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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…
Dinner with Thomas Keller: Marinated Skirt Steak and Asparagus with Tomato Bacon Stew
L. to R. Eric and Adam One night last week, Andrew, our friend Kathy and I all went to see Eric Rippert, the Chef Extraordinaire at New York’s Le Bernardin. Chef Rippert was appearing at the YMHA as part of the “Conversations with Chevaliers” series. The…
Spicy Pork Noodles with Bok Choy from David Tanis…and they’re Gluten-Free!
Maxim’s Palace Hong Kong as I’ve never seen it… empty! I love dim sum, the tapas of China. I will never forget Andrew and my visit to one of the world’s most famous dim sum palaces, the strangely named Maxim’s Palace in Hong Kong. …
Hello Trader Joe’s Shoppers! Today, share the good, the bad and the so-so of TJ’s "Out of this World Pizza Edition" Fearless Flyer
New York is a pizza town. Just ask our recently elected mayor, Bill di Blasio. Shortly after he took office, he travelled to Staten Island, a borough well-known for the stuff, where he took out a knife and…
Martha Stewart’s Pear Spice Bundt Cake
This past weekend, Andrew finally made it out to the Beach for the weekend. The Real Estate selling season in New York has made it just about impossible for him to take time here since President’s Day. To Andrew, a…
Petty Cash’s Zucchini Quesadilla with Spicy Salsa Rioja
Food and Wine’s Version As I was working my way through last month’s Food and Wine, I came to an overhead shot of a crispy, toasted tortilla topped with bright red chiles and cilantro leaves. I was taken with the photo…
Budget-Friendly Crabmeat and Two Ways to Serve it.
Not too long ago, my friend Susan wrote and asked me to send her the link to a very nasty article in Bloomberg News about farmed Asian Seafood. I won’t go into the appetite suppressing details but the news was not good. It…
Smoked Trout Chowder adapted from April Bloomfield’s "A Girl and Her Pig"
A Girl and Her Pig…literally I am a huge fan of April Bloomfield and I’ll follow her anywhere—to The Breslin in the Ace Hotel, next door at the John Dory or down in the Village where she practically invented the Gastropub at “The Spotted Pig”. (…
Chicken with Shallots from Sam Sifton in the New York Times Sunday Magazine via Rishia Zimmern adapted from Martha Stewart
Sam Sifton As fond as I am of the current food crew at The New York Times, I still miss Sam Sifton. He was the Deputy Dining Editor in 2001 when he was almost instantly tapped to become the Dining Editor a position he held…
This Year’s Top 10 Things to make your St. Barth Vacation Better than ever in 2014
What is it about St. Barth that we made our 23rd trek there a couple of weeks ago? Were it not a very misguided decision to try Nevis about 5 years ago, we’d have an unbroken string of March vacations on the island dating back…
Direct from St Barth via Vietnam: The Banh Mi Sandwich
We’ve brought you a post featuring the Banh Mi, the signature sandwich of Vietnam, once before. We’ve shown you how to make one with ground pork https://chewingthefat.us.com/2012/09/our-325th-post-melissa-clarks-quick.html. But just before we left New York for our annual stay in St. Epicerie Boulud’s Banh Mi Barthelemy…
Meat Mushroom and Potato Skillet Gratin Adapted from Melissa Clark in The New York Times
At the risk of people believing I must be going steady with Melissa Clark, I am rushing this out in advance of the latest winter storm. Even though I just shared Melissa’s superb Pork Chop recipe the middle of last month, I could not…
Salute to Canada! Chuck Hughes’ Duck Breasts with Red Wine Sauce on a bed of Duck-Fat Fried Fingerlings and Mushrooms
As most of my readers know, I am Canadian by birth and mighty proud of it. I am also mighty proud that Canada racked up a total of 10 Gold Medals at the Sochi Olympics. This…
