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Tuesday Night Dinner Party
A former chef's column on the rewards of low(er)-key entertaining.
By: DoubleX Staff
Posted: September 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM
When it came to home entertaining, former chef Sara Dickerman always tended toward the exhaustingly elaborate. In DoubleX she chronicles her recent forays into a more relaxed approach. Turns out saffron is overrated, guests like plucking clams, and chili doesn't have to taste like Texas.
Pulling a Pilaf From an Empty Fridge [2]
How to cook for a vacation house full of guests.
October 23, 2009
Over Casserole, a Puppeteer Past Comes to Light [3]
The revelations of a Tuesday night dinner party.
October 2, 2009 [4]
Two Pro Foodies and an Unclever Salmon [4]
For food writers, a mediocre home-cooked meal can be a welcome change.
September 18, 2009
Turn Frozen Tuna Into a Feast [5]
Add baby carrots and it's a banquet for bikers.
August 21, 2009
Not Too Vain to Make Quickie Chili [6]
Inauthentic and just one dish, but it’ll have to do.
July 31, 2009
The Poor Man’s Saffron [7]
A spice freak settles for orange zest.
July 10, 2009
Betty Draper Would Have Plucked the Clams [8]
A delicious clam pasta with a few cut corners.
June 19, 2009
The Red Pepper Piperade That Will Change Your Life [9]
Sandwiches are lame. Try this instead.
June 3, 2009
Don’t Smoke a Duck [10]
How I learned to stop cooking like a chef.
May 18, 2009
Links:
[1] http://www.doublex.com/users/double-x-staff
[2] http://www.doublex.com/section/life/pulling-pilaf-empty-fridge
[3] http://www.doublex.com/section/life/over-casserole-puppeteer-past-comes-light
[4] http://www.doublex.com/section/life/tuesday-night-dinner-party-two-pro-foodies-and-unclever-salmon
[5] http://www.doublex.com/section/life/tuesday-night-dinner-party-turn-frozen-tuna-feast
[6] http://www.doublex.com/section/life/tuesday-night-dinner-party-not-too-vain-make-quickie-chili
[7] http://www.doublex.com/section/life/tuesday-night-dinner-party-poor-man’s-saffron
[8] http://www.doublex.com/section/life/tuesday-night-dinner-party-betty-draper-would-have-plucked-clams
[9] http://www.doublex.com/section/life/red-pepper-piperade-will-change-your-life
[10] http://www.doublex.com/section/life/tuesday-night-dinner-party-don’t-smoke-duck
[11] http://www.doublex.com/section/life/making-my-mother’s-pie-now-she’s-gone
[12] http://www.doublex.com/section/arts/julie-powell-what-julie-julia-butchered
[13] http://www.doublex.com/section/kids-parenting/two-kids-two-grocery-stores-and-one-peach-salsa-logic-problem-fathers-day