Dat Candy: The Martha recipes we’re making this week.

Good morning. Today, I'll begin by auditioning for the role of Food52's Chief Film Critic.

Martha (2024)

Twelve minutes into Netflix's new Martha Stewart documentary, the film fulfills its sole requirement as a movie about an American-born food person: It highlights an extended trip through Europe as the origin of its subject's boundless infatuation with food. Beyond this familiar revelation, Martha proceeds to ignore the audience's (or maybe just mine) most pressing questions—like who stood beside her as she cracked the code on her famed one-pan pasta? Or whether she prefers Zinfandel or Cab alongside her beef stew with dijon & tomato? And does she care that her Italian-Braised pork shoulder still—somehow—remains so criminally underrated? A braver film would answer these questions—and the best film would provide complimentary bites of those recipes. (Though there might be answers in her 100th cookbook, Martha: The Cookbook, out this week.)

Let me know what food-focused film I should review next—and for our team's 12 favorite Martha recipes click here.

Recipes:

Earlier this week, we published an article ranking our 10 favorite Thanksgiving sides that we'd actually make as a guest. So basically: recipes that are big on flavor but light enough on effort and equipment that you'd actually feel comfortable making them in somebody else's kitchen—even if their family reminds you of the Berzattos. Of those 10 Thanksgiving recipes, here are some of my favorites:

Goguma Mattang

Scalloped Potatoes With Caramelized Onions

Roasted Cranberry Sauce With Orange

The Best Thanksgiving Sausage Stuffing There Ever Was

Don't Miss This:

Here are my three favorite videos we've put out recently:

1. We reviewed an incredible Cuban restaurant that's—somehow—both a) in Times Square and b) under the radar. Watch here.

2. We made Nashville Hot Mozzarella Sticks. Imagine mozzarella sticks, but covered in spices and hot oil. They ruled—and will kill at this year's Super Bowl party. Video here.

3. We highlighted our favorite gifts for dessert people. Watch here. Or shop here.

Team Favorites:

This week, we're going to kick this section over to our community—who for the last few years have consistently poured in rave reviews about a particular soup. Here's an example:

"I first ate this dish sitting on the deck of an old wooden boat in Helsinki harbor along with a slice of rye bread and a glass of red wine—this dish takes me back to that happy day whenever I make it—thank you!"

The dish in question? This Finnish salmon soup.(Also, I want that person's life.)

That's a wrap for this week!

See you next Sunday for more chatter about what's happening at Food52 HQ.

—Paul, Editor

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Sunday, November 10, 2024

The Martha recipes we’re making this week.