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A Feast for Celebrating

It’s my partner’s birthday and The Bittman Project’s too, so I thought I’d kick off…

The Peak Winter Dishes You Crave

We’re taking a detour from our regularly scheduled programming to introduce today’s What’s For Dinner?…

January Member Bundle: Citrus

Chicken with Citrus Sauce. Photo: Daniel Meyer

A Glorious Week of Sandwiches

Melissa McCart

How to Cook Beans and Greens, 10 Ways

We’ve got a handful of great recipes for you, starting with beans and greens. While…

Cooking, Fast and Slow

The more leisurely recipe for this week is on-point for fall, bulgur chili, in which…

This West Coast Market Is Committed to Indie Businesses and Better Ingredients

A collection of products from West Coast women entrepreneurs for TBP readers

Two West Coast Women Who Are Shaping How We Eat

What rice should taste like

Chicken with Mushrooms

Skin-on, bone-in chicken is more flavorful than skinless boneless numbers, but make this with what you have. I did not dredge the chicken and used oregano rather than parsley for the garnish. There’s room for flexibility here.

It's OK to Have Dip for Dinner

Plus, a recipe for the first of the year’s glorious tomatoes and a succotash paella

The Simplest and Best Shrimp Dish Does Not Need Zoodles

Photo: Sam Kaplan

It's Peak Season for Eggs

Plus, variations on tofu pancakes and a quick asparagus pasta

Sustainable, Cheap, Underrated: Clams

Linguine and clams, mapo tofu, and the glory of green papaya

How To Replace Meat

We don’t need fake ‘meat’; there are better solutions. Last weekend Ezra Klein’s New York…

How To Wake Up Cabbage

Cabbage is perhaps the most underrated yet versatile vegetable

These Fancy-ish Eggs Are Pretty Easy to Make

Plus, a broccoli tofu scramble, and the wonders of anchovies to enhance the flavor of…

This Near-Perfect Pasta Hinges on Two Ingredients

Standout peppercorns and pecorino Romano can lead to classic cacio e pepe

Is This the Best Breakfast in the World?

The case for congee Before working for Mark, I was a restaurant writer for the…

We Are Rounding the Corner Toward Spring

This week’s ‘Gahhhh! What’s for Dinner?’ is a winter send-off

Roast Leg of Lamb