The one exquisite holiday dish I crave is the sweet butter braised lobster tail. This is a Thomas Keller’s recipe from the French Laundry. A simple…
How should I approach a recipe which is supposed to be perfect, by a chef who is openly an anti-perfectionist? The recipe in question is perfect…
This is a slightly different take from my favorite kohlrabi slaw, except it’s more exciting and a bit less work. With appealing recipes on hand, celebrate…
I’m curious about having bananas with pan-roasted pork chops. Eric Ripert recalls the flavor of “La Fiesta” in Puerto Rico where whole roast pig and banana…
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Charred Carrots with Orange and Balsamic
I have to find ways to use up all the carrots from the recent CSA deliveries. Ina Garten’s recipe of charred carrots with orange and balsamic…
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Roasted Acorn Squash Wedges | Everyday Dorie
We might not be able to gather in a big way for Thanksgiving this year. However, it shouldn’t stop us from putting together a spectacular spread…
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Sweet Potato in Tomato, Lime and Cardamom Sauce | Ottolenghi’s Flavor
Pairing sweet potato with a sauce made with tomato, lime and cardamom is a case study in how great flavor is delivered in a dish. Roasting…
The source of inspiration comes from a NOPI recipe, the black radish, red endive and apple salad, from Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully. I adapt the…
If I have to put together a table of meze selections, top on the list are: puréed beets with yogurt and za’atar, baba ganoush, and butternut…
I can’t think of a more appropriate place to deploy the kitchen-sink approach to cooking than the bean and tortilla soup. Besides a long list of…
Shrimps and scallops with tomato and feta has the depth of flavor that very few seafood dishes can match. I found that out when I made…
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Butternut Squash and Tahini Spread | Jerusalem
When you think roast butternut squash can’t get any better, take an extra step and pulse it in the food processor. Something magical happens when the…
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Miso-Maple-Jammed and Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are showing up in droves in the CSA boxes recently. Hence, I’ve been making sweet potatoes with miso-maple two ways: as a jam and…
Ottolenghi and Tamimi explain in their cookbook Jerusalem that the dish, pan-fried sea bass with harissa and rose originates from Bizerte, the northernmost city in Africa.…
I feel like hitting a jackpot with the one-pan crispy spaghetti and chicken recipe published by Yotam Ottolenghi in the New York Times a few weeks…
The smoky black beans are a quick version of my favorite vegetarian chili. You might not be ready to make a big pot of chili, as…
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Miso Corn and Squid | Everyday Dorie
Dorie writes about her encounter with the mythical Kyoto corn and the other Japanese culinary wizardry. That stirs up the sensational memory of my solo trip…
The many uses of cauliflower continue to surprise me. I put cauliflower in pizza, pasta and salad. There are the easy choices of roasting and steaming.…
The abundance of the seasonal Jersey white corn gets me thinking about a summer vegetable succotash. “We’ll wager that for as long as there have been…
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Ricotta Spoonable | Everyday Dorie
The idea of having a ricotta spoonable to go with almost anything is appealing. I serve the spoonable with some steamed yellow beans and crabmeat. I’m…
Mary Berry’s retro crab cocktail is the answer to the popular shrimp cocktail. What makes it retro is the cocktail sauce. It uses the common condiments…
Taco night is complete with chicken kebabs and greens and beans with red chile. The chicken kebabs is a Mark Bittman recipe published on the New…
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Squash, Butter beans and Thyme | Heirloom Beans
What Nigel Slater calls butter beans is the same as white lima beans in the US. Butter beans generally refer to the mature flat, white lima…
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Ginger-Beet Salad | Everyday Dorie
Beets have been showing up regularly in my CSA box in the last few weeks now. Making a seasonal beet salad, layered with a harissa vinaigrette…
The grilled shrimp and corn evokes the fond memory of the annual July 4 celebration, which was cancelled this year due to the pandemic. This dish…