Posted in Bon Appetit, Gourmet, asparagus, cheese, cold cuts, comte, cream, crimini, easy, egg, food, gruyere, healthy, mushroom, mushrooms, petite jurassic, pie crust, puff pastry, ricotta, salami, soppressata, tart, tomato on Sep 29th, 2008
In recent years, I’ve become a food magazine junkie. I’ve pretty much ordered every single one over the past 10 years (no Rachael Ray & Martha Stewart mags don’t count in my world) and found that only a small handful are worth reordering (ahem, Saveur, Gourmet, Cucina Italiana, Food & Wine). One that I keep […]
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Posted in Moroccan, Recipe, Recipes, asparagus, cheap meal, chops, grilled, grilling, healthy, lamb, lemon, olives, onions, paprika, pine nuts, pistachios, spices on Jul 26th, 2008
Although we were the lucky recipients of a gorgeous red tagine as an engagement pressie from my parents friends a few years ago, we decided to forgo using it in the 95 degree heat New Yorkers were forced to endure last week. For those who may not know, a tagine (or tajine) is a […]
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Posted in Potato, Recipe, Recipes, asparagus, baking, chicken, dauphinoise, easy, fennel, food, gravy, hearty, milk, onions, poultry, side dish, thyme on May 2nd, 2008
Jeffrey Steingarten famously declares in It Must Have Been Something I Ate that every time he is bored, he roasts a chicken. Calculating that he gets bored approximately once a week, this translates into 52 roast chickens a year and more than one thousand since he began as food critic at Vogue. That’s a lot […]
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Posted in Garlic, Italian, Italian-American, Meat, Olive Oil, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, anchovies, asparagus, braised, broccoli raab, chicken stock, chops, dining, easy, easy meal, eating, food, food TV, healthy, hearty, kale, lamb, mustard, quick meal, salt, sauce, savory, shallots, side dish, television show, vegetables on Mar 20th, 2008
If you’re anything like us then you’ll probably have a couple of dishes that you crave more often than anything else. And, again, if you’re like us, you probably always have the ingredients for such dishes in your pantry in preparation for whenever that craving strikes. These are the dishes that, like a line-cook in […]
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Posted in British, England, Europe, French, Garlic, asparagus, batter, crepes, dessert, easy, egg, flour, food, juice, lemon, milk, mushrooms, orange juice, pancakes, salmon, sauce, tarragon, tomato, tradition on Feb 9th, 2008
In the British calendar the final Tuesday before Lent is known as “Shrove Tuesday”, though it’s more often referred to as “pancake day” in modern times. The derivation of the word “shrove” is unclear but it is thought to be derived from “shriving” or asking forgiveness for sins, a typical Christian activity on this day.
As […]
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