Fish and Seafood, Kitchen Gadgets, Main Dishes
Somewhere along the line everyone agreed on some sweeping generalizations about recipe monikers. If it's "Florentine" expect spinach in there somewhere; "à la Grecque" gets you olive oil, lemon, oregano and probably olives. "Hawaiian" and "Polynesian" are the big yellow warning signs for pineapple. Why bland spinach is the standard bearer for a region that could easily claim rosemary or basil [...]
Clam Quesadillas (or quesadiilas de almejas if you prefer) are a pleasant detour down a road less taken for those bound for quesadillaville. My brother Brendan suggested we try our hand at clam quesadillas for our much heralded Mexican Thanksgiving. I immediately took to the idea; they knocked tortilla soup off the menu (surprisingly deemed controversial in some quarters) and significantly upgraded our [...]
Here's a delicacy ripped straight from the headlines: The East Hampton Star just proclaimed "Lesters Found Not Guilty." In celebration we high-tailed it over to their roadside stand for a pound of just harvested, sweet bay scallops. Hence this sumptuous recipe for Coquilles St. Jacques created in Kelly Lester's honor. In yet another blow for justice, Kelly [...]
Appetizers, Fish and Seafood, Main Dishes
Poking around the fish case in the North Main St. IGA, I found this cute little box of salt cod and experienced a near-Pavlovian reaction. When was the last time I had a nice garlicky brandade or baccala or any of its cousins? I do remember my first at the old Provence restaurant on Sullivan St. in Soho. [...]
Fish and Seafood, Main Dishes, Party foods
Dazzled by the cover photograph on the ultra-elegant cookbook Poisson Coquillages et Crustacés — a scallop on the half-shell with a perfectly formed scallop shell pastry top – I snapped the book after a few seconds of flipping through the pages. So that's the source of this recipe, a French riff on classic paella. Every page of this [...]
Fish and Seafood, Kitchen Gadgets, Main Dishes, Party foods
Steve and I had the good fortune to live in Tokyo for six months a few years back, where one of the many eye-opening experiences included an abbreviated sushi course at the prestigious professional Sushi Daigaku school. This introduction to the exactingly precise methods of preparing the rice, fish, and tradition-bound assembly techniques has proven invaluable. Our home made sushi recipes make for thrilling [...]
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