At the first sighting of rhubarb last week at the market, I loaded up my cart with two visions in mind: 1. Rhubarb Schnapps , a spring tradition. 2. Bon Appetit’s Rhubarb Custard Cake, one of the most delicious things I made last summer. I discovered the recipe last July, late-ish as far as rhubarb season goes, and managed to make it a few times before summer ended and my attention turned to Brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, and all the winter squashes....
Sometimes dinner needs to come from a box or a tin or a jar or, if you are making The New Basics pasta puttanesca, all of the above. A few weeks ago, my neighbor, the one who introduced me to The Moosewood tomato salsa , strolled by the house, casually noting she was making a big pot of puttanesca, and wondered if we would like to join her. Well, as you can imagine, we did, and we gobbled up every olive, caper, and strand of the spaghetti clinging to the pot....
Made with cold cream cheese and whipped cream, this cream cheese frosting is especially light and perfectly sweet. It comes together in no time and complements many a cake from this American Flag Sheet Cake to this One-Bowl Birthday Cake to this heavenly Carrot Cake . My friend Sally, an avid baker, passed along this Stella Park’s recipe for whipped cream cheese frosting several years ago. She told me it had become her go-to for all sorts of cakes and urged me to give it a try....
Last Sunday I went to the Schenectady Green Market for the first time in months. Having lived in Upstate New York for almost a decade now, I know better than to expect asparagus and rhubarb this time of year, but I made the trek to confirm. Sure enough, I found neither a majestic spear nor a ruby stalk, but I did find greens, bags and bags of greens — spinach, kale, pea shoots, bok choy, spring greens, and other baby lettuce mixes....
This chicken legs recipe is so simple and so delicious: it’s one-third cup olive oil, one-third cup white wine, and one-third cup freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano. Throw everything into the oven at once, and you’re done. Crispy skins. Tender meat. Winner winner chicken dinner! Can you remember one-third cup? That’s really all you need to know in order to make this recipe: one-third cup olive oil one-third cup white wine one-third cup freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano Garlic and thyme are nice additions but optional....
From beans and rice to grains and legumes to eggs and breadcrumbs to cheese and yogurt, many are the variables determining the fate of a homemade veggie burger. It’s dizzying, as maddening as trying to unlock the secret to the chewiest granola bar . All summer, I’ve been trying to make a good one, and I’ve finally found a formula I love, the inspiration coming from a favorite fritter: falafel ....
I recently made a variation of Julia Turshen’s curried lentils , using cooked chickpeas in place of the dried lentils and adding a whole head of cauliflower florets to add a vegetal element. I made a few other changes to the recipe, too, but the spirit of the dish is the same: sauté aromatics, add cooked legume or uncooked lentil (or quick-cooking grain), simmer everything in a mix of coconut milk and water....
The virtues of making hard-boiled eggs in an Instant Pot can be summed up as follows: they peel like a dream, and they come out perfectly every time! Upon learning that steaming eggs is the trick to producing perfectly cooked hard-cooked eggs with shells that slip right off, I tried the method in my Instant Pot, and it worked like a dream! This feat earned my Instant Pot a permanent spot on my countertop....
Homemade Flour Tortillas: Yes. You. Can. Homemade tortillas are delicious and not tricky at all to make. This recipe calls for 5 ingredients — no yeast, no kneading, no long rest periods, and no special equipment required. Simply mix, roll, and heat, and you’re done! Have you ever looked at the ingredient label on a package of tortillas? For something that should only require 4 or 5 ingredients to make, it’s shocking to see....
** I originally posted this recipe in July of 2008 but I’m republishing it today with a few notes added. ** I love fish, but it can be tricky to cook — so easily overcooked — and it cools down quickly. Cooking fish en papillote solves both of these problems. If you’ve never given it a go, rest assured it is a nearly foolproof way of cooking fish and super easy, too: I added a video above of the parchment paper folding method, and if you want more video guidance, I recently made fish en papillote on Instagram Stories ....
Detroit-style pizza is not unlike a cheesed- and sauced-focaccia. It is heavenly and is great for feeding a crowd. Read on to learn the secret to baking a Detroit-style pizza with a light and airy crust with an irresistible cheese frico crust. My introduction to Detroit-style pizza came by way of Matt and Emily Hyland, the couple behind Pizza Loves Emily, whose New Haven-style pizzas are near and dear to my heart, and whose Emmy Squared slices follow close behind....
My only goal for my week in Virginia Beach was to eat a good crabcake. Thanks to Dockside , I did. Broiled, lightly seasoned, meaty, the Dockside crabcake embodies everything I hope for in a crabcake. Finding myself dreaming about this delicacy upon returning home, I called Dockside to find out the details, which they so graciously offered: crabmeat, mayonnaise, panko bread crumbs and Old Bay seasoning. They keep it pretty simple, which came as no surprise....
Last week, while chatting about our Thanksgiving menus, a friend reminded me of a moment in Salt Fat Acid Heat in which Samin Nosrat laments the absence of acid, with the exception of cranberry sauce, on the Thanksgiving table. In the scene, Samin recounts one Thanksgiving, during which she found herself spooning cranberry sauce over EVERYTHING to get that much needed bite she was so accustomed to and which she found herself craving....
Nigella Lawson’s recipe for dense chocolate loaf cafe , well traversed in the blogosphere, needs no tinkering. Moist, rich, tender, chocolatey — what’s to improve? Well, when my box of Fair Trade treats arrived, and I saw the bag of coffee and chocolate nestled together, I couldn’t help think that coffee, known to heighten the flavor of chocolate without imparting much coffee flavor at all, might make a subtle difference....
Made from mostly pantry items, these one-pot curried chickpeas, spiced with Thai red curry paste and coconut milk, come together in a snap and are so flavorful and satisfying. A few weeks ago, I set out to make this one-pot Thai chicken curry for dinner but discovered I had received boneless skinless chicken thighs (as opposed to bone-in, skin-on) in my grocery delivery. Lacking the creativity to pivot, I made the curry anyway, reducing the cooking time in the oven from 1 hour to 30 minutes....
To say that the move north — from the weeks of packing to the two-day drive to the week of unpacking — has taken a toll on the children’s diet would be an understatement. There has been too much takeout, too many salty snacks, too many drive-thru visits. And I fear there has been irreparable damage: A few days ago when I pointed to a bunch of carrots in one of Graham’s favorite books, he, with complete confidence, identified them as, “hotdogs....
This chutney recipe is irresistible — it’s got that expected sweet-tart balance lent by the sugar and vinegar, but there’s also a bit of heat from the crushed red pepper flakes and freshly grated ginger. It’s delicious smeared over crackers and topped with Cheddar, and it’s excellent in a grilled cheese! Marisa McClellan, author of three books on canning and creator of the website, Food in Jars , just published her fourth book: The Food in Jars Kitchen ....
Made with cocoa powder, not melted chocolate, this chewy, fudgy brownie recipe truly is the best ever. The batter comes together in just about 10 minutes, and the brownies emerge with a shiny, paper-thin crust extending from edge to edge. I’ve been making this brownie recipe for over a decade for various occasions. The recipe comes from Fine Cooking Magazine , and it calls for cocoa powder alone — no melted chocolate — to produce the fudgiest, chewiest, most delicious brownie ever....
Some of you know my sister Lindsey. Some of you have only read about her here and thus only know about her penchant for crust-based dishes — pies and quiches in particular — and her love for Peeps and leftovers . Let me tell you a little bit more. Lindsey, while a wonderful cook, doesn’t quite share the enthusiasm for cooking that many of the women in my family do....
Chewy, golden, seed-crusted bagels at home? Yes. You. Can. This dough comes together in 90 seconds. Find step-by-step instructions below 🥯🥯🥯 Unlike many of the bread recipes in this site’s archives, bagels are made with a low-hydration dough and, as a result, require kneading to allow the dough to come together. Moreover, due to their nature, bagels require shaping, boiling, and egg washing. But overall, the process is simple — the dough comes together in 90 seconds — and the result — a chewy vessel perfect for cradling juicy summer tomatoes or cream cheese and lox — is well worth the effort....
