by Brian | Sep 7, 2016 | Recipes
Alice Waters is justly famed and famous. We think of her restaurants, her exceptional force in forging the “fresh and local” movement. Her heritage of generations of chefs that have trained and learned at Chez Panisse and then prospered across the nation....
by Brian | Jun 26, 2016 | Recipes
Recently I did a TBT cookbook review of Meat & Potatoes by Judith Choate. Published in 1992, the book is filled with classic recipes. Some, I think, so classic you may not have ever had them. Here’s a recipe, Pepper Steak, that once was very popular but...
by Brian | Sep 5, 2015 | Recipes
It’s Labor Day Weekend, the weather is good for most of us, and we need dinners as the days unfold. This recipe from Grill Nation by David Guas is quite a turn on your traditional burger. For three pounds of meat, you are adding in one pound of serrano peppers...
by Brian | Aug 4, 2015 | Recipes
Suzen buys bell peppers by the crate. Each week one or two hundred people enter our kitchen for hands-on cooking events. For appetizers, for ingredients in other dishes, peppers abound in our kitchen. Recipes for roasting even bell peppers often call for heating...
by Brian | Dec 10, 2014 | Recipes
My corner deli in Manhattan is run by Koreans, what else? The refrigerator case is overflowing with hummus, in all its glorious variations, what else? Our food continues to become international and where does it begin? With snacks. First the salsa and chips. Then...
