Good morning! Today we have for you:
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An easy fish dinner for easy gatherings
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Ina Garten’s perfect roast chicken (and my imperfect alterations to it)
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And Dorie Greenspan’s baked apples
Sit down, kids. I have something to tell you. Daddy’s gone.
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I’ll be driving on Sundays for a while, and no, you can’t get a refund. But why would you want to? I may not offer moody observations from the deck of a fishing boat or erudite reflections on important books, but I am a lot of fun.
Like many of you, I’m doubling down on building community. You could do that with a neighborhood potluck, but an elegant, easy Sunday dinner with friends is where I’m at this week.
This baked fish — I’m using some halibut an in-law brought from Alaska — with olives and ginger from Yasmin Fahr hits exactly the right notes. It’s got a slightly elegant vibe, but it’s actually quite easy to assemble on a sheet pan before guests arrive. Capers, lemon and olive oil make a simple sauce, and if the combination of green olive and ginger isn’t working for you, consider anchovies or garlic instead. Set the table and maybe put a few flowers in a vase. Let your friends know what they mean to you.
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Baked Fish With Olives and Ginger
Monday
Of course, Monday can slap that sweetness right out of you. That’s why you need Ali Slagle’s skillet broccoli-Cheddar rice. It’s a delicious way to push back against the part of you that wants to say, “I don’t really care what goes on the table tonight.” You might serve it alongside a store-bought roasted chicken.
Tuesday
However, why not roll that chicken idea into Tuesday and try your hand at Ina Garten’s perfect roast chicken, which has one of the best effort-to-result ratios in the recipe game? Or you could make Kim Severson’s imperfect roast chicken. I don’t rub it with butter, but I stuff it with whichever herbs and citrus I happen to have around. I also leave the legs akimbo, mostly because it gives me a chance to use the word akimbo.
Wednesday
Wednesday I’ll be putting some meat over propane as if I’m Hank Hill. Kay Chun has a good recipe for grilled skirt steak with smoky cucumber chimichurri. She chars Persian cucumbers on the grill and then marries them with parsley and capers. Brilliant.
Thursday
By this point in the week, who can resist the siren call of a one-pot recipe? Zainab Shah developed a deeply flavorful one-pot shrimp and tomato pulao based on the staple of Mumbai’s Parsee community. It might remind those of you who live in the Low Country of shrimp pilau, which has its roots in West Africa. But they might not be using ghee, cumin and turmeric in Charleston. Whichever version you like, please do try to find Gulf shrimp.
Friday
On Friday, I often turn my attention to screens and dips. I, like many of you, will do anything Samin Nosrat suggests. In this case, it’s make miso-labneh onion dip. It takes about 10 minutes to put together but an hour to chill. That is just enough time to get to the store for some Ruffles, which IMHO is the only chip for onion dip.
Saturday
On Saturday, get your hands on some crisp fall apples and channel Dorie Greenspan. You will find no more comforting dessert than baked apples. They are especially good warm (not hot!) with some vanilla ice cream and a dusting of cinnamon. But only a dusting — Dorie has child baked-apple trauma because her mother used too much.
Now, it’s a long way from newspaper executives and fishing trips, but here’s what Shawn Mendes has been up to. The melancholy teenagers in my life can’t get enough.
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Me? I’m at [email protected]. See you next Sunday.
Kim Severson is an Atlanta-based reporter who covers the nation’s food culture and contributes to NYT Cooking.
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