29 September 2015
Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Broccoli Cheddar Soup Instead of 1 cup half-and-half, you could use 1/2 cup milk + 1/2 cup heavy cream, 1/2 cup heavy cream + 1/2 cup additional stock or (...)
29 June 2015
Oven ribs even better
Oven Ribs, Even Better Adapted and updated from Molly’s and Harold McGee’s Dry Rub Ribs For 1 5-pound rack spare ribs; we estimate about a pound of ribs per (...)
19 August 2015
Frozen Hot Chocolate
Frozen Hot Chocolate Riffed from original recipe A lightly sweet and not overly intense milkshake, the summer iteration of a winter mug of hot cocoa. Still (...)
3 August 2012
Pink Lemonade Bars
Last year, not seconds after putting the final touches on what I certain was The Lemon Bar To End All Lemon Bars, a recipe intended for that little cookbook I (...)
17 February 2015
Perfect Corn Muffins
Perfect Corn Muffins From Cook’s Illustrated, January/February 2015 Maybe you didn’t grow up eating corn muffins and you’re wondering how they’re different (...)
10 November 2014
Pickled cabbage salad
Pickled Cabbage Salad Inspired by the health salad at Zabar’s My primary change to this from my last version, and from the versions I’ve had from delis, was (...)
7 April 2017
Almond horn cookies
The only thing my mother ever asked me to bring home from the bakery where I worked in high school where almond horn cookies, or Mandelhörnchen, probably no (...)
29 May 2015
Pink lemonade for picnics and summer drinks
For reasons I cannot adequately put my finger on, if you show up to a potluck or picnic this weekend with carafes of freshly-squeezed lemonade, you will be (...)
27 July 2018
Minimalist barbecue sauce
Every summer, I promise that I’m going to tell you about this shortcut barbecue sauce I use when I don’t have it in me to bring home 11 bottles and jars plus 2 (...)
22 January 2016
Leek, ham and cheese egg bake
Leek, Ham and Cheese Egg Bake One big note, as I failed on this both times so do as I say and not as I did, is to Beware The Weep. Eggs baked too long can emit (...)
23 September 2010
Finger Foods for Babies
I’m pretty sure it happened overnight. One day, the baby was happily slurping down every and anything I could run through a blender and the next day, all he (...)
6 November 2014
Warm date cake with toffee sauce
Warm Date Cake with Toffee Sauce Adapted from the Sunday Suppers Cookbook, where it was inspired by the version at Café Moto in Brooklyn This cake would be as (...)
16 April 2015
Maple pudding cake
Maple Pudding Cake (Pudding Chômeur) Adapted from Au Pied de Cochon in Montreal, Quebec via Epicurious So, here is where I confess that I wimped out a bit when (...)
3 June 2016
The consummate chocolate chip cookie revisited
The Consummate Chocolate Chip Cookie, Revisited Adapted, just a little, from David Leite via The New York Times Yield: 18 5-inch cookies. Do not fight it; do (...)
12 March 2015
Black bottom oatmeal pie
Black Bottom Oatmeal Pie Adapted, just a tiny bit, from Four and Twenty Blackbirds Crust: 1 1/4 cups (155 grams) all-purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons (6 grams) (...)
3 March 2016
Churros with cinnamon sugar and chocolate dipping sauce
Churros Recipe cobbled from a few choux recipes I’ve used before; tips and technique mostly from Cook’s Country The recipe here creates a pretty standard (...)
11 September 2008
Braised Romano Beans
About a month ago, I told you that tomato season is the highlight of my culinary year, or at least the highlight of the parts I can buy at a Greenmarket. And (...)
11 March 2014
Broccoli, cheddar and wild rice casserole
Although my parents claim to have loved us, there were all sorts of delicious foods that my sister and I knew our friends got to eat in their homes that we (...)
30 October 2015
Chocolate peanut and pretzel brittle
Chocolate Peanut and Pretzel Brittle A few notes: You can replace the peanuts with pretzels if nut allergies are a concern. I have only made this with corn (...)
12 April 2016
Sheet pan chicken tikka
Sheet Pan Chicken Tikka Chicken marinade adapted from Made In India Notes: In the recipe in the book, Sodha has you mash the ginger, garlic, chiles and spice (...)
23 December 2008
Braised beef short ribs
[Braised Beef Short Ribs with Potato Purée, Swiss Chard and Horseradish Cream] The first time I made short ribs, I freaked out. Lifting their lid after a (...)
18 March 2016
Apricot hazelnut brown butter hamantaschen
Apricot Hazelnut Brown Butter Hamantaschen To make these cookies dairy free, simply use a non-dairy butter, olive oil or another cookie oil of your choice (...)
6 November 2015
Apple Cider Sangria
Apple Cider Sangria Psst, here’s the other reason I rather love having a big pitcher or two of a single, seasonally-perfect, agreeable-to-most cocktail at (...)
20 August 2009
Homemade baking powder recipe
To make your own baking powder – some say with fewer metallic undertones than the commercial stuff – mix one part baking soda to one part cornstarch and two (...)
