Ingredients: Leftover tuna (seared) A couple handfuls of chopped kale Lemon juice Olive oil Kosher salt Supplies: The Top A good family A large skillet Method: Get in touch with your wife on a Friday afternoon and explain you have no ideas for dinner. Have your wife suggest going out, and agree on The Top*. [...]
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Burning questions: what to consider when cooking fish
Q: How to pan fry fish without it flaking apart or burning? Pan-seared tilapia with bacon and shallots (links to a previous post) A: We’re all scared of fish. Undercooked, fish of any but the best quality ends up cold, clammy and unappetizing. Overcooked, it falls apart or ends up chewy. Overcooked fish also tends [...]
Burning Questions: How can I build complex flavors from simple ingredients?
Q: What’s the best way for a very inexperienced cook to learn about spices and how to mix them? A: There are really three ways I can answer this question. The first would take up a book: The Complete Book of Spices: A Practical Guide to Spices and Aromatic Seeds, which someone else wrote. The [...]
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Great northern bean salad
Just before January 1, I resolved to eat better. A glimpse of myself in the JC Penney dressing room mirror convinced me that I had to do something. Not something drastic, not something quick, just something in general. Taking a prompt from Mark Bittman, I resolved to become vegetarian before 6pm (I don’t think I [...]
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For simplicity’s sake
Fresh citrus fennel salad Ingredients (serves 4) 2 medium fennel bulbs, greens attached 4 teaspoons lemon juice 8 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 + 1 teaspoons orange zest Technique shave mix Shave the fennel using a mandolin or other slicer. Trim the fennel greens and give them a fine chop. [...]
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