Chicken Tortellini Soup
A comforting bowl of soup you can get on the table in under 30 minutes Isn’t it time for you to take a break? If you’re like millions of us, you never cooked so many meals in your life. And it’s breakfast, lunch, and dinner.…
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Fettucine with Shiitakes and Asparagus
A Vegetarian Pasta kicks off Asparagus Season with a twist. The first asparagus of the season is something we can’t wait for. Asparagus has become a virtually year-round staple, imported off-season from South America. But nothing compares to the home-grown variety. We love asparagus so…
How to cook the perfect Lamb Chop from Costco or anywhere else…
The lamb chops at Costco represent great savings compared to almost anywhere else. These lovely trimmed chops are irresistible at Costco prices. But darned if I could cook them correctly. I tried all kinds of methods. Stovetop or oven-roasted, mine were inevitably inconsistently cooked. They…
How does a Private Tropical Island sound right about now?
If dreams had wings, we would all be on this paradisical island in one of the most beautiful places on earth. Connoisseur Magazine has just published my article about this phenomenal private resort island in the Maldives. We can dream, can’t we? Actually, we can…
Chef Paul Bocuse’s Poulet au Vinaigre Chicken in Vinegar Sauce and a virtual visit to Lyon, his hometown.
From a treasure trove of recipes, Food and Wine chose this as one of its best. In 2018, Food and Wine Magazine named this recipe one of its 40 best of all time in its 40-year history. When I saw it, I was immediately drawn…
Asian Barbecue-Style Meatballs
Open up your Asian pantry and make great meatballs in 20 minutes flat. When I saw this recipe in the New York Times, I had misfired with meatballs all too recently. I’ll spare the ugly details, but that recipe used un-cooked rice in a meatball…
A trip down the Mississippi and a great recipe for Gulf Coast Crab Cakes with Lemon Butter
Introducing the first Viking River Cruise ship to sail the Mississippi, Viking Mississippi. My latest article takes Armchair Cruisers on the grandest ship to ever sail America’s Mississippi River. Here’s a link to the article I just wrote for Connoisseur Magazine. And after that, in…
Forget Everything You Know About Cooking A Great Steak
This cooking method is totally unorthodox. But the results were the best steak we’ve had in ages. We love a great steak. One that has a deeply browned crust on the outside and a true rosy medium-rare inside. We like New York Strip best for…
Joanne Chang’s Famous Banana Bread
Banana Bread recipe searches surge. I wasn’t entirely surprised to read that on-line searches for banana bread recipes had risen as stay home continues to be the mantra of sensible people everywhere. From Great Britain, where Reuters reported “Great British lockdown: bread-making frenzy sweeps the…
Meet an American Food Hero. Make the Shake Shack Burger. Feed the First Responders.
In a world turned upside down, Food Hero Joe Ariel is coming to the rescue of both First Responders, Healthcare Workers and the Restaurants who need our business to survive. After graduating from college in Nashville, Joe Ariel’s move to New York City was accompanied…
When it comes to comfort food, one of our hands-down favorites is this: Pasta e Piselli
A transformative dish that takes me to a much happier place. I think it will do the same for you. These days dinner means more than mere sustenance. While we all ‘shelter in place’, it’s a mighty punctuation point to our day. Dinner is a…
The Coconuttiest of Coconut Cake of all time from John Barricelli of SoNo Bakery and Café
This will make this year’s Easter Dinner end on one delicious note. Now we realize that this a very last minute post and it’s completely out of our normal publishing cycle. But Andrew is making this today and we’ll be sharing it under strict social…
When the Stock Market swoons, it’s time for a Financier
There’s no bad time for these little bits of heaven that use just 6 ingredients and take under 15 minutes to bake Truth be told, in good times and bad, it’s always time for a financier. The little French almond cakes, leavened with egg whites,…
Brown Sugar Tart
It may not be the best time in our lives…but it’s still a great time to bake. We’ve noticed there’s more baking going on than usual. And why not? We not only have the time while we self-quarantine, we also have the need to lift…
