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 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,…

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…

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…

  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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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. 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…

HAVE YOU NOTICED JUST HOW POPULAR BURNT BASQUE CHEESECAKE HAS BECOME? It’s everywhere! From Bon Appetit to America’s Test Kitchen, recipes for Burnt Basque Cheesecake have made this Spanish recipe the dessert of the moment. And no wonder!  Its burnt caramelized exterior gives the cake…

EVERYONE’S FAVORITE, SWORDFISH, STARS IN TWO DISHES… SEASONED AND BLACKENED AT DINNER…THEN A SALAD ON DAY 2. If you’ve never eaten Blackened Swordfish, you’re in for a treat.  In this case, two treats.  First luscious Blackened Swordfish. And then in a Swordfish Salad, that’s as…

DAY ONE: PORK LOIN WITH FIGS. DAY TWO: PULLED PORK QUESADILLAS. BOTH FROM A SINGLE $6.00 PORK LOIN For Pork Loin Two Ways, we start with a boneless pork loin roast. This cut stands out as one of my top favorites to cook. This cut,…