Purple Peas and Purple Potatoes
Purple potatoes are a colorful take on starch; plus, rockfish fillets braised quickly in a rich sauce of tomato, silky leeks, and creamy hull peas.
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Outshone Again
A short discussion of farmer's market meat options and how it led to a meal of braised oxtail ragu, homemade gnocchi, and more importantly, some sublime roasted dragon beans.
No-Labor Day
All sorts of homemade fixings to pair up with hamburgers, from fries to coleslaw to onion rings, and even microwave potato chips!
A Stretching Exercise
Fishcakes are a great way to transform a small piece of leftover fish into an extra meal: these potato-salmon croquettes are crispy, filling, nutritious, and awfully tasty in a pool of roasted red pepper sauce.
Peach Butter Barbecue Chicken
Peach butter is transformed into a sweet and tangy barbecue sauce for slathering on roasted chicken. I rounded out this Southern-inspired meal with braised collard greens and super-cheesy potatoes.
Dueling Skillets
Chicken breasts with a creamy almond sauce and an accompanying hash of potatoes, morel mushrooms, and fresh fava beans.
Three Uses for Yogurt
Several uses for that homemade yogurt, including creamy polenta, tender Greek-style chicken skewers, and cherry-berry fro-yo.
Midsummer Feast
A simple roast of beef with sides of summery vegetables and pesto-infused mashers, remixed into roast beef sandwiches on soft, homemade potato rolls.
Breakfast (Radishes) for Dinner
Using all parts of the radish: Raw for snacking, greens for soup, and even shredded into focaccia bread. Also a white bean-Caesar flatbread with prosciutto and arugula.
Second Fiddle
A tasty, quick chicken fricassee takes a back seat to a raw kale salad with white bean Caesar dressing and croutons made from fried bread dough.
Better Than a Restaurant?
A discussion of the state of food in Salem, simply baked Copper River salmon topped with sauteed mushrooms, and a luscious potato-turnip gratin.
Five-Spice Roasted Chicken and Fixings
A variation on your basic roast chicken, with an Asian slant: Five-spice roasted chicken and gravy is served with a fragrant mash of white and sweet potatoes and a green salad drizzled with scallion vinaigrette.
Work in Progress
A series of recipes experimenting with Thai-style curries, from your basic yellow chicken curry, to potato-crusted salmon with curry-carrot sauce, to cod in a lemongrass-coconut broth.
Pocketful of Lamb
Grilled lamb with Mediterranean spices and seasonings was tasty on its own, but fantastic served in homemade pita with a smear of yogurt sauce.
Salmon Glue
A trio of salmon recipes: Roasted with caper-anchovy butter; sauteed and served under a satiny beurre rouge sauce; and crusted with crispy rounds of potato, with a simple salmon mousse serving as edible glue and…
Filling in the Gaps
This is a summary post overviewing the meals and baked goods I made over the holidays, concluding with the highlight of my father making ebelskivers.
Muffin-Cup Gratins
This easy recipe for potato gratins built in a muffin tin, from the winner of The Next Food Network Star, Melissa d'Arabian, is absolutely brilliant, adaptable, and a new favorite side dish in our home.…
Scratching the Itch
A savory chicken and potato stew, laced with leeks and greens, and flavored with Dijon mustard. Perfect fare for fall and winter weather.
Chicken Mug-Pies
These homemade chicken potpies, served in individual mugs, are creamy, filling and adaptable. The parts can be assembled in advance, and were tasty enough to reduce my husband to gnawing the crust from around the…
Splurging, Two Ways
This special-occasion meal is composed of porcini-crusted filet mignon, pan-roasted and topped with gorgonzola garlic butter. The remaining steak was then transformed into sandwiches on homemade potato rolls (made from leftover chard-laced mashers), smeared with…