(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…
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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…
Spicy tagliolini with pancetta, Meyer lemon, and Pecorino Romano cheese adapted from Giada De Laurentiis’ Everyday Pasta.
As hinted in the title, this is an adaptation of a recipe in Giada’s Everyday Pasta, one of her many books I’ve been revisiting over the last few months for another project. One of the most useful techniques she’s helped to introduce into American kitchens is the concept of a no-cook sauce in which you…
Air fryer Catalonian-style chicken wings with allioli.
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…
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…
The Manhattan [food] Project 