Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen Shares Her Favorite Weeknight Meals — A Week of Dinners

Deb Perelman has always been the kind of cook I aspire to be. Her recipes on Smitten Kitchen check all the boxes for what I want to make on any given weeknight — comforting, approachable, delicious, and just a little bit special. She has great candor in her writing, but she doesn't overdo it like many food bloggers. When I first started following her site when I was in college, a totally novice cook, she made me believe that I could make the most delicious cookies on the planet, or that, yes, soup with 44 gloves of garlic was something within my grasp.

Perelman was one of the original food bloggers. She started in 2003, and has published two cookbooks since then, including the most recent Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites, which I've slowly been making my way through. And just like she was approachable to me as a young cook, her new recipes keep me inspired in the kitchen.

We recently had the opportunity to visit Perelman in her East Village kitchen and talk to her about the recipes she makes on an average busy weeknight for her family. You're going to want to make every single one she mentions.

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