Escarole is one of the more reliably good winter greens around here and, when I find a head with clear, soft leaves, I use it as the basis for a green salad. A member of the endive family, escarole has a hearty texture and flavor, which makes it excellent for braising. It is the basis [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Risotto with Escarole
Posted in Gluten-free, Greens, Risotto, tagged Greens, Risotto on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
OK Paris: A Correspondence Course 3 – Pipérade
Posted in Gluten-free dairy-free, OK Paris, Onions, Peppers, tagged Gluten-free, Onions, Peppers on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
OK Paris is an ongoing exchange of culinary encounters and yearnings during OK’s half-year relocation to Paris. Here again we have a delicious and versatile dish that is often eaten in France. It’s easy to make and keeps well, so making a batch that’s only partially consumed leaves some for a quick meal another day. [...]
Broccoli “Salad” with Preserved Lemons
Posted in broccoli, Lemons, Preserving, Salad, tagged broccoli, Preserved lemons, Salad on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
During the winter, green (meaning lettuce-variety) salads do not always appeal, unless they’re made with bitter greens like escarole, radicchio, Belgian endive, curly endive, frisee or others. Those are my favorites, since the taste and texture are invigorating, individually or in combination. The greens can be tossed with oranges and red onion to offset the [...]
OK Paris: the Correspondence Course 2 – Crepes
Posted in Greens, OK Paris, tagged Citrus, Crepes, Dessert, Greens, OK Paris on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
OK Paris is an ongoing exchange of culinary encounters and yearnings during OK’s half-year relocation to Paris. OK decided they wanted to cook at home in Paris rather than eating out ($$) and worse, risking the chance that dreaded (non-vegetarian) ingredients might appear without translation. As in the “salade” that was more duck than green. [...]
Orange-flavored Grains with Parsnips and Carrots
Posted in Carrots, Citrus fruit, Grains, Parsnips, tagged Carrot, Citrus, Grains, Parsnip on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing the citrus theme of the month, I sparked up two related root vegetables – carrots and parsnips – by cooking them in orange juice, sprinkling the mixture with grated orange rind, and finishing it off with a small quantity of diced oranges. Knowing that I typically come home late, and recently later, I cook [...]
Zucchini Spaghetti with Lemon
Posted in Lemons, Pasta, Zucchini, tagged Lemon, Pasta, Zucchini on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Truthfully, this is something I typically make during the summer when fresh zucchini’s available from The Farm. Since I spied a couple of beautiful organic zucchini in the seconds bin at the health food store, which set me back a whole 30 cents, I couldn’t resist. After a series of heavy meals, we were hankering [...]
Meyer Lemon Marmalade with Ginger and Rosemary
Posted in Citrus fruit, Lemons, Pantry, Preserving, Tigress Can Jam, tagged Lemon, marmalade, Preserving on January 21, 2010 | 14 Comments »
One of my daughters, an avowed peripatetic who lives in California when not living in New York, came home at Christmastime with an armload of Meyer lemons from her Bay Area backyard. I couldn’t imagine a better gift! Like a length of interesting fabric or a hank of homespun wool, they just beg for some [...]
OK Paris: The Correspondence Course 1
Posted in Carrots, Citrus fruit, Fennel, OK Paris, Salad, tagged Citrus, Fennel, Salad on January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
OK (my son and his fiancé, who really do use that moniker) have relocated from New York to Paris for the first half of 2010 and are reveling in their experience with French food, whether eating out or shopping in the markets. (First impression of the open-air markets: why shop in a grocery store, ever?) [...]
Tomato Seafood Risotto, the Pantry Version
Posted in Pantry, Preserving, Risotto, Seafood, Tomato, tagged Pantry, Preserving, Risotto, Seafood, Tomato on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My pantry is like a revolving door. On a frequent basis, things go in and things come out. This constant stocking and re-stocking have little to do with bulk commodities (flour, sugar, olive oil, rice, dried pasta, etc.) that follow a similar pattern but are based only on what’s on sale. The “real” pantry – [...]
Paper Chef 48: Tuna Burgers with Red Cabbage Slaw
Posted in Cabbage, Citrus fruit, Paper Chef, Sandwiches and burgers, Tuna, tagged Bread, Burgers, Cabbage, Fish, Orange on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the new year and the new decade, I decided to renew my bread-baking skills, which have been idle since the last millennium, and also try the slow-rise method that is a new – or maybe rediscovered – way of making bread. So when Paper Chef announced the ingredients tuna, rosemary and red cabbage, and [...]
