The Wednesday Chef

Month: April 2007

  • Paula Wolfert’s Moroccan Chicken Smothered in Olives

    I've got ants. There's no way to beat around the bush here. I've got a thin and irritating line of small, black ants marching their way in and out of my apartment and getting perilously close to my food supply. I know they're not dirty, like roaches, or pesky (and dirty) like mice, but I…

  • Maral Pastry’s Tahini Cookies

    I was beginning to wonder if maybe I'd hit some sweet spot – a Bermuda Triangle of good recipes, great recipes even. After all, when was the last doozy I made? I can't even remember. We've been eating well around here lately. And then. I attempted to make the tahini cookies that Charles Perry raved…

  • Amanda Hesser’s Revueltos con Chorizo

    This is the only thing I've cooked since Thursday (not including Ben's birthday cake, but more on that later). It's been a busy couple of days around here! Surprise out-of-town birthday guests, a dinner for 24 people, the advent (at last!) of spring so glorious that I felt like a puppy when we went outside,…

  • Suvir Saran’s Spicy Roasted Chicken Thighs

    I'm cutting straight to the punch today. This chicken recipe is delicious. Ben wouldn't stop talking about how good it was. The last time he was this enthusiastic was when Amanda Hesser's Lemon Chicken entered our lives, and we all know how good that was (don't we?). It's simple (you process a bunch of spicy,…

  • Random Thoughts Upon My Return

    Flying through a Nor’easter into New York anytime soon? I don’t recommend it. Three hours later, and I’m still eyeing my airsickness bag (I took it with me) and quaking in my boots. Good lord, what an end to the weekend. Through the worst of it, though, when the plane was pitching and careening through…

  • Chicago!

    I’m running to catch a flight to Chicago where I’ll be for the next few days. I leave you, and Ben (who turns 30 this weekend! Without me around to celebrate. Sob. Happy birthday, honey!), with this little treat. Can you guess what it is? (The more specific you get, the more – um –…

  • Nancy Silverton’s Pappardelle with Bagna Cauda, Wilted Radicchio and an Olive-Oil-Fried Egg

    I've been eating pretty well lately. More than pretty well, spectacularly even. You already know all about my delicious adventures in Los Angeles and, frankly, my kitchen's been quite good to me lately, too. It's almost too good to be true. From honey dates and kumquats to gai lan and braised fennel, I have been…

  • Sam Sifton’s Sesame Noodles

    I seem to be a woman of empty threats. Because even though I made it seem like one more day without a plate of Sesame Noodles would be a dire one indeed, I actually survived for four more days thereafter. (Is that the sound of a thousand people falling over in shock at the news?…

  • Dinner Frustrations

    It was all meant to end a little differently. Without that floppy, pallid slice of pizza, if you’re wondering. After all, I had plans. Plans to cook, of course. Things like Chinese peanut noodles or a spring vegetable soup. I’d be looking forward to making them for days. But there was that pesky rain at…

  • Florence Fabricant’s Asian Seafood Risotto

    What a night it's been! First, I feared I'd totally offended the gods – or at least the one God that counts on this particular night. Then I tasted sweet relief when Wikipedia came to my rescue. Then the rest of the internet dashed my hopes for an entirely damnation-free evening. And I had such…