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Made for Living
Head over to realsimple.com/rshome26 to see even more photos and shop the rooms. LIVING & DINING ROOM Matthew Tsang @matthewtsangofficial Challenged with a very open concept, Austin, Texas-based designer Matthew Tsang called on a few tricks to make sure the whole first floor hung together. DEFINED SPACES “I used a custom-size rug to create a visual divider for the living room,” Matthew says.
A Dinner to Keep the Vacation Vibes Going
Bò lúc lắc (shaking beef). This stir-fry comes from the chef Charles Phan of the Slanted Door, the seminal Vietnamese restaurant that started in San Francisco and now has offshoots. Food styled by Spencer Richards. (Christopher Testani/The New York Times) (Five Weeknight Dishes) I am back on the clock this week, having been away for spring break with my family and eating a whole lot of escovitch.
The Five Weeknight Dishes in My Current Rotation
Pan-seared salmon. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. (Christopher Testani/The New York Times) (Five Weeknight Dishes) I’m always happy to write about weeknight cooking because -- this might roll some eyes, but here goes -- I genuinely love cooking on weeknights.
Want More Fiber and Protein? This Sheet-Pan Meal Makes It Easy.
Sheet-pan herby roast chicken with peas and carrots. Preparing a well-balanced meal is doable any day of the week. Food Stylist: Cyd Raftus McDowell. (Christopher Testani/The New York Times) Most of us know that if you want to feel pleasantly full and satisfied after a meal -- not stuffed and sleepy -- you should aim for a happy balance of protein, fiber and flavor on your plate.
Five Weeknight Dishes: Budget-Friendly and Downright Delicious
One-pot cheddar tomato mac. This single-vessel recipe from Ali Slagle proves the world does need another mac and cheese recipe. Food styled by Monica Pierini. (Christopher Testani/The New York Times) Every year around this time, I look at the calendar, and I low-key panic. With tax season and summer child care costs looming, I have to start cutting back on, well, everything.
Five weeknight dishes: Fancy mains without the time commitment
It’s a funny time of year to be writing to you about fast and simple cooking. Is this not the moment for luxury, pageantry and scale, for projects like tamales or lumpia that require a gathering of home cooks and many hands; or Caribbean black cake, with its jeweled dried and candied fruit soaked for up to a year; or a perfect prime rib roast, a grand and true statement piece?
Genius Beauty
1. CELL SERVICE This silky serum reduces damaged skin cells so newer, stronger ones can thrive (whoa, science). Three weeks in, I already notice a healthier complexion. The Longevity Serum, $80; tatcha.com 2. FULL GLOSS After a swipe of this tinted gloss, I’m ready to hit the party circuit. It adds color and volume—without any stinging. Forget the Filler Lip-Plumping Line-Smoothing Gloss (shown in Cherry Vanilla), $26; lawlessbeauty.com 3. ROOT AWAKENING Think dry shampoo, but better.
Editor Raves
Nordic Ware Brilliance Bundt Pan “I absolutely love how cakes turn out in this Bundt pan! It can take a simple recipe or even a boxed cake mix and make a showstopping dessert. The fluting detail is so unique, and I’m always amazed when the cake releases cleanly with zero sticking.” —Lawrence J. Whritenour Jr., deputy photo editor $46; nordicware.com Simple & Dainty Rope Hoop Earrings “These are my everyday earrings.
The Books List
Dramatic Coming-of-Age Novel How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley opens with a confession: Tween Georgie Ayyar and her older sister, Agatha Krishna, have killed their uncle, who’d recently arrived from India to live with their family in rural Wyoming and begun sexually abusing them. He’s clearly a villain, but the ones truly to blame in the whole vicious story, Georgie recounts, are the British.
Something Fishy
FOR SELF-CARE, HOME CARE & ALL YOUR OTHER CARES MISTAKES YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU WERE MAKING Deck the Halls Without Flaws Shea McGee of design firm Studio McGee in Salt Lake City shows how to curate an indoor holiday display worth pining for. You’re Thinking Way Too Small Yes, you’ll have to figure out where to store them during the off-season, but large items (like nutcrackers or fun trees) will anchor your display. Smaller pieces add dimension and detail.
A Note of Thanks
Dear Forest, Every day I work at my desk facing the window, and there you are, facing back. Standing tall on our mountain, dressed in so many colors of green I would need new words to account for them all. So many leaves, all facing forward like books in a shop window, each one holding its own creative vocations inside, drinking sunlight and making the sugars of life, the air of a world, the oxygen I breathe. I understand that I could not live without you.
Serving Looks
LET LINENS DO THE HEAVY LIFTING For a tabletop that’s rich with texture, layer a tablecloth with a runner and/or place mats and/or napkins in matching or power-clashing prints. The key to pulling off the latter: Make sure they’re all in the same limited color palette.
Shrimp in the freezer makes meal planning easier
I did a Reddit AMA on Friday, inviting people to ask me anything about the Weeknight 100 and New York Times Cooking, and someone asked me about my meal planning and grocery shopping processes. This, naturally, led me to think about shrimp. (Stay with me here.) A key element of my planning is choosing meals that don’t generate waste if I don’t get a chance to make them, whatever the reason may be (tiredness, laziness, schedule craziness). I loathe tossing ingredients.
Shrimp in the freezer makes meal planning easier
Zucchini Butter Pasta, as styled by Spencer Richards. Cooking the zucchini with vegetable stock over low heat highlights the fruit’s sweetness and prevents it from caramelizing, giving the sauce a creamy rather than charred finish. CHRISTOPHER TESTANI The New York Times I did a Reddit AMA on Friday, inviting people to ask me anything about the Weeknight 100 and New York Times Cooking, and someone asked me about my meal planning and grocery shopping processes.
This cheesy dip is a closely guarded Alaskan secret
Drive three hours south out of Anchorage, through two mountain passes, down a highway dotted with rural churches and the occasional moose, and you’ll arrive in Kenai, a seaside town world famous for its salmon fishing. But in Alaska, the area is also known for a specialty made at the 50-year-old butcher shop called Echo Lake Meats.
4 rules for buying the best olive oil
I’ve always cared about olive oil, probably more than most. Even in my early 20s, when I was broke and still learning how to cook, long before becoming a cookbook author and recipe creator, I kept two bottles on hand: one for cooking and another for moments that called for something more special -- the arrival of perfect summer tomatoes or a fluffy flatbread still warm from the oven. It felt a little dramatic at the time. Now, while I know it’s a splurge, I usually have seven or eight open at once.
These cookies are so easy a toddler made them
Leave a preschooler alone in the kitchen with open baking ingredients for even a minute, and nine times out of 10, you’ll end up with a sugar-crusted child. But that wasn’t the case for Lee Farrington’s 3-year-old daughter, Ashton, who playfully added handfuls of almond flour, chocolate chips and brown sugar to a bowl of half-finished cookie dough -- and, in the process, helped formulate one of the best vegan, gluten-free cookies I’ve ever tasted.
Should You Be 'Fibermaxxing'?
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Should You Be ‘Fibermaxxing’?
First came smellmaxxing. And then sleepmaxxing. Don’t forget flavormaxxing. Now there is a newcomer to the scene. Fibermaxxing. In the latest example of social media users fixating on something -- only to have some take it to an extreme -- proponents of the fibermaxxing trend are loading up their meals with soaked chia seeds and cruciferous vegetables in an effort to increase their fiber intake, and often to also lose weight.
The Best Rosés for Summer
THERE AREN’T MANY COMEBACK STORIES better than that of rosé. Back in the late 2000s, selling dry rosé wine was a thankless task. Imagining its return was like imagining the return of leisure suits or 1980s hair-metal bands.
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A poke bowl. Naz Deravian’s recipe is simple and flexible, and if you’re uncomfortable with raw marinated fish, you can sear it first, or use canned tuna or salmon instead. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (Christopher Testani/The New York Times)
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Black Bean Chili With Mushrooms. Mushrooms and black beans are the perfect pairing for a hearty weeknight chili with a kick of heat from a fresh jalapeño. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Ham and Bean Soup. This creamy, belly-filling soup from Naz Deravian demands that you wear a wool cable knit sweater while eating it. Food styled by Cyd Raftus McDowell.
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save A margarita. On the campus of Louisiana State University in May, Cindy Smock, a 65-year-old evangelical preacher, tried to sell students on the benefits of abstinence by listing the sexual acts that women will supposedly perform after drinking certain numbers of margaritas.
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