Ina Garten’s Coq au Vin Recipe: French Comfort Food in under 2 hours. Titled “Be Ready When the Luck Happens”, the book takes Ina’s legions of fans from a surprisingly unhappy childhood (she and her mother did not get along) to her eventually happy marriage…
YOU’LL NEVER FORGET IT ONCE YOU TASTE CHASHUSHULI, A GEORGIAN BEEF STEW. Chashushuli is an extraordinary beef and tomato stew. There’s a hearty richness from both chuck roast and short ribs. But it’s the broth that separates this recipe from any other beef stew we’ve…
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…
This one-pot wonder takes pork at its budget best and makes a rich ragú We’re always on the lookout for a great new pasta sauce. While this recipe from Kay Chun may not have started out as one, that’s how it ended up on our…
This great stew has a surprise ingredient we weren’t entirely sure about. Our friend Roger is a great home cook. And after our Top Ten Stews post, (https://chewingthefat.us.com/2022/01/our-top-ten-stews-perfect-for-cold-winter-nights.html) Roger sent us this recipe, so we knew it had to be good. Lots and lots of…
You just can’t make a bad Cioppino. Cioppino is probably the most flexible fish stew on earth. And it packs a wonderful punch of flavor in every bite. It tastes of the sea itself. And then there’s the richness of tomatoes, the anise flavor of…
I’VE JUST READ THE WEATHER FORECAST… And it looks like it’s time to hunker down and stay put this weekend. And while we’re at it, what’s better than stew? Never mind the result is inevitably warming, comforting, and altogether satisfying. There are delightful aromas that…
A Manly Meal: Jamie Oliver’s Steak and Guinness Pie. In addition to the advertised Steak and Guinness, the filling includes lots of onions, carrots, and celery. But the unmentioned ingredients at the heart of this creation are a rich mélange of meat and mushrooms and…
A famous Vegetarian Chef shares a great recipe for Mushrooms as a main course. Yotam Ottolenghi’s posts on Chewing The Fat are some of its most popular recipes. The British-Israeli-Italian’s story has been told in great detail in some of them, the links to which…
What’s in a name? Plenty! Drunken Pork Stew Proves it. I have to admit, it was its picture in Fine Cooking–and not its name– that made me want to cook this extraordinarily easy-to-make stew. Tony Rosenfeld, who wrote “Savory Pork Stews”, says it’s “a quick…
An Instant Pot recipe that delivers a great stew in far less time than any other method we know. If there was one ubiquitous item on sale on Amazon’s Prime Day, it was the Instant Pot. We’ve had good meals using this Canadian invention. It’s…
This Lamb Ragu is a colorful and flavorful introduction to Fall. Chef Micheal Mina’s recipe for Lamb Ragu is a keeper. It starts with a bouquet garni of fennel and cumin seeds, Aleppo pepper, and whole black peppercorns. This gives the dish a hint of…
A Meat Lover’s Dream recipe…Mushroom Bourguignon from Melissa Clark As New Year’s resolutions go, the one about eating less meat in 2020 has a lot of traction. And for good reason. Not only is it good for you, but it’s also good for the planet. …
A great stew is served up with a wonderful story about its origins. This is one of my favorite kinds of recipes. There’s a story attached to it that’s as interesting as the stew itself. Cuba’s national dish translates to “Old Clothes”– about as unappetizing…
PONANT EXPLORES THE GLOBE WITH A DECIDEDLY FRENCH ACCENT.
