Recipes

The other day, I met a somewhat frail-looking older woman at a butcher’s counter who was picking up an 18-pound turkey. “That’s a big bird,” I remarked. She said that’s what her family wanted, and she’d told her son to arrive early to help cook. Also, he had to make plans for leftovers. In her late seventies or early eighties, she was a seasoned cook. She planned for leftovers, especially at the holidays. I’m in the same club, always looking to make the most of my efforts in the kitchen. With leftover Thanksgiving turkey, you can turn all the bits...

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The holiday season has arrived, and that means a lot of dumpling-making from November through February to my family and friends. Although no time of the year is spared of this tradition, we really bring it on the nights before Thanksgiving and Christmas: at least two types of fillings, stacks of round wrappers, and often, square, yellow wonton wrappers for boiled wontons and their filling are brought out onto the table and everyone gets busy folding. The inevitable chatter over how to do this best ensues. I tried my hand at making dumplings not from my Chinese heritage this fall, too. In the...

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