Three Things

Easy dinner ideas, superhero muffins, a marriage memoir

Good morning friends. What’s for dinner tonight? Last night we had Hetty McKinnon’s Palak Khichdi (Spinach, Rice, Lentils), which turned out to be exactly the stewy, warm-your-bones vegetarian meal I was craving to usher in this wintry New York week. Over the weekend, and under the category of “Nice Work if You Can Get it,” I spent some time preparing for a conversation I’m having with author Nicki Sizemore at Rizzoli Books (Wednesday, January 14) about her beautiful new cookbook Mind, Body, Spirit, Food. I like it when making salmon bowls (above), drizzled with Nicki’s drinkably delicious Miso-Maple Sauce qualifies as “homework.” If you live in the New York area, I would love it if you joined us. Last thing before your official Three Things: I’m so sorry to report that my father’s beloved sister Selma died last week. She was 96, called me “doll” un-ironically; loved sweets, New York City, her adoring family, including her brother (my father); and possessed a lev shomea, the Hebrew phrase I learned…