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It’s Sunday. Do you know where your roast chicken is?
Good morning, all. It’s Sunday morning, and I’m dreaming about how rewarding it’ll feel to make something that smells like comfort and tastes like a thrill. It shouldn’t take a weekend to force us to slow down and cook something special, but it certainly helps. David Tanis’s recipes always make me feel that way, and this one inspires me to return to the Sunday roast chicken ritual I used to keep up. Instead of a whole bird, David roasts just the juicy thighs, burnishing them copper over a bed of leeks and garlic. Lemon juice marinates the meat, and charred lemon slices impart a floral citrus scent that softens the rosemary’s pine aroma. While that all browns in the middle of the oven, a sheet tray of delicata squash rings caramelize on the top rack. I’m going to throw a pan of cabbage wedges on the bottom rack while I’m at it. That’ll be a nice side dish, and it will turn into the best desk lunches later in the week. Featured Recipe Lemon-Garlic Roast Chicken With Squash(If you’re hosting a Friendsgiving dinner party — or, you know, Thanksgiving — that three-rack trick comes in handy for getting a lot of food ready at the same time. Just be sure to check the temperature of your oven using an internal oven thermometer, and tweak the oven dial as needed.) To go with your roast chicken, how about a crisp fall salad? I recently tested this greens and persimmon salad from the chef Sean Sherman and couldn’t believe that such a simple tossed salad could taste so complex. The proportions are perfect, the technique brilliant. If you don’t have persimmons on hand, try this savory apple and sage salad, or this one with brussels sprouts and pomegranate. For the rest of the weekSweet potato pound cake: Poke a few sweet potatoes all over with a fork, wrap each in foil and sneak them onto any rack next to whatever’s roasting. They’ll be tender in an hour or so, soft enough to peel and mash for this pound cake from Millie Peartree. (Or, just buy a can of puréed sweet potato.) The loaf on its own is nice for breakfast all week. With its maple pecan glaze, it’s like Sunday morning brunch every day. Soy-glazed mushroom rice bowls: Soy, garlic and chile sauce give sautéed mushrooms and cabbage a shimmery cape of savory in this one-pan dinner from Ifrah F. Ahmed. She suggests adding tinned sardines to finish it, and I second that move. Sure, they add protein, but they also give each bite richness. Porchetta pork chops: Melissa Clark’s porchetta roast is an unrivaled beauty, with its burgundy crackle of rich pork skin. But if you don’t have five hours for roasting, you can enjoy the same blend of garlic, rosemary and fennel with these pork chops. To make sure the porchetta seasonings permeate the meat, she smartly cuts a slit through the thick chops and stuffs some inside. And if you love porchetta but no longer eat meat, try these porchetta roasted potatoes. Scallion-miso mac and cheese: Whisking miso into a classic creamy béchamel gives this Kay Chun dish an earthiness that accentuates the nutty notes of the cheese (Parmesan, Gruyère and Cheddar). Kay understands the importance of crunch in every bite, so she tops this with crushed crackers made extra buttery with butter. If you’re making this for Friendsgiving, you can assemble the whole cheesy pasta ahead of time and bake it with the scallion crumbs right before serving. Harissa steak tacos: Zaynab Issa created this recipe for the stovetop; the garlicky meat develops a gorgeous char in a cast-iron pan. Her winning move here is to top the meat with sliced cucumbers. It’s such a little thing, but makes a big impact with their crisp cool snap against the smoky meat. Turkey Day TrackerWatching grocery prices inch up from their already high numbers is equal parts stressful and horrifying. To make Thanksgiving grocery shopping less anxiety-inducing, we’ve put together our favorite budget-friendly dishes. These savory stuffed mushrooms start with good ol’ button mushrooms, the least expensive in the grocery case, and taste as rich as a steakhouse appetizer.
33 Cheap Thanksgiving Recipes for an Easy, Impressive Feast →When I’m not cooking and baking this weekend, I’ll be staying warm indoors. If you haven’t already gone to see it, “Bugonia” is worth a trip to the movie theater and, surprisingly, so is “Predator: Badlands.” Thanks for reading! For a limited time, you can enjoy free access to the recipes in this newsletter in our app. Download it on your iOS or Android device and create a free account to get started.
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