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Recipe of the week: Shrimp and Polenta with Chorizo
Adam Roberts’ Secrets of the Best Chefs is a collection of trade secrets and insider tips from 50 of the best chefs in America. It’s sort of like hiding in the corner of an expert chef’s kitchen, only not as creepy … Continue reading
Recipe of the week: Fresh Oyster Omelette
Our February issue’s Top Pick in Cookbooks imparts tips, tricks and guidance to help you “become an accomplished creator of Chinese home cooking.” Fuchsia Dunlop’s Every Grain of Rice helps make a daunting cuisine “definitely doable.” Fresh Oyster Omelette Dan … Continue reading
Recipe of the week: Blood Orange Salad with Jicama, Arugula and Oil-Cured Olives
Writes Cooking columnist Sybil Pratt, “Winter root veggies seem drab when compared to the bright greens, reds, yellows and stripes of their summer cousins, and they’re often gnarly and inelegant looking. But this vast subterranean kingdom can be a treasure … Continue reading
Recipe of the week: Pock-Marked Old Woman’s Tofu (Vegetarian Version)
Never thought of cooking Chinese food at home? You’re not alone, but Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop may change that tune. Cooking columnist Sybil Pratt writes, “Chinese cooking can be elegant, complex and daunting. . . . Over … Continue reading
Recipe of the week: Grilled Corn and Poblano Guacamole
This month’s cooking column has us dreaming about warmer weather. Frontera: Margaritas, Guacamoles, and Snacks by Rick Bayless serves up “a super selection of south-of-the-border delights” to help turn any blustery day into a mini vacation. Grilled Corn and Poblano … Continue reading
Recipe of the week: Plum poppy seed muffins
A lot of our Top Picks in Cookbooks come from professionally trained chefs, but few come from foodies as obsessed with perfection as The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook by Deb Perelman. Writes Cooking columnist Sybril Pratt, “If Deb is an unknown … Continue reading
Recipe of the week: Pancetta, white bean and swiss chard pot pies
Deb Perelman’s The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook doesn’t claim easy, speedy recipes. It does, however, promise to-die-for dishes from an “obsessive” cook who “will fine-tune, twiddle and tweak until it’s just right, then share her culinary insights and inspirations with you.” … Continue reading
Recipe of the week: Puffy Grits
During the majority of the year, breakfast is a bowl of oatmeal and a mug of coffee on the way out the door. But on those lovely days off from work—especially if you’re playing host or hostess—it’s time to bring … Continue reading
Recipe of the week: Better Nutters
My favorite time of the year to bake is during the holidays, and cooking columnist Sybil Pratt calls Bouchon Bakery “an absolute must” and “a knockout.” It comes from Thomas Keller, the extraordinary American chef, and Sebastien Rouxel, executive pastry … Continue reading
Recipe of the week: Valencia Orange and Cheese Flan
La cocina Latina is more than just excellent Mexican food. As Maricel E. Presilla shows in Gran Cocina Latina, it’s a wonderfully complex amalgam of Portugese and Spanish-speaking countries’ cooking customs, from Argentina and Cuba to Mexico and many islands … Continue reading
Recipe of the week: Basic Cranberry Sauce
Happy Thanksgiving, readers! Our Cookbook of the Month, naturally, is Sam Sifton’s “charming, absolutely essential manual,” Thanksgiving: How to Cook It Well. If, by chance, your preparations aren’t going very well—or if you simply need a great last-minute recipe for … Continue reading
Recipe of the week: Swordfish Kebabs
Cooking in November means turkey . . . but this year, it also means Turkey, the country! Cooking columnist Sybil Pratt has taken us for a spin around the world with her November column, and with Leanne Kitchen’s cookbook Turkey, … Continue reading
Recipe of the week: Pumpkin Pecan Flan with Roquefort
Our October Cookbook of the Month is My Beverly Hills Kitchen by Alex Hitz! Cooking columnist Sybil Pratt shares why this Southern cookbook, in a sea of Southern cookbooks, really stands out: “It’s Southern food on Alex’s terms, revived, revamped … Continue reading
