Weeknight Chicken Marbella, Briny and Lush With Olives and Prunes

My parents’ initiation into elevated home cooking came by way of Julia Child’s soufflés and coq au vin, but for me the gateway was phyllo triangles and carrot cake from “The Silver Palate Cookbook.” That milestone book, by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, made cooking seem easy, playful and fun, with a lighthearted tone and recipes that captured the fresh and casually stylish zeitgeist of the early 1980s. For…