From the category archives:

weekday lunch

Pasta Primavera

May 7, 2010

Forget that crap they serve in bad Italian restaurants. (All year round, mind you. Does anyone else see the irony in that?) This is the real thing. It’s spring (did you hear?), and this is a pasta dish that shows off the season’s finest. It’s a dead-simple preparation that doesn’t skimp on flavor, and it [...]

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Spinach Bourekas

February 4, 2010

At some point last year, I fell off the puff pastry cliff. It all started with this onion-date tart, one of the best and easiest recipes I’ve ever written. I made it once, twice, three times, and more; I couldn’t stop. I’d tweak a thing or two every time: I’d add mushrooms, swap the goat [...]

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Down and Dirty Pasta e Cecci

January 28, 2010

Anything that has the words “down and dirty” in the title is something I will, sooner or later, make. “Down and dirty” suggests a rough-and-tumble version of the refined original, something you’re more likely to eat on your front stoop than in a dining room. When I hear down and dirty, I see myself in [...]

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Brussels Sprouts with “Bacon” and Pears

December 6, 2009

Yet another installment of my Weekday Lunch series, where I share recipes suited for home or the office. Last Wednesday night, a colleague of mine had a pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving party. The idea is brilliant. Since most of us spend Tday with anyone from parents and siblings to in-laws and cousins twice removed, might as well [...]

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Broccoli with Capers and Olives, Two Ways

November 8, 2009

Finally, the next chapter of “Weekday Lunch,” where I offer recipes for food that fits in tupperware and warms in the office microwave. This dish happened completely by accident. D had decided to order a pizza for dinner, and I decided to do something else, seeing as it would have been my fourth pizza meal [...]

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Smoky Corn Salad

August 30, 2009

So sorry that posts have been so few and far between (and so short) lately. I’m doing my best to offer some great summer suggestions between work and work — bear with me; just two more weeks of this insanity, and I’ll be back on track. Meanwhile, hopefully you’re taking advantage of the last of [...]

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Summer Succotash

July 28, 2009

Round next of my weekday lunch series, where I post about dishes that’ll put PB&J to shame. I love the flavor of buttery, salty, corn on the cob. I love it even more now that I’ve discovered the sweetest corn ever, from Toigo Orchards. Toigo sets up shop at the Dupont farmers’ market; their corn [...]

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Linguini with Artichokes and Sweet Peas

June 28, 2009

Here’s another round of my “weekday lunch” series, where I offer recipes that’ll make your colleagues green with envy. Peas are one of those foods that have completely changed for me since I started shopping at the farmers’ market. In regular grocery stores (that aren’t Fairway, Whole Foods or Dean and Delucca), it’s pretty rare [...]