Shakshuka

Eggs in spiced tomato

One pan, any time of day.

Kimchi jjigae

Kimchi stew, bubbling

The reason to let kimchi get too sour.

Cacio e pepe

Pasta, glossy with pecorino

Three ingredients and one difficult emulsion.

Miso-glazed aubergine

Aubergine, charred and glazed

Nasu dengaku, more or less. Twenty minutes, mostly unattended.

Phở bò

Phở bò, the bowl

A six-hour broth and a five-minute bowl. Do the first on a Sunday.