Hot or Cold Corn and Snap Pea Salad
The Comfort Family Farm Stand on Lumber Lane, Bridgehampton NY As much as I love sweet corn and as much as I’ll eat of it between now and the first frost, I am no fan of corn on the cob. I find…
Category: Vegetarian Dishes
Ina Garten’s Cauliflower Gratin Adapted for Thanksgiving Way Out West
I’ll let you in on a little secret. Of all Ina Garten’s cookbooks, “Barefoot in Paris” (Clarkson Potter 2004) was the least successful in terms of sales. That came as a complete surprise to me because I find it one of the best “French”…
Galette of Late Summer Vegetables with (or without) Cheddar Cheese Ice Cream
Melissa Clark is one of my all-time favorite recipe makers. I look forward to her weekly columns in the Times one of which is called “A Good Appetite”. I sometimes think it also be called “Playing with Your Food” because Melissa…
Mushroom "BLT"s with Basil Mayonnaise from Chef Rich Landau of Vedge Restaurant, Philadelphia
Richard Landau is a chef in Philadelphia at a vegetarian restaurant called “Vedge”. He and his wife, Katie Jacoby, are also authors of a cookbook by the same name (The Experiment 2013). In the run up to the book’s publication, Rich contributed this…
Ribollita, the "Flexitarian" Stew adapted from Mark Bittman in The New York Times
Mark Bittman, “The Flexitarian” Mark Bittman calls himself “The Flexitarian”. He writes about his food philosophy in The New York Times Dining Out Section once a month. I am happy to report that from the start Bittman promised that, first and foremost, his new column…
Two from One: Roasted Cauliflower with Whipped Goat Cheese and Roasted Cauliflower Soup
On a recent “Chopped”, the Food Network TV show that pits four chefs against a basket full of incongruous ingredients, a very sad fact was served up to the audience. Americans throw away 40 percent of the food they buy! The dollar amount is staggering: …
A summer starter and a side: My Chilled Cucumber Soup and Marinated Summer Vegetables adapted from Bon Appetit
A bowl of chilled soup can really start a summer meal off right. Make enough of it, and anytime you want, there’s a bowl of cool comfort waiting in the fridge. As to today’s side, it’s a terrific way to have vegetables on hand…
Mushroom and Pepper Jack Tart with Long Island Mushrooms
Long Island Mushroom company is the brainchild of two Rhode Island natives who grew up in the same town, became High School Sweethearts, parted ways and re-kindled their romance thirty-two years later. Jane Maguire and John Quigley are their names and…
A melange of Asparagus and any Green Spring Vegetable you’d like
Asparagus season is here and we can’t get enough of the stuff. I’ve already served it in last year’s spicy stir-fry with chiles. https://chewingthefat.us.com/2011/05/spicy-pork-with-asparagus-and-chile.htmld. And then as a dinner salad that makes a meatless meal https://chewingthefat.us.com/2011/05/spicy-pork-with-asparagus-and-chile.htmland then of course, there’s roasted asparagus which can be…
Creamed Mushroom Bruschetta with Caramelized Onions From Chef Chris Pandel of Chicago’s Balena via Sam Sifton in the New York Times Magazine
Balena 1633 N Halsted St Chicago, IL 60614 (312) 867-3888 As Sam Sifton recalls, when the waitress at Chicago’s Balena restaurant approached the table with a steak knife, everyone’s eyebrows went up. No one had ordered steak. The waitress explained the knife was for the mushrooms. …
The Perfect Patty Melt and it’s most imperfect imitator, "The Midtown Melt"
Last week, I had the strongest craving for a Patty Melt. I confess that the Patty Melt is far and away my absolute favorite chopped meat sandwich. You must never call a Patty Melt a hamburger because to purists, the Patty Melt is emphatically not…
A Tale of Three Soups: Jim’s Hurricane Survival Soup, Alice Waters’ Spicy Cauliflower Soup and Cousin Bar’s Pear and Parsnip Soup
Alice Waters’ Spicy Cauliflower Soup Above Cousin Bar’s Pear and Parsnip Soup with Red Pepper Puree This morning I got an email from an old friend and devoted reader of Chewing the Fat. He lives in Weehawken, NJ, which is one of the areas…
The surprising story of Fried Green Tomatoes and Martha Stewart’s recipe for Not Fried Green Tomatoes
I love a little side of history when I am serving up a dish with roots as deep as Fried Green Tomatoes. With the exception of grits and hominy, what’s more southern than this all-over crunchy firm tomato that’s been battered into a deep-fried…
Daniel Boulud’s Corn and Heirloom Tomato Tart
The Decor of Maison Boulud gets high marks too! Daniel Boulud is no stranger to these pages. His recipes are as reliable as his restaurants, the latest of which just opened in Montreal’s newly renovated Ritz Carlton Hotel ( 1228 Sherbrooke St. Ouest,…
