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MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2016
17 Recipes for April 4
 SAM SIFTON
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Salutations, all of you who cook or who think about cooking, all of you who enter this newsletter with the expectation to be fed, literally or spiritually, all of you who come to Cooking for inspiration, for counsel, for help. We stand prepared.
But before we get to recipes, have you checked out the bald eagle camat the Channel Islands National Park in California? It's been running on our desktop for days now, providing a rare and exciting glimpse of nature red in beak and claw, and inspiring us to provide food for our family exactly as if we were the national bird.
So perhaps we'll make fish tonight. Melissa Clark's easy recipe for roasted fish is a good place to start. Or you could make fish tacos. Or Martha Rose Shulman's recipe for miso-glazed salmon. Pan-fried flounder in an egg batter (above)? Fish on!
And we'll make plans for the rest of the week. Weekday baking is a challenge, but taking a few minutes today to make pizza dough is no big chore and will pay big dividends in a couple of days if you're interested in eating a pie with shrimp, bacon and artichoke hearts – or one with marinara, tuna and capers, or just a plain-old plain.
Some salad with that, or for another night? Seaweed? Lyonnaise?Romaine and pomegranate? Curried egg?
You could stir-fry some green beans with tofu and chiles. You could bust out some Manchurian cauliflower, which is essentially Mark Bittman's stir-fried chicken with ketchup, with the cauliflower playing the role of meat. Maybe make fettuccine Alfredo? Or a big bowl ofgarlic soup?
You can find many, many more recipe ideas for this week onCooking. Save the ones you want to cook to your recipe box (look atmine – it's getting big!). Rate the recipes when you're done cooking them. Leave notes on them, too, either for yourself or for the rest of us. And if you run into any problems, please ask us for help. We're atcookingcare@nytimes.com to provide technical and moral support.
Now, how about a few more diversions before we make a grocery list and return to the business of work?
Have you read Michiko Kakutani on Ian McGuire's new novel, "The North Water," about a 19th-century Arctic whaling expedition? It may well get you to the bookstore this afternoon. (Or perhaps you'd prefer to watch this Japanese video about how to make teeny-tiny doughnuts?) We're digging this Los Angeles Times interview with Juan Felipe Herrera, the United States poet laureate. And for those wondering what the kids are up to when they're not posting pictures to Phhhoto (I'm samsifton there), check out Neko Atsume, the kitty collector app. These are the end times. See you on Wednesday! |
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