I am virtually friends with this woman named Kim. Virtually, not as in 'almost', rather as in, Facebook. Our mutual friend Allyson introduced us a month or so back and we hit it off immediately. After a successful (and enviable) career in the fashion industry in Manhattan, Kim has now settled into suburban life in ...
Braising all day in this Asian sauce, the boneless beef ribs come out so tender and flavorful. They are great served with wasabi mashed potatoes and sautéed, sesame broccoli. 1 cup beef broth 2 tablespoons Wondra or all purpose flour 1 and 1/2 tablespoons sherry 1/2 cup dry wine (red or white) 1/4 cup hoisin sauce 1/4 cup ketchup 2 inch piece ...
I eat pretzels everyday. I love pretzels and always, always have. When we moved to England in 2008, I will never forget that most people in our village had never heard of pretzels. Wait-- what? Not kidding. I even went into a gourmet grocery store a few villages over, in search of my munchy mainstay ...
What comes to the table is nothing short of awe-inspiring. The whole, lacquered, roast is placed in the middle of the table along side kimchi (Korean, fermented vegetables) an assortment of sauces, and some steamed sticky rice. Everyone digs in with their own forks, filling Bibb lettuce cups with the most amazingly tender pork, a spoon of gingery-scalliony sauce and kimchi. And then it all goes quiet.
Sometimes I get a hankering for something very midwestern. My roots, as well as my parents, are there. To me, midwestern cuisine screams canned or dried soup. It just does-- right or wrong, I think of casseroles with canned cream of mushroom soup or hamburgers with dried onion soup mixed in. Yesterday was an absolutely dreary ...
Oh Em Gee-- this is a tasty super-tasty side dish or vegetarian main course! 1 loaf artisanal bread sliced into 1" cubes (12-14 cups cubed) 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (evoo) 2 leeks, white and tender green part only (washed well), chopped into half moons 1 fat clove garlic, mashed, minced or pressed 1 bunch Swiss ...
You’ve tasted it a million times, like when you had that mind-blowing grilled hamburger with sautéed mushrooms at that place– it was so good because it was so umami.
Country ham is like southern prosciutto. Okay, not quite as delicate or complex as prosciutto in northern Italy, but really tasty and useful and stubbornly only found in southern states.
The kids away for an entire week, my husband and I decided to splurge and use some of his Marriott frequent stayer points, on one night 'away'. We were only headed downtown of our home city, but there is something that feels indulgent about staying in a hotel (for those of us who rarely do ...
I served this at a dinner party last night and people sort of lost their minds. It is so fresh and delicious, it's redunkulous. Whether or not you like fish sauce, it is integral to this dish and no one, (not even my friend Emma who acts like a feisty toddler in her non-fish-sauce food demands) ...