Dimpled focaccia loaded with the last cherry tomatoes and rosemary, crisp underneath from a generous pour of olive oil.
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No-Knead Dutch Oven Bread
One loaf, four ingredients, and no kneading. A blistered crust and open crumb from a Dutch oven, with an overnight rise doing all the work.
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The Beginner’s Guide to No-Knead Bread
How no-knead bread works and why time replaces kneading. Hydration, fermentation, and the Dutch oven trick that gives a bakery crust at home.
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Sichuan Eggplant with Garlic Sauce
Silky eggplant in a glossy Sichuan garlic sauce, sweet, sour, and savoury at once. Ready in 25 minutes and better than takeout.
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Baba Ganoush with Charred Eggplant
Smoky baba ganoush built on eggplant charred until collapsed, with tahini, lemon, and garlic. The char is the whole recipe.
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10 Ways to Use the Last of the Summer Eggplant
Late-August eggplant is at its cheapest and least bitter. Ten ways to cook it, from baba ganoush to Sichuan garlic sauce, plus whether to salt it.
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Crispy Chicken Cutlets with Lemon and Arugula
Thin, golden chicken cutlets with a crust that stays crisp, topped with lemon-dressed arugula. The most useful weeknight chicken there is.
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20-Minute Sesame Ground Beef Bowls
Ground beef caramelised in sesame, soy, and garlic over rice with quick cucumber. On the table in 20 minutes with one pan.
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The School-Night Dinner System: Plan a Week in One Hour
A repeatable weekly system for school-night dinners: one hour of planning and prep that removes the 5pm decision entirely, with a sample week.
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Chicken and Waffles with Hot Honey
Crisp fried chicken on a buttermilk waffle, finished with chilli-infused hot honey. The Southern classic, built to work as a weeknight dinner.
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Crispy Buttermilk Waffles from Scratch
Buttermilk waffles with a shatteringly crisp outside and a tender middle. The batter rests, the iron stays hot, and the waffles never go soggy.
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National Waffle Day: 10 Ways to Eat Waffles Beyond Syrup
National Waffle Day is August 24. Ten ways to use a waffle iron beyond breakfast, from chicken and waffles to savoury cheese waffles and hash brown waffles.
