This autumn pomegranate salad recipe is one of those is-it-really-a-recipe? dishes. Really, it's just as much a shopping list as a how-to. Because at this point pretty much everyone has the salad concept figured out. Get nice tasty and fresh stuff you like to eat, cut it up, mix it up, pour a dressing over everything (nine times out of 10 a … [Read more...]
HUITLACOCHE MAC AND CHEESE
Huitlacoche: the corn smut that is Mexico's proud answer to Europe's finest truffles. If you likes yourself some funk, here it is in spades in this recipe for Huitlacoche Mac and Cheese. Huitlacoche fungus tumors (or "cuitlacoche" as spelled on the label here) are not a pretty site on the cob; I recoiled in … [Read more...]
ZUCCHINI BOATS: GOURMET STUFFED ZUCCHINI RECIPE
Though relatively simple, little canoes of stuffed squash, such as this recipe for zucchini boats, carry vaguely dark Teutonic memories flavored with Mittel-European elegance. Laden with earthy parsnips and hearty Emmenthaler cheese, they are equally appropriate at a Baron's banquet as on Burgher's buffet. While filming the … [Read more...]
ALMOND CREPES WITH PEACHES AND CREAM: GLUTEN FREE RECIPE
Being something of a hedonist, or more accurately a bloated pleasure-seeker, I reflexively recoil from foods that wear their healthy virtues on their sleeves. So a recipe for gluten free almond crêpes might not immediately catch my eye. Just to be clear: when the virtue has a direct impact on flavor and enjoyment, count me in. By all means, … [Read more...]
SAGANAKI JENNI PULOS
Hollywood dreams do come true! I recently lived my own "Purple Rose of Cairo" moment with the luminous Jenni Pulos, making this recipe for Saganaki. Though the leaping flames paled in comparison to Jenni's bright beauty, the heat reminded us of the warmth of her heart, the brilliance of her talent. Note: For you kiddies too … [Read more...]
FRIED ZUCCHINI FLOWERS: A LA EUGENIA BONE
Oh my, two Gena Bone recipes in a row -- we miss you baby, see you soon! First time I had fried zucchini flowers was years ago at my pal Gena's. As she points out on her blog (click here for a bunch of her nifty recipes) they were a treat in her home growing up, but certainly nothing like that showed up chez Sullivan in … [Read more...]
FRIED BABY BLUEFISH
I don't know Italian so while I'd like to title this post Bambino Bluefish Fritti, Fried Baby Bluefish is a safer route. Our original goal was to make the tiny, crispy whitebait you can snack on the at the Italian sea side (or more close to home, restaurants like Felidia). Flash fried whole, they're like little … [Read more...]
TONKA BEAN ICE CREAM WITH ALMOND BRITTLE: A SPECTACULARLY DELICIOUS ORIGINAL GOURMET RECIPE
Ever since being introduced to tonka beans at Paule Caillat's Promenades Gourmandes, I've been championing them at home and here on S.D. To me, they're the Lambada of the spice world -- sexy, exotic and forbidden. Tonkas have gotten the green light in France and numerous other enlightened nations, but our FDA gives them a thumbs down. Coumarin … [Read more...]
ORANGE-COCONUT AND BLUEBERRY ICE CREAM CUPS WITH LOBSTER SUGAR COOKIES
Hope you like the picture because this is pretty much it. When the gang from work came out this summer I made orange ice cream cups, only this time with home-made orange-coconut ice cream and blueberry ice cream with a swirl of zesty blueberry strawberry jam. Then sugar cookies, dough tinted with food color, and sprinkled with crimson decorating sugar. So this is … [Read more...]
SCRIPTURE CAKE
At the risk of getting ahead of myself, the garnish for this slice of Scripture Cake is straight from the Good Book: "And she gave the King one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones." (2-Chronicles 9:9) So let's rewind a bit. Steve brought home a pile of vintage church cookbooks. Scripture Cake turned up in … [Read more...]