[Sam Sifton emails readers of Cooking five days a week to talk about food and suggest recipes. But I don’t always cook with them, and I know I’m not alone. It’s fun to cook that way, and it helps you develop your kitchen skills along the way. I called these exercises no-recipe recipes, and they were both fun to discover and write. You could pick up a rotisserie chicken on the way home, and make chicken salad with greens and herbs.

Source: New York Times February 13, 2019 14:26 UTC