“I’m just completely at the mercy of this thing,” said Carmino, scrolling raptly through the app’s elegantly shot pictures of summer pastas. “What am I to do but make this gorgeous spaghetti with burrata and garlic-chile oil?”
Carmino explained that he feels absolutely compelled to stock his kitchen with halloumi, shallots, labneh, farro, gochujang, flaky sea salt, and a host of other ingredients necessitated by the app’s recipes.
“When Melissa Clark tells me to make a whiskey-soaked dark chocolate bundt cake, there’s really nothing I can do but start baking immediately,” Carmino continued. “I will drop everything I’m doing and grill some peaches if The New York Times thinks I should.”
At press time, Carmino’s Times-mandated roasted zucchini tart was tasting… okay.