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Biscuits: How can you make your own biscuit mix?
Sharon e-mailed the Kitchen Shrink to find out how to make homemade biscuit mix. You will find a number of recipes on line for a homemade substitute for commercial biscuit mix but you can actually just use your favorite biscuit recipe, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in…
Cream Biscuits
This is a recipe I developed while working in the Gourmet magazine test kitchen. It is so easy and versatile that I use it as the basis for any biscuit-related recipe I make. See Apricot Scones (p 302) and Biscuit Sticky Buns (p 303) in Sara Moulton Cooks at Home,…
Pork Cutlets with Spanish Olives
This technique of pounding boneless pieces of meat or poultry to make them thin, coating them in seasoned flour, sautéing them quickly, and making a sauce with the drippings can be varied to create dozens of different quick and easy dishes. 1 pound pork scaloppine cut from the leg or…
On May 10th, I'll be in Tampa for the James Beard Foundation.
On Friday, May 10th, I will be the chef for a James Beard Foundation fund raising dinner in Tampa, Florida. As a part of Premier Celebrity Chef Private Home Dinners, the menu I have designed will be served at a private home in South Tampa. To learn more go to…
Sofrito Clams or Mussels with Prosciutto
Getting to know Jean Anderson in the early eighties was one of the most important breaks in my life. The fabulously knowledgeable cookbook author and food and travel writer began to mentor me about 10 minutes after we first met, quickly hiring me as her assistant on foreign assignments to…
Hope you saw me on Rachael Ray; here are the videos.
Monday, April 22, I was on The Rachael Ray Show talking about supermarket fraud. We talked about what to watch out for when you go shopping so you don’t get tricked into spending more money on groceries and “rolled out” my Paper Towel Challenge. Here are links to the Shopping…
Sunday, April 21st, is Earth Day and I'll be in Union Square.
All day Sunday, April 21st, I will be in Union Square on East 14th Street in NYC as part of the Earth Day celebration. I will be hanging out at a booth and chatting with attendees to let them know about The Subaru and Sara Moulton Locavore Challenge (the winner will…
Look for me this Saturday, April 20, at the Green Festival in NYC.
This Saturday, April 20th, at 2 pm, I will do a demo as part of the Green Festival at New York City’s Javits Center. Look for me on Stage C; I will be making Spring Vegetable Crêpes, and giving out some signed cookbooks as well as a Chantal Copper Fusion…
Chicken Tarragon
This is one of the “four quick chicken recipes” that I included in Sara Moulton Cooks at Home. It is a simplified version of a relatively sophisticated dish that used to comprise the whole of my brother Peter’s culinary repertoire. Whenever he confided that he was making Chicken Tarragon for…
Pantry: What should you have in a well-stocked pantry?
I frequently get e-mails asking which items are essential when stocking your pantry. Here is my list. I am loosely defining the pantry as things you should keep on hand–not only in your cupboard (the literal pantry), but also in the fridge, the freezer, the dry vegetable bin and the…