Coconut oil gives this dish fragrance without heaviness. With a big bunch of Thai basil in hand, I wanted a sweet stir-fry with Thai flavors. I stir-fried the vegetables in coconut oil, and I loved the...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
This classic Italian dish must have hundreds of versions, all resulting in a rustic braise of chicken, aromatic vegetables and tomatoes. My version includes lots of mushrooms, both dried and fresh. You...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
In 2008, The New York Times asked the chef Eric Ripert of the celebrated restaurant Le Bernardin to dream up a meal that leaned heavily on products from a Jack's 99-Cent Store. Mr. Ripert tackled the assignment...
Author: Pete Wells
This colorful risotto serves as a luxurious showcase for summer's bounty of tomatoes and corn. This is about as colorful and summery a risotto as you can get. The tomatoes and broth team up as a rich medium...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
The bitterness of radish greens pairs wells with a sweet-and-sour sauce in this stir-fry. We always toss out radish greens, but we shouldn't. They are as nutritious as any green, and they have a pleasantly...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
This is a vegetarian take on a classic of Vietnamese restaurants, ca kho, or fish braised in caramel sauce. Here, tofu, firm and rich, absorbs the velvety sauce and heightens its flavor. Vietnamese caramel...
Author: Sam Sifton
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Author: Pierre Franey
There's very little difference these days between the small chickens marketed as game hens and the ones called poussins. Both names are used, and they refer to a bird that weighs about 1 pound. And both...
Author: David Tanis
This recipe was inspired by the cuisine of Georgia, on the Black Sea. The stuffing is a simple affair of rice cooked with onions, garlic and dried sour cherries. Parsley is forked through before spooning...
Author: Nigella Lawson
There are some culinary combinations that cannot be improved upon, and apples and pork is surely one of them. This recipe calls for pan-frying boneless pork chops and serving them with butter-browned apples...
Author: David Tanis
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Nigella Lawson brought this recipe to The Times in a 2006 article about vegetarian comfort food. "The mushrooms, which are easy to cook, require a certain amount of patience and trust. Once you tumble...
Author: Nigella Lawson
I don't know of a better way to turn 3 pounds of pork shoulder into dinner. Or a dinner party. Carnitas can be simply rolled into a corn tortilla, or used as the basis for something more ambitious, like...
Author: Kim Severson
Eggplant is always a good, substantial vegetable to use for a vegetarian main dish. The chickpeas and the feta provide plenty of protein. Vegans can leave out the feta and substitute sugar or agave nectar...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
Author: Florence Fabricant
Author: Craig Claiborne And Pierre Franey
Turkish chefs make these beautiful skewers with local swordfish, usually dousing the fish in a garlicky lemony marinade before cooking. Bay leaves (they grow wild) are usually a presence, too. David Tanis...
Author: David Tanis
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Author: Glenn Collins
Stir-fry is a great weeknight staple: fast, alive with flavor and bendable to whatever is in your refrigerator or freezer. Here, mushrooms, scallions and peas, flavored with that feisty duo of garlic and...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
The chicken stew here does have an authentic origin, but I have lightened it a little by dispensing with the cream that would be added luxuriously in its country of origin. And you can cheerfully use a...
Author: Nigella Lawson
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Author: Amanda Hesser
Squid ink is an extraordinarily delicious ingredient; it adds indescribable complexity, even when it's used in small quantities. You can buy it online or from Italian, Spanish and Japanese shops, and in...
Author: David Tanis
The allure of beef tenderloin pulls hard. When properly cooked until the surface is seared to a glistening mahogany and the center is tender and running with beefy juices, it is one of the most regal,...
Author: Melissa Clark
For fish with a spicy North African flavor, marinate firm-fleshed fillets for at least an hour in this traditional mixture of chopped green cilantro, olive oil, garlic, green chiles, paprika and lime juice....
Author: David Tanis
Author: Florence Fabricant
Author: Craig Claiborne And Pierre Franey
Author: Pierre Franey
Years ago, I abandoned the traditional stir-until-you-get-a-blister-on-the-inside-of-your-thumb method for making polenta and became a convert to the easy oven-baked version. But then I began working with...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
Author: Pierre Franey
You can make a tomato quiche off-season using canned tomatoes for a rich tomato sauce that you blend with the custard filling. When tomatoes are in season I use the same filling but line the tart shell...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman