I love dumplings. When I was growing up, Korean mandoo were my favorite. I loved them every which way – steamed, boiled, deep-fried, pan-fried and in soup. (If you live in the New…
Month: April 2015
I love popovers but rarely make them. Popovers are like soufflé muffins or giant gougères. They have a hollow and airy custard-like interior with a crispy exterior and crusty cheese topping. The best…
I’ve finally worked up the courage to make Vietnamese spring rolls. I wish I hadn’t waited so long to try it, but I guess I was intimidated by handling the thin rice…
When I first saw the picture of David Tanis’ Italian-Style Tuna Sandwich in this Wednesday’s Food section of the NYT, it wasn’t the tuna that caught my attention, it was the soft-boiled egg, but…
I received a call from my dear friend at 6:30pm on a weeknight. For those of you who do not have school-aged children, 6:30pm on a weeknight is a bad…
When you go to a Korean restaurant, several dishes called banchan are brought to the table at the start of the meal. Banchan are small plates of food to be shared…
I had leftover ricotta (from when I made Pea Crostini with Ricotta) and I couldn’t let it go to waste. I was browsing through my folder of “recipes to try…
The first time I tried radishes with butter and sea salt was about 10 years ago in France. It’s a curious combination but a perfect one. The peppery and sharp taste of the…
Spring has finally arrived! Yesterday, we found a few flowers in bloom in our yard. Restaurants are beginning to transition from their winter menus to fresh spring offerings. Food magazines and…
Read More This Sunday’s Afternoon Snack: Pea Crostini with Ricotta
I don’t know exactly when or where I first tried this dip but it was sometime in the 1970s. I always thought of it as a Michigan thing – I used to…