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Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

The dough should be prepared 12 hours before it is to be baked.

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Plenty of onion, salt and white pepper are essential to the character of potato pancakes, and I have also adopted the custom of stirring in some minced parsley for a fresh and verdant accent. Occasionally, and especially if I am serving sauerbraten, I grate in two or three tablespoons of peeled apple, the drier varieties, such as Golden Delicious, being best suited to this purpose. These should be prepared and fried as close to serving time as possible.

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

“Braising is a cooking method that is little understood and much neglected,” Mimi Sheraton wrote in The Times in 1983. “The long, slow, moist process fills the house with warm scents of simmering meats, vegetables and herbs and yields in robust main courses that include rich sauces and gravies to be aborbed by potatoes, rice or noodles. And because the moisture tenderizes the meat, even the least expensive cuts gradually take on savory overtones.” She accompanied her article with this luscious sauerbraten, which benefits greatly from larding the meat with bacon or salt pork, and is even better the day after it is prepared.

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

Mimi Sheraton · NYT Cooking

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

Suzanne Hamlin · NYT Cooking

Warmth is a given with chicken soup, but this one turns the heat up with ginger and chiles. It comes from Ismail Merchant, the Indian-born film producer and director who had a longtime partnership with James Ivory. It is an easy recipe and will take about an hour of your time, and is a deliciously healthy twist on an old standby. Suzanne Hamlin

Millie Peartree · NYT Cooking

Red drinks are central to Juneteenth celebrations, as the color red represents the blood shed by enslaved people. Strawberry soda is commonly served, but this punch builds on that tradition, adding hibiscus, lime juice and mint to a strawberry base. It’s a great way to use up slightly overripe strawberries. (It’s better to use overripe berries than underripe ones, since underripe berries can have bitter notes.) The pineapple juice ice cubes are a little extra effort, but they melt right into the drink, changing its flavor as you drink it. At first, it’s good. Over time, it’s incredible.

Millie Peartree · NYT Cooking

A Caribbean favorite, this light, tender and flaky fish is made with whole snapper, but you can also use fillets for ease. This recipe has a mellow spice to let the flavor of the fish shine through, but it’s open to adaptation: Feel free to add a little more hot pepper or allspice, if you like, for more intensity. If you’re in a hurry or low on spices, you can substitute Old Bay, jerk or Cajun seasoning blends for the spice mix in Step 1. Then, turn it into a sandwich (see Tip), paired with sweet plantain fries, or eat it as a light meal on its own.

Millie Peartree · NYT Cooking

This is not the traditional way to make biscuits, but it may become your new technique. Instead of preparing individual drop biscuits, a sturdy dough is spread out into a baking dish over a bed of melted butter. Scoring the biscuit dough allows the butter to seep into the sides as the biscuits bake, creating tall biscuits with crisp edges and flaky insides. They’re perfect to soak up a classic Southern gravy, warmly seasoned with sage and nutmeg. This dish tastes like the holidays in the best way possible, while still being light enough for brunch. But if you made it for dinner, we wouldn’t blame you.

Millie Peartree · NYT Cooking

Some cobblers can be dry, but not this one. It puts a twist on an old-fashioned recipe, taking parts of the traditional, which uses a biscuit topping, and adding elements of a crisp, like oatmeal, for crunch. Maple syrup replaces the brown sugar usually found in peach cobbler recipes, which brings a lightly woody sweetness; nutmeg and cinnamon add that nostalgic warmth. You can use fresh or frozen peaches here — because you can and should have peach cobbler year-round — and you can even throw in a handful of blueberries, if you have them. But don’t skip the vanilla ice cream: There’s no substitute for that combination of hot and cold.