These Eggs Live Up to the Hype
March 5, 2021
Hello and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. On Wednesday, the temperature was projected to hit roughly 50 degrees in the New York area. My husband and I reacted as though it were going to be 70, and we’d be wearing shorts and drinking gin and tonics. “Let’s have a barbecue!” he suggested. When we actually stepped outside, it was cold. “A chilly 50,” I sighed. We had pasta for dinner.
Such is life in colder climates in the Covid era. I desperately want it to be spring so we can escape our home. Last I checked, it is not yet spring.
Why I Love Sheet Pans
Feb. 26, 2021
Hello and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. This week, we are celebrating the sheet pan, the unsexiest piece of kitchen equipment ever to hit home-cooking culture. Our team put together this smashing collection of 20 sheet-pan recipes, and a special section in this Sunday’s print edition of The Times.
Perhaps you’re rolling your eyes? Isn’t this whole newsletter a celebration of the sheet pan? I do write about sheet-pan dinners often, and that’s because I make them all the time, so much so that I could probably sleepwalk into my kitchen; locate the sheet pans, olive oil and salt; and start prepping a meal.
, Eater has compiled a handful of the recipes from blogs, magazines, publications, and cookbooks that put the pep back in our pans this week and that we hope will do the same for you. These are the dishes that Eater editors from across the country actually made recently, and we’re passing along any first-hand tips, hacks, or dietary substitutions that, hey, worked for us. Here, then, are this week’s must-try recipes from Eater’s very-much-average but highly enthusiastic home cooks.
Cooks Country
I got a tortilla press for Christmas, and have been slowly trying to improve my comfort level with making tortillas at home. My first attempt at corn ones was a pretty mixed bag, and I’m happy to say I had a bit more success with this recipe from Cook’s Country for a flour variety. Though I had to play around with the recommended amount of water and add more than the recipe called for to get the consistency I wanted, this recipe is really pretty easy, and created tortillas th
19 Easy Recipes for Valentineâs Day
Love means never having to spend hours cooking a special meal.
Sue Liâs lemony white bean and shrimp stew is sure to wow your Valentine.Credit.Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.
By Margaux Laskey
Feb. 10, 2021
Whether youâre celebrating Valentineâs Day with your partner, with your pod or by yourself, these recipes will help make the day special without a full day spent in the kitchen. These dishes donât require tons of ingredients and most of them come together in under an hour.