While I’m freezing my butt off in upstate New York and learning to cut a French rack of lamb ribs, I thought it’d be nice to share a cozy winter recipe. And since I think I’ll be sharing a lot … Continue reading…
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Kitchen Scraps: Split Pea Soup with Ham
Shortly after Thanksgiving while having dinner with my parents, I mentioned that I made turkey stock and soup with my leftover turkey carcass. Later that night after I returned home, my mom called to ask if I wanted them to … Continue reading…
Not So Winter Pasta: From Freezer Stock and Pantry Spoils
It seems the sub-freezing temperatures that set in this week are here to stay and we’ve finally begun to see the heart of Brooklyn winter. Local produce has rapidly dwindled to a limited selection of root vegetables, cold storage apples … Continue reading…
Slow Food for Slow Days: Braised Cabbage and Stewed Lamb
These first few days of 2012 have felt like a big stretch and yawn as I wake from my holiday hibernation. The week between Christmas and the New Year was full of long restful days. Casual celebrations with family and … Continue reading…
Braised Red Cabbabge
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…
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…
Lazy Long Weekend Cooking: Turkey Stock and a Potato and Kale Tortilla
Thanksgiving has come and gone and so has a long, lazy holiday weekend. I’m not sure what I consumed more of in the days that followed our turkey feast, food or movies. After an amazing evening of eating and drinking … 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…