http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/dining/new-recipes-no-recipes.html 2016-10-12 19:04:10 New Recipes! No Recipes! Great pumpkin recipes, an excellent guide for cocktails and more. === Sam Sifton emails readers of Cooking five days a week to talk about food and suggest recipes. That email also appears here. To receive it in your inbox, Good morning. Dispatches from our food-obsessed reporters are all over Brian X. Chen, in turn, gave us a smart look at I can’t wait to make his But not this night! Around here, Wednesdays are for cooking without recipes, off narrative suggestion. I’m thinking roast chicken thighs with sweet potato fries and jalapeños. Heat your oven to 425. Cut sweet potatoes into matchsticks and toss with a neutral oil and some salt and pepper. Put them on an oiled sheet pan and make some room among them for some oiled and seasoned chicken thighs. Sprinkle a little chile powder over the top, then slide the pan into the oven and roast for 30 to 40 minutes, stirring the sweet potatoes a few times to ensure even browning and crisping, until the chicken is golden and cooked through. Remove the pan from the oven, top with a scattering of thin-sliced jalapeño, and squeeze lime juice over the whole. Dinner! If that’s not to your liking, or if you’d prefer more precise instructions, take a gander at Melissa Clark’s accounting of Many more recipes may be found on And of course we’re here if you run into problems: Now, have you read