Molly O’Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

This recipe is adapted from “The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup” by our old colleague Mimi Sheraton. It was published in 1995. Practical and pragmatic in the technical aspects of soup making, Ms. Sheraton is an unabashed hedonist when it comes to serving and consuming it. "Chicken soup must be very, very hot," she counsels. "You want to have to inhale it, to take tiny sips at first and build, as the soup cools, to larger and larger bites. Near the end, you are racing to finish. Tepid soup is dead." Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

The American who wishes to cook Chinese food at home must understand what the Chinese-food scholar Barbara Tropp calls the subliminal role of yin (that which is feminine, dark and yielding) and yang (that which is masculine, bright and hard). In "The Chinese Banquet Cookbook" and "From the Earth: Chinese Vegetarian Cooking," Eileen Yin-Fei Lo has a chatty way of putting the dishes in their context, making fun of what she refers to as all the "chop-chop-chop." For the novice who wishes to cook Chinese food on a cold day, when the body yearns for a little cultural exchange, Lo has a sensible suggestion, and one that couldn't be more fashionable. Ergo, make soup. Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

The chef and cookbook writer Edna Lewis believed that the key to spring cooking was a light hand, and here she goes easy on rhubarb, sweetening it just a little with sugar and nutmeg. This recipe, which was featured in The Times in 1991, tempers the rhubarb’s natural tartness a bit but still allows it through, showcasing the fruit’s natural texture. Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Oaxaca is the place where they invented mole sauce, "that perfect specimen of Mexican cooking," according to Ana M. de Benitez in "Pre-Hispanic Cooking." This is also where the natives carve wonderful mythological creatures and eat their tamales steamed in banana leaves (unlike anywhere else in Mexico). Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

In 1991, sundried tomatoes and truffle oil were sweeping the nation, and red sauce, that old reliable, had fallen from favor. Enter this brightly flavored sauce from Nora Ephron, who gave it to The Times that year, saying, “You can only put up a sun-dried tomato front for so long.” This sauce, a weeknight mash of plum tomatoes, carrots, celery and onion, is given a silky depth with a substantial amount of butter. Serve it over pasta with a good crusty loaf to sop up the leftovers. Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

For decades, chicken has been America's most familiar culinary canvas - and its popularity continues to grow. This recipe is adapted from Michel Richard, the chef of the French-California restaurant, Citrus, in Los Angeles, and his three less-ambitious French-California restaurants in Santa Barbara, Calif., Washington and Baltimore -- all called Citronelle. Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

This recipe first appeared in The Times in 1992, with an article by Molly O'Neill, when Edna Lewis, many years after writing her seminal cookbook “The Taste of Country Cooking,” was the chef at the Brooklyn restaurant Gage & Tollner. The addition of lemon zest and juice make this brighter and less sweet than typical sweet potato dishes. Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Rich with almonds and flavored with tangerine, these simple, no-bake cookies are adapted from a version found in Aglaia Kremezi’s "Foods of the Greek Islands." It's the perfect summer sweet to make when just the thought of turning on the oven makes one wilt. Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Schlesinger, this paste is wonderful with steaks or chicken. It also adds a husky note to veal chops. Rub four 8-ounce veal chops with the spice paste and refrigerate for 4 to 6 hours before grilling. Grill over hot coals until medium rare, about 4 minutes per side. Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Molly O'Neill

Molly O’Neill · NYT Cooking

Although New York has long had pizza bragging rights, the modern American version of pizza with toppings that went beyond basil and mozzarella began in Wolfgang Puck’s kitchen at Spago in Beverly Hills in the 1980s and started a California pizza trend that spread far and wide. Molly O'Neill