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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Seared tuna over sautéed kale
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Get your kids into the kitchen (recipe: Mexican casserole)
Two nights ago my son helped out in the kitchen. He’s two and a half, and I’ve been including him in kitchen stuff forever. He first noticed, I think, at about three months. We cooked frittata together, and he was fascinated by the eggs. Before last night, he’d done a few things here and there [...]
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Cooking methods: boil, steam, sauté
Here’s a dialogue I keep having with myself: You haven’t given them any recipes Who needs recipes? Your readers might like one or two. You know, that’s why people come to a cooking blog. For recipes. They shouldn’t. No? No. Besides, I’m not very good with recipes. Mine are always slap-dash and imprecise. Then why [...]
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Black Bean Tacos
I love transferrable skills. It’s one of the reasons I do my best to talk about understanding food rather than memorizing recipes. If you understand food, then you can take an idea and move it across an entire spectrum of entrees. Like, for example, the idea of including onion in a recipe without really including [...]
Also posted in black beans, cheddar cheese, Ingredient, mince, olive oil, onion, simmer Tagged black beans, gluten free, vegan 1 Comment
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 [...]
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