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Edamame Mash – Tasty Side to Add to Your Weeknight Meals
Photo by Jessica Leibowitz This is a huge hit with my family – try this in place of mashed potatoes one night and your family will join the club too. Makes 4 servings Hands-on time: 10 minutes Total preparation time: 30 minutes Kosher salt 3 ½ to 4 cups fresh,…
Milk Street Radio: Desperately Seeking the Perfect Peach
Alice Waters thinks David Mas Masumoto’s peaches could change the world. Today, Masumoto shares his search for the perfect peach and the shocking family secret that changed the history of his farm. Plus, we chat with Nichole Accettola about Scandinavian baking, from cinnamon knots to rye bread, and we learn…
Time Travel Kitchen: You Must Check it Out!
My Girlfriend and ex sous chef (from my time at Gourmet), Jolene Handy, has a weekly Substack column called Time Travel Kitchen As she puts it: Time Travel Kitchen chronicles my obsession with baking and writing about the recipes of the early 20th century out of my 1927 apartment kitchen. I…
Milk Street Radio: up Close and Personal with Emeril Lagasse
This week, we’re looking at the pioneers of food television. Emeril Lagasse reflects on his unlikely start at the Food Network, how he’s different from his on-screen persona and why he just opened his first Portuguese restaurant. Plus, Michelle T. King tells the story of Fu Pei-mei, Taiwan’s first cooking…
Smoked Salmon and Salmon Roe on Crispy Potato Pancakes
I often make these appetizer latkes from Sara Moulton Cooks at Home for special occasions when it’s just the four of us at home, because you can dress them up or down. Sam leaves the salmon and caviar alone in favor of the unadorned potato pancakes. Ruth also favors the pancakes…
Rustic Potato and Greens Pie – The Perfect Vegetarian Entree for a Cold Night
This is a forgiving and rustic pie. You start by making my very simple food-processor pie dough. Roll it out into a rough circle between sheets of plastic wrap and drop it into a pie plate. Spoon the filling into the middle of the pie, then fold in the edges,…
Cassoulet Wars! The 10th Year
While it comes from humble beginnings, there is no dish in Southwest France more iconic, cherished, and controversial than the cassoulet – a slow cooking bean and meat stew. I think I have been a judge every year (except one) at this competition held in New York City, sponsored by…
Somehow I Snuck into this Photo at the Julia Child Awards
I went to Washington on October 17th for the 1oth Julia Child Awards gala dinner held at the Smithsonian. The honoree this year was Alice Waters. But you can see many of the prior winners in this photo along with Alice: Jose Andrés, Sue Feniger, Rick Bayless, Grace Young, Sean…
Come Join Me at Cassoulet Wars on Feb 3 Where I Will Be a Judge!
While it comes from humble beginnings, there is no dish in Southwest France more iconic, cherished, and controversial than the cassoulet. Join me in celebrating (and indulging in) over 20 different takes on this historic dish at @dartaganfoods 10th Annual #CassouletWar. Hope to see you there! https://www.dartagnan.com/cassoulet_war_page.html
Milk Street Radio: Everything You Needed to Know About Sourdough
Richard Hart is here with the hottest takes in bread baking and sourdough—why he doesn’t care about your old sourdough starter, what everyone gets wrong about rye bread, and why the bread in Paris is, well, lacking. Plus, antique bookseller Don Lindgren reveals the history of community cookbooks, J. Kenji…