The year in food: ten recipes for 2022

The book of Ecclesiastes says that “there is no new thing under the sun”. This aphorism of ennui, set down more than 2,000 years ago, remains largely true today in the kitchen. Most people cook familiar crops and species using time-tested methods. But what is routine for one person may be delightfully new to another. Just because nothing is new under the sun does not mean nothing is new on your plate. What follows are ten recipes that had a particular resonance for this author in the year just past. Like all lists, it is personal, incomplete and ready to be argued over.