Until recently all baked clam recipes I was familiar with were pretty much variations on a theme -- butter, breadcrumbs, some sort of swine, herbs from the fine family of Italian flavors. Nothing wrong with that. Until... this recipe for Miso Butter Clams entered my life. The Blue Ribbon restaurants in NYC … [Read more...]
BEACH PLUM JELLY: ORIGINAL GOURMET RECIPE
Our annual beach plum expedition traditionally happens on or close to Labor Day. However, this summer the weather and the other unknown variables that influence beach plums conspired for an early, abundant harvest. Seems that beach plum cultivation has proven difficult, they're temperamental and unreliable. Which, of course, … [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...]
SASHIMI LIBERACE: ORIGINAL GOURMET RECIPE
Oh my, there's just so much to say about this recipe, let's get to the most important part first. This is a truly spectacularly delicious sashimi, as luscious and surprising as what you might find at a Nobu or Blue Ribbon. Liberace, one of the earliest raw fish eaters -- who'd have thought? (Insert your own joke here.) But back in 1970 -- 1970! -- the … [Read more...]
ESCABECHE: OUR ORIGINAL GOURMET RECIPE
Escabeche was in Mom's repertoire, not too surprising as she was a adventuress in the kitchen, breaking free of the constraints of her traditional Irish-American upbringing. Grandma Marie was the master of conservative cooking. I don't think she really enjoyed it. Golf, bowling, bridge and penny poker were more up her alley and she had the trophies to … [Read more...]
MULLIGATAWNY SOUP
Chances are last time (or only time) most people heard "Mulligatawny Soup" was in the famous Seinfeld Soup Nazi episode, when Elaine gloatingly reads the roster of his secret recipes which have fallen into her hands. (So she gets to keep the armoire, remember?) The soup course has taken some knocks over the years, dating way back to … [Read more...]
TONKA CARROTS
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MARCO POLO SQUID
Why Marco Polo? Homage to the great Venetian who traveled all the way to China and back in the 13th century -- 26 years, 15,000 miles. Can you imagine? And when you consider that per capita squid consumption is highest in Mediterranean and east Asian countries, Marco Polo Squid makes even more sense. As we discovered with International Sweetbreads, melding … [Read more...]