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Kim Severson

  • Cookfight! Kim Severson vs. Julia Moskin

    Cookfight! Kim Severson vs. Julia Moskin

    The concept of COOKFIGHT is incredibly fresh. New York Times journalists Kim Severson and Julia Moskin, who also happen to be best friends, choose a theme (dinner on a budget, for example) and then compete to see who can make the best meal. The results of their efforts fill the pages of this book; a…

  • Marion Cunningham’s Raised Waffles

    Marion Cunningham’s Raised Waffles

    In the food section of my brain, there are two major filing cabinets: (1) New York City restaurants organized by location, allowing me to choose the perfect spot to nosh no matter where we are in the city; and (2) a recipe file. My recipe file is mostly organized by ingredient (chicken, peas, bacon), though…

  • Meyer Lemon Meringue Pie

    Meyer Lemon Meringue Pie

    Ok, I promise, this is it with the Meyer lemons. You’re sick of them–after this post, and that post–I know, I know. And when Lindy drew lemons (that sort of look like Meyer lemons) into my banner this month, who knew I’d be writing so much about them? Unless this was Lindy’s master plan? What…

  • Meyer Lemon Chicken & Asparagus

    Meyer Lemon Chicken & Asparagus

    There are two dishes referenced in Kim Severson’s “Spoon Fed” that don’t have corresponding recipes: the first is a chicken stuffed with Meyer lemons, the other is something called a “Jewish muffin.” I haven’t had any luck parsing the mysteries of the Jewish muffin, but after an exchange on Twitter I was able to extract…

  • Kim Severson’s “Spoon Fed”

    Kim Severson’s “Spoon Fed”

    The blender arrived in the middle of our conversation. Kim Severson, of The New York Times, was interviewing me for a story about crowdsourcing recipes (I didn’t have much to contribute but I was excited to chat with Kim for the first time) and in the middle of our lively chat, my doorbell rang.