Though I love pasta, for many years I didn’t have a reliable recipe for marinara sauce. This seemed sad and vaguely shameful, since I could make a dandy mushroom sauce, a few different lasagnas, and even a stellar bolognese, which is a remarkable achievement for a longtime vegetarian. I found what would become the core […]
The scenes in which Tereus gets my innocent, teetotaling hero drunk and cooks him a steak are loosely based on the raffish habits of my mathematician friend, Sol. Once, when I had a bad cold, Sol cooked the best chicken soup I’ve ever tasted, and left it warm on my porch. On another occasion, he […]
I forgot to mention that Sheet-Pan Potatoes of the Apocalypse are really good. It’s my first recipe — if you can call it that — and they were great the first day, even better the second. The monsoons have started, so I’m going to keep rolling with the cooking. Here’s what I’m making now: Improvisational […]
