Recipes

Sunday Cooking

Braised Chicken with Preserved Lemon, Green Olives and Bay

A one-pot Sunday dinner that quietly improves itself over a few hours on the stove.

2 hr 15 min Serves 4

Weeknight

Leek and Potato Soup, the Right Way

A quiet four-ingredient recipe that turns on two things: cooking the leeks slowly, and not over-blending.

45 min Serves 4

Baking

Skillet Cornbread for a Cold Evening

Coarse cornmeal, buttermilk, a hot cast-iron pan. We tested it twelve times so you can make it once.

35 min Serves 6

Salads

A Winter Citrus Salad, Served Plainly

Three citrus fruits, good olive oil, flaky salt. Worth more than the sum of its parts.

15 min Serves 4

Pantry

Brown Lentil Stew with Smoked Paprika

A pantry meal that improves overnight. Cheap, generous, and finished with a spoonful of yogurt.

1 hr Serves 6

Pasta

Aglio e Olio, Written Down Properly

Five ingredients, fifteen minutes, and a half-cup of starchy pasta water that does most of the work.

15 min Serves 2

Sweet

A Plain Apple Cake for Any Afternoon

The kind of cake that asks for a cup of tea. Sturdy, fragrant, no decoration required.

1 hr 20 min Serves 8

Pasta

Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta, End of Summer

The tomatoes do everything. You just stir.

40 min Serves 4

Weeknight

A Three-Egg Herb Omelette, Three Ways

French-folded, country-style, or rolled around cheese.

10 min Serves 1

Pantry

Slow-Cooked White Beans with Sage and Garlic

The case for dried beans, made carefully over two hours.

~14 hr (mostly hands-off) Serves 6

Sweet

Tall, Soft Buttermilk Pancakes

The leavening trick: baking soda meets buttermilk at the last minute.

25 min Serves 4

Soups

Green Minestrone for the First Warm Week

Spring vegetables, a Parmesan rind, a thread of olive oil.

50 min Serves 6