Episode 102

Makes 4 Servings… Hands-on time: 20 minutes Total preparation time: 35 minutes This is nothing more than a fancy hamburger on a skewer with a garlicky yogurt sauce, but boy, is it good. It was a hit with my family the very first time I made it. You’re welcome to top it off with some sauteed peppers and onions, but it’s pretty substantial all by itself. 4-inch piece English cucumber, grated in a food processor or by hand (about 3/4 more »

Makes 6 servings… Hands-on time: 35 minutes Total preparation time: 45 minutes I just love fried clams. Let me back up here – I actually love anything fried, but you can’t always justify it from the mess and caloric point of view. Clams were made to be fried. Anybody who has been to Cape Cod or Ipswich, MA or to one of the many little food shacks along the New England coast knows how special they are. The trouble is more »

Makes 4 sandwiches… Hands-on time: 15 minutes Total preparation time: 27 minutes Built of corned beef, melted Swiss cheese, and Russian dressing, the Reuben sandwich is a masterpiece of heart-stopping excess, huge not only in flavor but in size. Indeed, as my father-in-law might say, the typical Reuben sandwich is “big enough to choke a horse.” I suppose that trying to invent a less than Rubenesque Reuben was slightly sacrilegious – rather like dreaming of a low-cal version of foie more »