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PERFECT PORK CHOPS IN MINUTES
A NEW-TO-US TECHNIQUE YIELDS PERFECT PORK CHOPS IN MINUTES Turn, turn, turn to cook perfect pork chops in minutes…then enhance them with a simple pan sauce of sage, garlic, and butter poured over the finished chop. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been cooking, you…
ONE-SKILLET CHICKEN WITH BUTTERY ORZO FROM CLAIRE SAFFITZ
“Sometimes you want chicken to taste like chicken” and One Skillet Chicken does just that. So wrote J.T. of Madison Wisconsin of this wonderful recipe when it appeared in Bon Appetit. Here all you do is salt and pepper bone-in skin on, chicken thighs and…
HOW TO MAKE THE BEST FRENCH ONION SOUP…IN A SLOW COOKER
OVER THE HOLIDAYS I JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE FRENCH ONION SOUP. Locked in the house on a streak of cold, rain-soaked days, I had plenty of time to make this French Classic. Caramelized onions cooked in a rich, beefy broth, topped with a…
JAMES BEARD’S ROAST BEEF HASH
James Beard’s Roast Beef Hash is the most viewed recipe on Chewing The Fat. You have just landed on the most popular post on Chewing the Fat. James Beard’s Roast Beef Hash recipe is so popular in our house, that when I cooked another version,…
5 FAVORITE CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST RECIPES
Of all the joys of Christmas, a great Christmas Breakfast has always been a part of ours. Over the years, every Christmas Breakfast we’ve indulged in everything from Waffles to Pain Perdu (that’s French Toast to the rest of us). We have had plenty of…
FROM SAVEUR MAGAZINE: THE BEST CHRISTMAS HAM (VERY LITTLE) MONEY CAN BUY
A Q&A with Monte Mathews, the man behind Saveur’s perennially popular, five-ingredient, “cheap ham” recipe called “Monte’s Ham” Connie McCabe for Saveur Magazine In the 1990s, when I was a senior associate editor at Saveur, the magazine published recipes for Filet de Boeuf Grille avec…
TEXAS BEEF BRISKET CHILI WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH
WHEN IT’S COLD OUTSIDE THERE’S NOTHING LIKE TEXAS BEEF BRISKET CHILI WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH Every year about this time, we get a blast of cold air that makes us yearn for a big bowl of chili. I am certainly no Texan and even though…
OUR MOST POPULAR CHRISTMAS COOKIE RECIPES EVER!
If you are going to make Christmas cookies, why not make the best ones anyone ever tasted? Since Andrew is one of the greatest Cookie Bakers of all time, it wasn’t easy to come up with this list. So we went to the numbers and…
SIMPLEST EVER POTATO LATKES AND BAKED APPLESAUCE FROM INA GARTEN FOR HANUKKAH
OF ALL THE DISHES SERVED FOR HANUKKAH, NONE IS MORE CLOSELY LINKED TO THE HOLIDAY THAN THIS SIMPLE POTATO LATKE. The Shammash being used to light the candles on the Hanakkah Menorah Friday is the first day of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. The…
INA GARTEN’S SEARED SALMON WITH SPICY RED PEPPER AIOLI
We’d be hard-pressed to find anything easier to cook than Ina’s Seared Salmon with Red Pepper Aioli. The prep times for this recipe is 10 minutes tops, the cooking is 6 minutes and the fish rests for up to 5. As Ina would say “How…
THANKSGIVING 101: PUMPKIN WHOOPIE PIES
Thanksgiving Desserts at our house From left to right: Caramel Apple Pie, Sables, Pear, and Honey Cake, Southern Pecan Pie, Chocolate Tart Chewing the Fat gets regular read-outs of what people are looking at and searching for most. It came as no great surprise that…
THE FIVE BEST THANKSGIVING RECIPES ON CHEWING THE FAT
With a little planning, we can make all 5 of our best Thanksgiving recipes ever! I can’t think of a year when we don’t look forward to Thanksgiving. It’s just a week away from the big day but menu planning now makes life a lot…
THIS IS THE WORLD’S BEST LASAGNA
THIS IS THE WORLD’S BEST LASAGNA. A symbol of Italian cuisine, this layering of an intensely flavored meaty Bolognese sauce with a silky-rich bechamel sauce, and a restrained sprinkling of cheese has made it our best lasagna recipe for years. It bears very little resemblance…