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Lamb Chops with Oregano and LemonMains

Lamb Chops with Oregano and Lemon

Eight minutes in the pan, and most of the work is standing the chops on their fat edge first. Render that strip properly and the whole dish tastes better.

30 minServes 4Easy
Blueberry MuffinsBaking

Blueberry Muffins

Mixed until barely combined and baked hot to start, which is what throws up the high domed top. A smooth muffin batter is a failed muffin batter.

45 minServes 12Easy
New York CheesecakeDesserts

New York Cheesecake

Dense, tall and barely sweet, baked in a water bath and then cooled with the patience of a saint. Every crack in a cheesecake is a cooling mistake, not a baking one.

2 hrServes 12Medium
Vanilla Custard Ice CreamDesserts

Vanilla Custard Ice Cream

An egg-yolk custard churned to something dense and slow-melting. Shop-bought ice cream is mostly whipped-in air; this is the opposite, and you can taste every bit of the difference.

40 minServes 8Medium
Classic French CrêpesBreakfast

Classic French Crêpes

A thin batter that must rest for an hour, and a pan you barely grease. Rushing the rest is why home crêpes tear.

1 hrServes 4Medium
Fluffy American PancakesBreakfast

Fluffy American Pancakes

Buttermilk, a lumpy batter and a pan that is cooler than you think. Three small things that between them add about a centimetre of height.

25 minServes 4Easy
Belgian WafflesBreakfast

Belgian Waffles

Whipped egg whites folded in at the last moment. That is what gives the deep pockets their shatteringly crisp shell and near-hollow inside.

40 minServes 6Medium
Thick-Cut French ToastBreakfast

Thick-Cut French Toast

Day-old bread, cut thick, soaked properly rather than dipped. Stale bread is not a compromise here — fresh bread turns to mush in the custard.

25 minServes 4Easy
Miso RamenSoups

Miso Ramen

The weeknight ramen. The miso paste is fried in aromatics before the stock goes in, which takes a 40-minute bowl a surprising distance towards an all-day one.

45 minServes 4Medium
Fried Sardines with LemonSnacks

Fried Sardines with Lemon

Whole sardines in seasoned flour, shallow-fried hard and hit with lemon. Cheap, sustainable, and better than most things three times the price.

25 minServes 4Easy
Garlic Bread with Parsley ButterBaking

Garlic Bread with Parsley Butter

Raw garlic grated to a paste, not chopped, so it melts into the butter instead of catching and turning bitter in the oven.

25 minServes 6Easy