of nutmeg and studded with chewy little currents, they charmed me. I liked how they were fried, likeContinue reading “Wednesday’s Child: Welsh Cookies”

Experimental Supper Club #7: Birthday Edition

I hand-wrote these menus on postcards and then immediately recycled them like a genius…so I don’t have any pictures for you. But the centerpiece was David Chang’s famous Momofuku Bo Ssam, which came out very well. Everyone went nuts for Smitten Kitchen’s Miso Black Sesame poporn, which we had as an appetizer with somewhat forgettableContinue reading “Experimental Supper Club #7: Birthday Edition”

Experimental Supper Club #6

The highlights of this one were definitely the lamb burgers and the zhug. The tart was a show-stopper but way too sweet for me: you can’t control the sugar in the white chocolate, but if I made it again, I would cut the sugar in the meringue by half.

Happy Halloween

I can’t believe I haven’t posted these on here yet. I’m pretty sure these came from a Woman’s Day magazine in the check-out line at the supermarket like 15 years ago. I don’t think I even bought the magazine–they’re pretty easy to reverse engineer and even easier to make if you use box cake andContinue reading “Happy Halloween”

Experimental Supper Club #5

As I’ve written before, I use Paprika to organize my recipes, and one of the category labels I use is “Try” for recipes I haven’t made yet. But at some point, I started saving recipes to this category faster than I made them, and it got completely out of control–350 recipes or something like that.Continue reading “Experimental Supper Club #5”

Squarer-than-usual Pizza

I meant to post this week-before-last for Pepperoni Pizza Day but didn’t get around to it. But I wanted to share the happiness I felt when I realized I could make a personal-sized pepperoni pizza by halving this recipe for square pizza from Kenji and baking it in an 8×8 metal pan. We don’t haveContinue reading “Squarer-than-usual Pizza”

Letter of Recommendation: Huevos Rancheros

I remember my mom making this dish for us for breakfast on the weekends more often than she made any other New Mexican dish growing up, and that’s probably because it’s so quick to make. Technically, it’s named for a sauce my mom never actually used because ranchero sauce contains both tomatoes and onions, twoContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: Huevos Rancheros”