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ASIAN NOODLE SOUP WITH SAN-J’S CITRUS TAMARI SPLASH

San-J’s Citrus Tamari Splash is a secret weapon in making this incredibly quick and easy soup. I was recently sent San-J’s Citrus Tamari Splash. I was delighted because I’d wanted to work with Asian Noodles I’d seen at Trader Joe’s. (If there are no TJs…

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GUILTY PLEASURE: PHILLY CHEESESTEAKS

I’m not going to lie to you: Philly Cheesesteaks are not Health Food. We all have them: foods that are somehow irresistible—even if their ingredients are sometimes questionable like the “Cheese” in Cheesesteaks or the quality of the beef that’s used for the steak portion…

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FOOD 52’S ITALIAN JAM SHORTBREAD TART

IN ITALIAN, THIS SUPERB ALMOND AND JAM CONFECTION IS CALLED A ‘FREGOLOTTA’. ANDREW CALLS IT ONE OF THE EASIEST TARTS HE EVER BAKED. That’s today’s recipe. As long as you’ve got butter, sugar, and flour, you can toss whatever jams or nuts you have in…

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FIGS FIVE WAYS…BUT BETTER HURRY!

WE LOVE FIGS! FIG SEASON IS SHORT! HERE ARE 5 WAYS TO SERVE FIGS Figs, as a fruit, are such a delight! They come from the Ficus tree, part of the mulberry family. They’re soft, sweet, and full of tiny, crunchy seeds that make them…

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LOTS OF PEPPERONI PIZZA WITH SPICY HONEY SAUCE

There’s a neighborhood stand-by that serves Pepperoni Pizza with a Spicy Kick It’s called “A Lot of Pepperoni Pizza” It’s also topped with Nduja Sausage.‘Nduja is a spicy cured Italian sausage that is spiked with Calabrian chilies to give it a red sheen. It’s soft…

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KENTUCKY BUTTER CAKE GETS A EUROPEAN MAKEOVER

Kentucky Butter Cake, so good, we’ve featured it 3 times! This incredible Kentucky Butter Cake is not just moist. It has a glaze that soaks into the cake to make it rich and practically oozing syrup. To get the syrup to penetrate the cake, the…

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SUMMER STEAK AND GRILLED VEGETABLE SALAD FROM PAT LAFRIEDA

Pat LaFrieda, New York’s Butcher Quick! Name a famous butcher! Well, if you’re from New York, the first name you would likely come up with would be that of Pat LaFrieda, a third-generation butcher whose LaFrieda Meats supplies, among other places, the enormously popular Shake…

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BARBECUED CHICKEN WITH SANTA BARBARA BARBECUE SAUCE

When I walked into the Iacono Farm store, the phone was ringing off the hook. It was a day in advance of the weekend and everyone on the East End of Long Island was bound and determined to serve Iacono Chicken (106 Long Lane,…

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BUTTERY CRAB PUDDING FROM THE RIVER COTTAGE FISH BOOK

A far nicer photograph from Food and Wine @Kate Mathis Because we’re barely off the plane from Europe, I have gone archival today to bring a wonderful recipe that we published way back in 2012. It was such a hit with everyone who tried it…

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TOMATO BREAD PUDDING

IT’S THE HEIGHT OF TOMATO SEASON AND TOMATO BREAD PUDDING IS A MUST-COOK! We’re just back from a wonderful two weeks in Europe. The one thing that made us happy to be back was Tomatoes! Yes, Chewing The Fat’s already shared several ways to use…

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DUTCH BABY WITH MUSHROOMS, CHEESE AND PEAS

THIS DUTCH BABY MAKES A PERFECT MEATLESS MEAL. To open the oven door and discover the very simple batter I’d put into a cast iron skillet 20 minutes before had emerged as this beautiful pastry ‘shell’ was a moment of both pride and awe. Previous…

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SWEET CORN GELATO AND A SURPRISING WAY TO SERVE IT.

THE TWO MOST ANTICIPATED VEGETABLES OF THE SUMMER ARE HERE! Our sweet corn and the ripest, reddest tomatoes of the year! It’s hard to know which is the most welcome but I found a very different way to enjoy them both in a wonderful appetizer. …

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WATERMELON GAZPACHO: THE PERFECT HOT WEATHER COOLER

THE WEATHER IS PREDICTED TO BE BRUTAL THIS WEEK… It’s the perfect temperature to bring back this recipe. Watermelon Gazpacho can be made entirely without turning on the stove…with one caveat*. Everything goes into the blender in easy steps that might take 10 minutes. Then…

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PANZANELLA SALAD 2 WAYS AND CRISPY SMASHED ROASTED POTOATOES.

Crispy Smashed Potatoes WE’VE BEEN MAKING THESE RECIPES FOR PANZANELLA AND POTATOES FOR AGES. Sometimes I am astonished at what’s not on Chewing the Fat. Just when I start to worry that I’ll never find a recipe that I haven’t already tried, I…

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My name is Monte Mathews (at right). My partner, Andrew Phillips (at left) and I started this blog because we both share a lifelong interest in food and travel. We decided to put everything together in a blog called “Chewing the Fat”. To ‘chew the fat’ is a phrase that means ‘to talk or discuss informally, to talk at length about a variety of subjects.’ There’s some debate over what ‘fat’ was being chewed but here we use it to mean food and travel talk that delves a little deeper into what we eat, where it came from and to tell the stories that surround almost every recipe we share. You’ll find everything here from appetizers through to dessert...lots of desserts because Andrew is now a world-class home baker when he's not selling residential Real Estate in the city we love, New York. Andrew can be reached at [email protected]

In a small bowl, combine stock and Croton Trading Apple Jam, stirring with a whisk. Set aside. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to pan with drippings, swirl. Add remaining 3/8 teaspoon salt, remaining 3/8 teaspoon pepper, sage, rosemary, and onion to pan; cook 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in stock mixture. Return pork chops to pan; cook 3 minutes or until liquid is reduced by half. Plate each chop individually. Top with chopped parsley as a garnish. Serve with plenty of Croton Trading Apple Jam on the side.

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Direct from Lyon: White Asparagus with Sauce Gribiche — Asperges Blancs avec Sauce Gribiche

Lyon, one beautiful city Three years ago, my friend Kimberly moved to Europe from Montclair, New Jersey. Her husband had been assigned by his American company to run their European division which has its headquarters in the third largest city in France: Lyon. Kimberly, Peter…

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Ina Garten’s Smoked Salmon Pizzas from "Cooking for Jeffrey"

Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, married her husband Jeffrey when she was 20 years old. Jeffrey Garten was all of 22. A few years ago, Ina published a cookbook called “Cooking for Jeffrey (A barefoot contessa cookbook, Clarkson Potter 2016). It was her tenth and…

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