Last September, I waxed poetic about this chilled cauliflower soup recipe from Giada De Laurentiis, and I declared that I would be making it frequently over the colder months as a way to enjoy cauliflower more frequently, with sometimes swapping out this beet gazpacho I first enjoyed at Jaleo in December. I’m pleased to say…
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Blood orange, pistachio, and spring mix salad with citrus and roasted garlic dressing.
Is it just me, or has this been a particularly good winter for citrus? In late December/early January, I noticed that my Harris Teeter had a pretty nice Sunkist display featuring a nice variety of interesting citrus, including blood oranges, Meyer lemons, Cara Cara oranges, and pomelos. Something I learned over a decade ago at…
Roasted onion and cheddar frittata with roasted tomatoes, inspired by Tom Colicchio’s ‘wichcraft.
One of the sleeper MVPs in my cookbook collection is Tom Colicchio’s cookbook for ‘wichcraft, his sandwich shop he launched way back in 2003. It grew as a small chain, but now only one location remains in the Garment District in New York. To be honest, even if it had gone defunct, I’d hang onto…
Cannellini bean and tomato soup, inspired by the late Franny’s in Brooklyn.
I’ve been in a soup mood for the past couple of months, and I’ve been making batches of cauliflower soup (which is great hot or chilled) and beet-tomato gazpacho to enjoy as a light snack during the week when I’m at home. It’s prompted me to revisit some soup sections of my favorite cookbooks, and…
Gazpacho de Remolacha (beet-tomato gazpacho) from Jaleo by José Andrés.
I’m not shy about my love of José Andrés’s food on this blog, and I’ve been to several of his restaurants over the years, but true story: it wasn’t until the second week of December this year that I finally went to his original Jaleo in Washington, DC. We’ve officially lived in Baltimore for nine…
Sautéed oyster mushrooms with garlic, lemon and herbs from Chris Bianco.
With the holiday season in full swing, I’m leaning into having some really solid recipes for this time of year that are straightforward and also deeply versatile. Sautéed mushrooms might be my favorite of this type of recipe, if only because they go with nearly everything (or at least everything savory). Whether they are tossed…
Making the potato chip omelette from the second season of The Bear.
As a rule, we try not to binge shows that we watch together, and between recent travels and intentionally not rushing through shows during the writers’ strike, we only finished the second season of The Bear within the last few weeks. Of course, like seemingly every other fan of the show, I was absolutely entranced…
Provençal-ish air-fryer pork meatballs with red pepper rouille, inspired by bouillabaisse.
Back when we lived in Stamford, I blogged about making Alton Brown’s “Positively, Absolutely Not Real Bouillabaisse” while we watched Day for Night/La Nuit Americaine, and while making the stew is kind of a pain due to the sheer number of ingredients it requires, the non-fish flavors have stayed with me ever since, because they’re…
Chilled cauliflower soup with bacon and thyme that will ease you from summer to fall.
As I write this, much of the East Coast has been embroiled in a heatwave that can only be described as soupy. When I made my weekly walk over to Whole Foods, I came back red as a beet not from the sun, but from exertion and I was completely drenched. (I was also grouchy…
Calabrian-chile shrimp with burst cherry tomato and white vermouth sauce.
I’ve had Calabrian chile and shrimp on my mind for a few weeks now, ever since the last dinner we had in Las Vegas back in August. More to come on this, but let’s just say I’ve been thinking about how to improve the entree I had that night, and it has led me to…
The Manhattan [food] Project 