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  • One-Pan Cod and Potatoes with Olive Gremolata

    One-Pan Cod and Potatoes with Olive Gremolata

    Every family has its own way with potatoes. Growing up, my mom would buy frozen potato latkes, heat them up in the toaster, and serve them with Mott’s apple sauce (you can hear all about it on my mom’s episode of Lunch Therapy). Most families, I’d venture, are mashed potato families. Some do it from…

  • My Mom’s Five Tips For Scoring A Table At An Impossible-To-Get-Into Restaurant

    My Mom’s Five Tips For Scoring A Table At An Impossible-To-Get-Into Restaurant

    My mom may not cook, but she’s an absolute authority when it comes to eating out at restaurants. She and my dad eat out almost every night of the week and they do so with a real zest for excitement and experience; they love to patronize busy restaurants, especially ones that are hard to get…

  • New Dishes

    New Dishes

    The last time I wrote about dishes on this blog it was in April 2008 when I wrote a post called “Meet The Plates.” Serious Eats was amused and linked to it in a post called “Adam Roberts’s Quirky, Idiosyncratic Plates.” The idea back then, in 2008, was that each of my guests at dinner…