What Recipes Get Wrong

from SALT PIG · host Elinor Hutton & Lukas Volger

Welcome to Salt Pig! Does our society’s penchant for using recipes broaden the horizons of home cooks, or constrain them? This week, Lukas and Ellie discuss who recipes are written for, what a successful recipe is, and what to do when a finished recipe needs something beyond the page. Plus a hand’s-off technique that is balm to one’s often-overcooked sockeye salmon. Join us, and if you enjoy — please like and subscribe!Discussed in this episode:Calabrian Chili Peppers, the BIG jarSamin Nosrat’s Scallion Pancake and Scrambled Egg TacosThe New York Times No-Recipe RecipesWhen Did Following Recipes Become a Personal Failure? by Laura ShapiroInstagram | Substack

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Welcome to Salt Pig! Does our society’s penchant for using recipes broaden the horizons of home cooks, or constrain them? This week, Lukas and Ellie discuss who recipes are written for, what a successful recipe is, and what to do when a finished recipe needs something beyond the page. Plus a hand’s-off technique that is balm to one’s often-overcooked sockeye salmon. Join us, and if you enjoy — please like and subscribe! Discussed in this episode: Calabrian Chili Peppers, the BIG jarSamin Nosr...

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