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JOMO Cooking — Restaurant-quality dinners, the joy of missing out

The joy of staying in. JOMO ("joy of missing out") cooking is the discipline of being so happy with what you cook that booking a restaurant feels like a small betrayal of the evening.

I. Cacio e Pepe

Pasta, pecorino, black pepper, butter.

II. Tuscan Chicken

Chicken, sun-dried tomato, cream, spinach.

III. Risotto with Brown Butter

Arborio rice, parmesan, butter, stock.

IV. Steak au Poivre

Steak, peppercorns, butter, cognac.

V. Mussels in White Wine

Mussels, white wine, garlic, parsley.

VI. Pan-Seared Scallops

Scallops, butter, lemon, herbs.

VII. Salmon en Papillote

Salmon, herbs, lemon, butter.

VIII. Beef Stroganoff

Beef, mushrooms, sour cream, mustard.

∞. Where to go next

If this collection found something useful, the place to keep going is the full A-Z catalogue or one of the cuisine pages. New essays appear weekly on the essays index.