Even though it’s been nearly seven years(!) since we last were in Caldes d’Estrac and eating at El Taller, I still think about their signature roasted meats served with a ramekin of allioli made completely from scratch. (By that I mean they made the emulsion only using some garlic, salt, lemon juice, and olive oil…
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Roasted shrimp cocktail with roasted tomato cocktail sauce inspired by Ina Garten and Tom Colicchio.
When it became absolutely clear that we were not going to be going anywhere for Thanksgiving back in November, I wasted no time in planning a good meal for us that would be a combination of our favorite foods: roasted duck legs, green bean casserole (for Michael), roasted mushroom soup (for me), tortellini, a Basque-style…
Tender chickpea stew with a little help from Koita almond milk, a pressure cooker, and a fourteenth-century Catalonian cookbook.
Disclosure: I was sent a case of Koita Foods almond milk and almond-coconut milk to sample and review, and all opinions are my own. One of my favorite bits from any episode of Nigella Lawson’s many cooking shows is when she takes a moment to stand in front of her wall-to-wall bookcase teeming with cookbooks….
Nigella Lawson’s garlic mushrooms with chili and lemon with fettuccine.
In this season of gratitude and comfort food, I have to say that I’m so thankful for Nigella Lawson. Much like Ina Garten, her presence exudes comfort, and flipping through her recipes and reading her headnotes always has a way to soothe any frazzled nerves. I don’t have many of her books due to the…
Padma Lakshmi’s sweet and sour shrimp with cherry tomatoes from Cherry Bombe: The Cookbook and her new show Taste the Nation, worth watching right now.
A very long time ago, back when we lived in New Haven, day trips to Manhattan were a pretty regular occurrence for us. One of these trips included good friends of ours and we spent the day visiting the MoMA, doing a little shopping at Barney’s New York, getting a drink at L’Orange Bleu…
Eric Ripert’s California Bee Sting from Avec Eric.
Every once in a while I find myself feeling the urge to bring out my fancy rocks glasses that I inherited from my grandmother when we cleaned out her house years ago. They belonged originally to my great-great aunt who sponsored my grandmother’s emigration to the U.S. from Ireland, and they always stood in a…
Month four into this cookbook project with lemony fried quail inspired by Giada De Laurentiis and Eric Ripert.
As I write this, I’m now 75% through my 138-book bookcase, and I’m finding myself at a bit of a crossroads: do I slow my roll a little and save some of these books to distract me from when the hellishness of this year’s election comes back into full force, or do I push on…
A lamb-y take on Bon Appetit’s crispy sheet-pan meatballs with salsa verde.
With my goal of cooking out of 138 cookbooks this year, I’m generally not relying on internet recipes all that much, with a few exceptions. This is one of them–we had these meatballs for the first time back in early February when my in-laws all convened in Philadelphia to celebrate winter birthdays. My brother-in-law made…
Shirley Chung’s scallion pancakes with hazelnut pesto from Chinese Heritage Cooking.
Shirley Chung easily ranks among my favorite cheftestants on Top Chef, as her story on the two seasons she competed were so compelling. During the eleventh season in New Orleans, she came into her own creativity as a chef and not simply as a “shadow chef” who was good at recreating others’ dishes, and when…
Lavender-lemon chicken wings, inspired by Rachel Khoo.
When we lived in New Haven, we lived around the corner from the local culinary institution known as Archie Moore’s. We’d go there all the time to have some beer, eat some burgers, and shoot the shit with the bartenders. (Our US congressional representative would hold informal constituent meetings there!) They have a few other…
