New recipe, September 22, 2022

Rum and Tonic from NYT Cooking. This drink grew on us and is very nice. It gets a 4.

New recipe, September 21, 2022

Skillet Chicken and Chorizo Paella from Food and Wine. This tastes like a paella, and is pleasant and satisfying. This gets a 3.

New recipe, September 20, 2022

Fifty-Fifty Martini from Food and Wine. This is a not dry martini—pleasant! It gets a 3.

New recipe, September 19, 2022

Charred Okra Salad with Garlicky Yogurt from NYT Cooking. This is layered and really tasty—greens with a lime dressing, broiled okra with cumin, pickled onions with cayenne, and the yogurt dressing. Delicious! It gets a 5.

New recipe, September 18, 2022

Nimbu Pani (Limeade) from NYT Cooking. This is supposed to be a cool reprieve from sweltering summers-lime, ice and water at some salt. Black Himalayan salt. It has a distinct sulfur aroma and flavor. Let's just say this is an acquired taste. This gets a 2.

New recipes, September 17, 2022

Everything in this meal had produce from the garden! Tomato Peach Salad with Whipped Goat Cheese, Pork Tenderloin with Apples, and Pear Clafoutis, all from NYT Cooking. These are all 5s. So delicious, and each highlights the produce!

New recipe, September 16, 2022

Instant Pot Baba Ganoush from Food and Wine. This definitely is simpler and faster that the traditional technique and is damn good! We give this a 5

New recipe, September 15, 2022

Turkey Zucchini Burgers from NYT Cooking. The zucchini do make the burgers moist, and then it is all about the toppings. These get a 4

New recipe, September 14, 2022

Spaghetti with Eggplant Caponata from the August 2022 Bon Appetít. This is delicious! We give this a 5!

New recipe, September 13, 2022

Pad Krapow Gai (Thai Basil Chicken) from NYT Cooking. The flavors are delightful, but it is quite salty, even with a good deal of rice. We would keep the proportions of Oyster Sauce, Fish Sauce and Golden Mountain but reduce them by 1/3 to 1/2. We give this a 4 because of the saltiness, but it could easily be a 5 when better balanced.

New recipe, September 12, 2022

Corn and Celery Stir Fry from NYT Cooking. We wanted to like this but it was just bland. We would have added more ginger, garlic, soy sauce and scallions. We give this a 2.

New recipe, September 11, 2022

Summer Squash and Arugula Pesto Pizza from the September 2022 Bon Appetít. This is just delicious! We give this a 5.

New recipe, September 10, 2022

Caramelized Tofu with Soy Braised Eggplant from the August 2022 Bon Appetít. Really enjoyable flavors, we give this a 4.

New recipe, September 9, 2022

I neglected to get a photo. From NYT Cooking. Chicken and Cabbage Salad with a Miso Sesame Vinaigrette. This is a pleasant salad. We give it a 3,

New recipes, September 8, 2022

Sliced Pork Tenderloin with Hazelnut Vinaigrette from Food and Wine, Grilled Summer Vegetables with Tahini Dressing From NYT Cooking, and Easy Fresh Fruit Clafoutis from King Arthur Baking, made with plums from our tree. These were all really good. All get a 5!

New recipe, September 7, 2022

The Dirty Shirley cocktail from the July 2022 Food and Wine. If you are old enough to remember a Shirley Temple (the kid's mocktail we would get when our parents were having a cocktail when we went out for New Years Eve), you might appreciate this. It jazzes the original up with some vodka. I have such happy memories of the original, and this is very refreshing. We give this a 5.

New recipe, September 6, 2022

The Spaghett cocktail, from the July 2022 Food and Wine. Light beer with an ounce of Campari, this is surprisingly good and refreshing. We give this a 4.

New recipe, September 5, 2022

The Kalimotxo from the July 2022 Food and Wine. The article says this combination of red wine and cola originated in the Basque Country and is enjoyed worldwide, but we don't get it, and we don't like it. We give it a 1.

New recipe, September 4, 2022

Green Chile Pasta from the August 2022 Bon Appetít. This is really good. The pork is braised in the tomatillo salsa and then some reserved salsa is added at the end, giving depth and brightness all together. We give this a 5!

New recipe , September 3, 2022

Confit Tandoori Chickpeas from Epicurious. A great dish from the brilliant Yotam Ottolenghi. It is astonished easy—just toss the ingredients together in a pan an stick in the oven for an hour and a quarter. And so luscious. This is a 5!

New recipe, September 2, 2022

Grilled Scallops with Miso Corn Salad from Food and Wine. We enjoyed the salad but the specified time on the grill left the scallops a bit undercooked. We give this a 3.

New recipe, September 1, 2022

Charred Sungold Tomato and Fennel Pizza from the August 2022 Bon Appetít. The charred tomatoes and confit garlic really make this pizza! We give it a 5.

New recipe, August 31, 2022

Cacio e Pepe Broccolini with Crispy White Beans and Burrata from Food and Wine. We like the flavor combination, but found it too salty. As made we give it a 3. Would cut the salt in half.

New recipe, August 30, 2022

Rum and Orange Cocktail from Food and Wine. No orange in here, but it gets the flavor from Amaro Montenegro and it's quite good. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 29, 2022

Olive Oil Thyme Cake with Figs and Black Pepper from Food and Wine. This has a fun combination of flavors you don't usually think of as being part of a dessert, but they really work. And this cake is wonderfully moist! It gets a 5!

New recipe, August 28, 2022

Overnight Oats from NYT Cooking. This is surprisingly good! We did not think it needed any additional sweetness. That might be because we included some candied orange peel with the other dried fruit, but it really was perfect. Another 5!

New recipe, August 27, 2022

Summery Greens and Beans with Toasted Crumbs from NYT Cooking. This is a simple vegetarian dish, and the broth is really good. We give this a 5.

New recipe, August 26, 2022

Spicy and Saucy Cherry Tomato Pasta from NYT Cooking. A deep umami filled sauce starts with cooking tomato paste to darken in, then adding brightness with the cherry tomatoes, which came from our garden. Yum! This gets a 5.

New recipe, August 25, 2022

Watermelon Radish and Avocado Salad from NYT Cooking. A very nice salad. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 24, 2022

Risotto Nero with Squash and Burrata from Food and Wine. This has such interesting flavors that complement each other. We give this a 5! Fair warning—black rice is a whole grain rice, so it takes longer to finish the risotto than with regular Arborio rice.