(Pity the northern suburbanites and those on rural roads, for the leaves are falling now, fast and piling deep.) It is Halloween tonight, of course, so dinner tonight may be complicated, the doorbell ringing and kids outside dressed as hamsters, Elsas, Holden Caulfields, ghosts looking for candy. So you might keep it simple, make takeout-style sesame noodles and slurp those down as you hand out the Charleston Chews. You could aim higher instead, and make Alison Roman’s excellent new recipe for braised chicken thighs with tomatillo and radish (above). I’d like to cook those both, the blinds drawn and the front light extinguished so as to say nobody’s home.

Source: New York Times October 31, 2018 14:26 UTC