Salmon with Citrus and Tarragon Rub My grandmother used the phrase, “this weather, though…” for just about any meteorological situation, not just weather oddities like the incredibly mild weather we’re having this December in the NYC area. If it was cold in May, warm in January, rainy in April, freezing cold and snowy in February or...
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A very long time ago I learned a little trick that I don’t use nearly enough: Crack an egg and drop it into barely simmering soup. If you’re in a nurturing mood, spoon hot soup over it so it cooks evenly. If not, don’t. Either way the egg won’t mind. If you’re a vegetarian, a soup-poached egg adds a little protein to a...
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This meal feels fancy, looks fancy and tastes fancy. However, no actual fancies were injured during the making of this meal. The beans take about 15 minutes to put together and look great; the mackerel takes about the same time (cooking included). It’s the perfect mid-week mini-celebration. (We even used the forks that we can’t put in the dishwasher.) And...
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Not only vegetables have seasons. Seafood has seasons too. And many of the same reasons that lead us to pick a sweet ear of corn in August should lead us to Spanish mackerel in fall or soft-shell crabs in spring. Spanish mackerel in its cooked or sushi forms is one of Joe’s favorites. It is sweet, firm and virtually impossible to mess up. Sustainable...
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Teriyaki is old-school good food.The best part of taking 10 minutes to make a batch is when you find a jar of teriyaki that you made a month ago hiding behind the pickles on the refrigerator door. That’s dinner taken care of! Chicken-vegetable kabobs, fish fillets and steaks, hamburgers, thick slices of red onion and summer squash, pork chops,...
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Please feel free to make this without penne, just skip past all the penne instructions. When I make it without pasta, I prefer the soupier version and a fair amount of grated pecorino (on the left in the above photo). Leave the anchovies out if you don’t like them or if you’d like to make this a vegetarian dish. Makes 2 servings Kosher salt 1 small head...
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