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…
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Spice-cured Alaskan salmon with citrus yogurt sauce and fennel salad as inspired by Gail Simmons.
As I write this at the beginning of August, it finally doesn’t feel horrifyingly hot here in Baltimore, but I know that the chances are high that it will be hot again when you see this and you’ll want a no-cook option for your dinner. Obviously, this will take some planning as you need to…
Pizza bianca with pistachio-lemon pesto, as inspired by Pizzeria Bianco.
Two years ago, when we were in Phoenix, I knew one place we’d have to try would be Pizzeria Bianco because it’s considered one of the best pizzerias in the country. (I also take that designation with a grain of salt, because I went to another place given similar superlatives that did not live up…
Cured trout Delmonico, inspired in part by Hawksmoor at Home and Israeli Soul.
While salmon is probably the fish I eat the most often, especially cured, we try to eat trout whenever we can find it because it’s a more sustainable fish, even if farmed, and it’s basically the freshwater cousin to the salmon. The only downside to it is if you can only find it whole, you’re…
Holiday cocktail ideas thanks to The Mixer: the classic Kir Royale and the new-to-me Italian Gentleman.
(Note: The Mixer from The Campari Group reached out to see if I’d like to share some of their cocktail content on my blog, and as a fan of many of their brands, I was happy to do so.) Fun fact: one of the criteria to be considered a cantinero, a specific kind of bartender…
The Hemingway on the Beach from Perch Los Angeles, but at home.
Much like the Last Train to Priorat at Boqueria was a sign that I should probably get a bottle of Luxardo maraschino liqueur, my first sip of Perch’s Hemingway on the Beach was the deciding factor to finally pull the trigger because I knew I wanted to make them both at home, and well, I…
Moorish-spiced chicken thigh salad with pistachios and citrus-yogurt dressing inspired by Spanish Diner in Mercado Little Spain.
We’re in the throes of August, and thanks to climate change, the heat this summer has been incredibly intense and therefore I’m fully in line with Michael about not turning on the stove until late September at the earliest at this point. This of course means that our Tuesday chicken thigh dinners have transferred to…
Making holiday cheer in the form of home-infused liqueurs with the help of America’s Test Kitchen’s lavender liqueur.
(Note: America’s Test kitchen sent me their The Complete Autumn & Winter Cookbook for review purposes, though all opinions are my own.) As I write this, we’re less than two weeks from Christmas and less than three from the New Year, and thanks to our vaccines and boosters, gathering for the holidays is once again…
Two Basque Country cocktails for the waning days of summer: Basque sangría (Zurracapote) and red wine-cola cocktail (Kalimotxo).
With August coming to a close, I realized recently that I had yet to make a batch of sangría at all this spring or summer, which is very out of character for me and something I had to rectify immediately. Our building was having a get-together–the first that we’ve had in probably two years now–and…
Tuscan salmon tartare as inspired by Nigellissima.
As mentioned in a previous post, on most Wednesdays we’ve been enjoying variations on ceviches, tiraditos, and even straight-up raw fish dishes. Normally I’d try switching things up on the fish front, but to be honest we’ve been doing really well with salmon–our Whole Foods has been able to stock some great fish at a…
The Manhattan [food] Project 