The Kitchen Chronicles

Adventures in City Cooking

Category: Main Course (page 1 of 27)

Black-Eyed Peas with Mustard, Cumin & Curry Leaves

In the recent weeks of this surreal pandemic experience, I keep being struck by how adaptable people are, despite most of us HATING change. In the beginning, I felt a little angry and going outside with my mask on made me feel like I was in a version of The Handmaid’s Tale, where everyone walked down the street at a distance without making eye contact. But now, transforming my living room into a home gym at 6pm everyday feels pretty normal and I’m no longer deterred from grocery shopping by a line of people down the block.

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Slovenian Cabbage with Noodle Squares

Despite some very stubborn temperatures, it’s officially spring in New York, and that means the artichokes and ramps are dancing through the produce aisles and the grills we have covered up out back are trying to get our attention and remind us to order charcoal, because at this point who knows how long it might take to ship.

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Deep-Fried Sweet & Spicy Chicken Wings (Yang-nyeom chicken)

If there is a silver lining to a pandemic that keeps you cooped up indoors and away from most of the people and things that tend to give your everyday life meaning, it’s that it provides some big-time perspective REAL FAST.

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Pomegranate and Fennel Chicken

We’ve somehow made it through another week in our homes, and I’m gearing up for a weekend that feels…exactly like the rest of the week! But with more cooking.

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