Miso Salmon—an Easy Weekday Meal

By David Hu
A new video for Video Friday

I love Japanese food. It can be delicate or hearty, intricate or plain, sophisticated or everyday. Often people think Japanese food is hard to make. In fact, many popular Japanese dishes are fairly easy for the home cook. Teriyaki, tonkatsu and tempura all come to mind.

But for one of the easiest Japanese dishes, try miso-glazed salmon. This is a great weekday meal: only six ingredients, prep time of about 5 minutes, very little clean up, and healthy, to boot!

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A Feast for One

By Lori Powell

I have always enjoyed feasts big or small, no matter what the number in courses or number of guests. Tonight I’m celebrating a feast for one!

When I first lived in New York City, I shared a two-bedroom apartment, #13 (apparently this building had not gotten the notice that this was an unlucky number), in a fourth- floor walkup with a lovely person I knew from high school.

While she was out training for the next marathon, I was home making a three-course dinner for myself. Table set with candles burning.

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