This recipe is a winner and the perfect Winter companion for pork. I dare you to make it just once. Braised Red Cabbage Serves 8 3 1/2 lb red cabbage (1 medium head), quartered, cored, and thinly sliced crosswise 4 … Continue reading…
Recipes
I Want Candy!
Back in 2006, around the time I was compulsively baking and cooking to fill holiday gift boxes with homemade gourmet treats, Brad and I came across this article by Mark Bittman in the New York Times, “Have No Fear, It’s … Continue reading…
Ginger Beet Risotto
Despite the fact that this Fall roared into Brooklyn with a snowstorm in October, it’s settled into a long, mild season. It’s December already but we’ve yet to have a serious freeze and we’re still getting tons of cauliflower, broccoli … Continue reading…
Butternut Squash Lasagna alla Bolognese
For the past few years I’ve been making various pasta dishes with butternut squash, but each time I sit down to taste them I always find they’re lacking a certain, “how do you say…” And then, one night recently I … Continue reading…
Something Special: Roasted Chestnut and Apple Soup
For a food with song lyrics about it ingrained in so many memories, it’s amazing to me how few people I know have actually eaten chestnuts, let alone roasted them and watched them pop (an activity I don’t recommend, but … Continue reading…
Fish Dinner for 2, Featuring Celery Root!
Ahhh celery root. Or celeriac if you prefer. Such a wonderful fall root vegetable. It is not the root of your average celery stalk as you might think, but rather a celery plant grown for it’s edible root. Recently I … Continue reading…
Brussels Sprouts, Meet Potato Pancakes
I don’t know if anyone has told you this, but Brussels sprouts are all the rage. Who cares if kids don’t like them, all the grown-ups I know love them, which means more for us. At this time of year … Continue reading…
Hail the weekend, and this Fish Soup!
I for one have had a long week and am happy it’s finally Friday night. If you live in Brooklyn I recommend you do one thing this weekend, go to the Blue Moon Bash. If you don’t live in Brooklyn … Continue reading…
Better than Hot Sauce: D.I.Y. Harissa
Harissa is a traditional North African chili paste. One of the many delights my Tunisian friend Salah introduced me to. It was in Santa Fe New Mexico, the land of chili peppers, that I learned about this spicy condiment that … Continue reading…
Make This Now: Broccoli and Spinach Soup
This is the ultimate health food soup, and it’s also outstanding paired with a golden, gooey, grilled cheese sandwich. Broccoli grows in cool seasons and we see it in the Northeast during Spring and Fall. It’s broccoli season again here … Continue reading…