If your family’s like mine, there’s probably a holiday roast in your future. Something big and beefy (or porky) and brilliant, and most likely, fat-tastic. Maybe porchetta, or perhaps prime rib. Either way, you probably need a sauce bright and tangy enough to cut through all that deliciousness. Enter that darling of every Argentinian table…
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Last-minute, red-button Thanksgiving recipe post.
So. I had all these grand plans to make you White Castle stuffing, and bacon-basket potatoes, and vegan sides last week. And then life just got away from me. Also: I caught a nasty, nasty cold that makes me sound like someone’s stuffed fiberglass insulation into my sinuses. But for those of you still in…
Whoopie pies and woofie pies: kitchen adventures with friends.
My friends Kendra and Kapil recently got hitched at this epic Hindu-Christian Indian-chow New-England-lobster-bake affair in Maine. Two wonderful, loving families brought together by two amazing people WHO SERVED UNLIMITED AMOUNTS OF SHELLFISH AND BUTTER CHICKEN HOLY F*CKING HELL THAT WAS AMAZING. I’ve limited experience with New England food culture – not counting all of…
Thanksgivukkah. | Brussels sprout pesto kugel with lamb, cranberries and pomegranate.
I have a complicated relationship with Thanksgiving, mainly because I resent the fact it’s only one day and my stomach isn’t built like a TARDIS. This year, Jews around the world who observe American Thanksgiving are dealing with a complication that’s actually worth kvetching over – the first day of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving fall on…
Grilled cheese sandwiches with pork-mushroom ragù (meat sauce, yo.)
Yes, a simple grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of tomato soup is warm and satisfying. But can’t we do better, friends? For one meal, can’t we leave nostalgia for that platonic post-leaf-raking, aprés-snow-shoveling meal aside, and give as much love to the grilled cheese sandwich as it has given us? Which is to say:…
The Eighty-Three Thousand | I like food. I hope you do, too. 