My sisters have been discussing this. One of the dishes Laura made for Thanksgiving was Roasted Cauliflower and Hazelnut Salad. (It’s pictured in this rave NYTimes blog post.) Sarah has called me four times since a dinner party she had on December 29 to tell me how divine the Roasted Chicken with Clementines and Arak is. I’m looking forward to all the meatballs (there are six recipes for them) and to stuffing eggplant with lamb and pine nuts and to traveling to Jerusalem through Ottolenghi’s food and stories. I feel a dinner party of my own coming on …
MARTHA McPHEE 