Photo by Farideh Sadeghin If you look at my family tree, you’ll find CiCi on the Kardashian side. (She is Robert’s first cousin.) But if you studied our relationship, you’d see the two of us are as close as sisters. Through the ups and downs of my life, CiCi and I have stayed the best […]
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Tavern-Style Pizza Recipe
Photo by Farideh Sadeghin Makes 3 pizzas Prep time: 40 minutes Total time: 2 days INGREDIENTS for the dough:1 ¾ teaspoons active dry yeast3 ½ cups|500 grams all-purpose flour2 teaspoons granulated sugar4 ½ teaspoons kosher salt 2 ½ tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil for the pizza sauce:12 ounces|340 grams cherry tomatoes3 tablespoons olive oilkosher salt, to taste for the […]
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Photo by Farideh Sadeghin Makes about 30Prep time: 45 minutesTotal time: 1 hour INGREDIENTS for the epís: 4 large garlic cloves, peeled 2 fresh thyme sprigs 1 rib celery 1 scallion 1 small Scotch bonnet pepper 1 small Spanish or yellow onion, peeled ¾ medium green bell pepper, seeded½ small shallot, peeled ¼ medium red bell pepper, seeded ½ cup|20 grams fresh cilantro sprigs ½ […]
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eggplant involtini
It makes no sense at all, but for most of this past winter, I craved eggplant parmesan. I tried to tell myself that we were half a year to eggplant season and would I prefer some… cabbage or turnip parmesan instead? (I would not.) I made it a few times. I ordered it in a […]
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corn butter farro
A logical progression after making zucchini butter spaghetti a few times — provided you’re a person who likes zucchini, butter, and spaghetti, or what happens when the first two melt silkily against the third — is to ask yourself, what can I butter next? What vegetable wants to be cooked down until it’s tender, concentrated, […]
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roasted tomatoes with white beans
Is July the most lethargic cooking month? I don’t mean this in a bad way. I know in our productivity-fixated culture (“so busy, crazy busy”) we balk at praising apathy but what if we leaned into it instead? It’s hot. The days are long. If midsummer demands some laziness, some loosened grip on to-do lists, […]
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summer ricotta with grilled vegetables
Letter of recommendation: Make ricotta this summer. I was originally going to write “Ditch the burrata and make some ricotta this summer,” but neither wish to besmirch burrata nor do I plan to go tomato season without it. Should a burrata tree (it grows on trees, or must based on the frequency in which it […]
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simplest mushroom pasta
Lately I’ve been trying to take as many stupid walks for my stupid mental health (a funny/wonderful TikTok trend from over the winter) as possible because if the last two years have taught me anything, it is that outside time is a very key ingredient in me being a warm, upbeat, charming person, the kind […]
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snacky asparagus
You are fully invited to roll your eyes at the simplicity of this recipe. It’s not even a recipe. It’s more like a plating, a way of getting asparagus from market to table that I’ve been hooked on for over a year. Here’s what makes it perfect: I love sauteed, roasted, and grilled asparagus, especially […]
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