Extreme Rice. Zucchini Pie. Lasagna Tart.

Blog Post & Video: Extreme Rice

EXTREME RICE! BECAUSE PART OF BEING EXTREME IS SHOUTING ALL THE TIME! AND CRUSHING RICE PLANTS WITH YOUR BARE HANDS!

Blog Post & Recipe: Kourkouto aka Greek Zucchini Pie

The author of the original recipe was a Greek chef Dina Nikolaou. Her recipe was picked up and adapted by Peter of the Kalofagas [...] I made some changes, leaving out the Kasseri cheese and upping the amount of feta cheese. I also added some dried oregano to the dish, a herb I always associate with my visits to Greece.

Blog Post & Recipe: Lasagna Tart Recipe

As it turns out, I was looking a noodle-free lasagna baked in a pie crust - layers of zucchini, ricotta, and tomato sauce. And lots of cheese. I've been meaning to do my own version ever since. When I finally got around to putting this idea in motion, I switched things up a bit. For starters, I did a tart version instead of pie.

Pasta with Ricotta. Sauteed Carrots with Honey. Pasta with Turkish-Style Beef, Eggplant, Yogurt.

Blog Post & Recipe: loving cousin rosa

If you’re in the mood to experiment [cookbook author] Rosa [Mitchell] recommends trying it with pesto and parmesan or diced ripe tomatoes and basil, or with bacon peas and parmesan. But she’s right that the ricotta alone is mighty fine ...

our cousin rosa’s pasta with ricotta

Blog Post & Recipe: sauteed carrots with honey & rosemary

For this recipe, I simply peeled the carrots and quartered them length wise. I then just tossed them in a pan with olive oil [...] and let them get a little brown and crispy on the outside. Meanwhile, I picked a sprig of fresh rosemary from my fire escape garden (yay!) and chopped it up nice and fine. When the carrots were golden on all sides, I added a little butter, some honey and the chopped rosemary ...

Blog Post & Recipe: Melissa Clark's Pasta with Turkish-Style Beef, Eggplant and Yogurt Sauce

What you do is roast eggplant at very high heat - a nice little trick in and of itself, since you end up with meltingly soft on the inside, super-crisp on the outside, addictive little eggplant cubes - and then combine that with sauteed ground beef flavored with shallots, minced garlic and a generous amount of Aleppo pepper. [...] You serve that mixture over boiled pasta (orecchiette would be best) and top it off with browned butter and garlicky yogurt.

Samosa Wraps. Kohlrabi Recipes. Farinata with Grilled Vegetables.

Blog Post & Recipe: Weird and wonderful

Kohlrabi isn't a looker, but it's the taste that counts, says Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall ...

Kohlrabi carpaccio ... Kohlrabi remoulade ... Kohlrabi and spinach gratin

Blog Post & Recipe: Farinata with Grilled Vegetables

A local street food of Italy, in the Liguria Region, Farinata is definitely a comfort food [...] It is thicker than a crepe, thinner than a pancake, more like a thin crust pizza base & can be eaten like a pizza - plain, stuffed or topped. Very similar to the Indian Lentil Crepes ...

Blog Post & Recipe: E's Samosa Wraps

The ingredients listed on the Amy's wrapper looked fairly simple—potatoes, wheat flour, tomatoes, onions, peas, tofu, oil, and spices—so I decided to make a copy-cat version [...] The one major change I made (besides leaving out the oil) was using frozen tofu instead of fresh. As you know, freezing tofu gives it a spongy, chewy texture, and I thought it would help the wraps hold up better and not be mushy.

Green Kitchen. Salmon Macaroni Salad. Beetroot with Chile and Lemon.

Blog Post & Recipe: Salmon Macaroni Salad Recipe

Tip: add the macaroni to the salmon mayo mixture when it is still warm. That way it will absorb the flavors better.

Blog Post & Recipe: Recipe: Quick Beets with Chile and Lemon

We've highlighted raw beet salads before, and this is another one to add to the list. All it requires is beets, lemon juice, and chile powder ... For an extra bit of depth, add lemon zest.

Article: Keeping your kitchen green

Here are five cheap, easy ways to make your kitchen greener and save cash.

Turn off the oven ... Get fresh with water ... Cook unplugged ... An open and shut case ... Speed it up

Meat Galette. Fried Eggs Five Ways. Three Vegetable Meals.

Article & Recipe: Delicious way to 'veg out'

This week, I have created some simple and tasty recipes to use vegetables that are readily available at the moment [in Australia].

Pumpkin risotto ... Parsnip and potato cakes with cheese ... Pumpkin and leek soup

Blog Post & Recipe: Beef or Pork Galette?

I had seen some posts of galettes in the past but did not know exactly what it was. I looked it up and according to wikipedia, it is a round and crusty cake but I am more inclined to think of it as a pie with a hole in the middle and instead of being cooked in a pie dish, it is folded up and around the filling, leaving it uncovered in the middle.

Blog Post: Top Five: Ways to Eat a Fried Egg

A fried egg is our trick for turning an otherwise ho-hum meal into a great one. If we're low on fixings and need to make a full meal out of just a few spare ingredients, a fried egg is one of the first things we think of adding.

1. Over Green Salad ... 2. Over Noodles or Other Grains ... 3. On Pizza ... 4. On Kale or Other Hearty Green ... 5. On Toast

Garden Food. Grilled Eggplant. Caramelised Carrots.

Blog Post & Recipes: farm fresh dinner: new potatoes, braised greens and a beet salad

buttered new potatoes with mint & parsley ... beet & arugula salad with goat cheese & pecans ... braised greens with leeks & lemon

Recipe: Caramelised spiced carrots (via The Veggie Patch).

... finely shred carrots. Place in a bowl. Add onion, oil, sugar, chilli and nutmeg. Season with salt and pepper. Mix until well combined. [...] Divide carrot mixture between prepared trays. Roast for 1 hour

Article: How to grill eggplant without overcooking it

First, thinly slice the eggplant. Salt both sides of the pieces, and let them sit for an hour. Wipe off excess salt, and gently squeeze to drain the liquid. I brush my eggplant with ... olive oil, and season it with pepper. Set the grill to medium heat ...

Blog Photographs. Hyper-palatable Food. Lamb Shanks, Wine, Beans.

Blog Post & Recipe: Lamb Shanks in White Wine and White Beans

I found some lamb shanks in the freezer and was thinking it wasn’t a season for casserole, but I found a few recipes where they could be cooked in white wine. This long slow cook resulted in melt in the mouth meat and beans dissolving ...

Blog Post: What Goes Up, Must Come Down

One of the many things that boggles my mind is that as food bloggers become more proficient in their cooking skills–and technology get better, faster, and easier–the images of their dishes become shockingly good. I mean, perversely good.

Article: How the Food Makers Captured Our Brains

Another article about the man who wrote a book on the subject of "hyper-palatable food."

Dr. Kessler isn’t convinced that food makers fully understand the neuroscience of the forces they have unleashed, but food companies certainly understand human behavior, taste preferences and desire. In fact, he offers descriptions of how restaurants and food makers manipulate ingredients to reach the aptly named “bliss point.” [...] Food companies “design food for irresistibility,” Dr. Kessler noted. “It’s been part of their business plans.”

Pea Falafels. Zucchini Galette. Poached Pumpkin

Blog Post & Recipe: Dinner Tonight: Zucchini Galette

What really makes this dish interesting is the zucchini, which lends a sweetness and lightness to each bite. The recipe also recommends some optional fresh tomato poured on top.

Recipe: Fresh pea falafels

A few years ago I made falafel with fresh broad beans, which really added a new dimension, but falafels are more often made from dried chickpeas as well as dried fava or broad beans.

Recipe: Afghan sweet poached pumpkin

This way of cooking pumpkin, based on a recipe from Afghanistan, is very moist, with the sweetness of the cooking liquid nicely balanced by the tangy yoghurt ... this a good winter accompaniment for lamb, it is a harmonious partner for a simple rice pilaf.

Cucumbers. Wasabi Potatoes. The Dinner Dilemma.

Article & Recipes: Refresher course

A crisp, juicy cucumber is the very essence of a British summer, says Nigel Slater. It's also the number one ingredient for a warm-weather lunch

Cucumber mayonnaise for sandwiches ... Chilled crab and cucumber soup ... Potato salad with mustard and dill

Blog Post & Recipe: Wasabi Smashed Potatoes

Did you know that the bright green wasabi paste that you get of all Japanese restaurants is really horseradish with food coloring? Yeah. Don’t you feel duped? Real wasabi is pretty expensive and difficult to grow outside of Japan.

Blog Post & Recipe: helping to solve the dinner dilemma

Just as you power down your computer and begin to face the commute home, your thoughts turn to the eternal question - ‘What should we have for dinner?’ And inspiration just doesn’t strike. I hate when that happens.

warm salad of roast pumpkin (squash) & chickpeas

Novelty Hot Dogs. Five Edible Things. Vegetable Rice Cake.

Article: 10 Off-the-Wall Hot Dogs

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Check out the most formidable findings between a bun

Blog Post & Recipe: RICE CAKE WITH VEGETABLE AND MOZZARELLA FILLING

... it is a dish open for your own interpretation, I used the vegetables I had at hand but you can add and subtract just like you feel like ...

Blog Post: 5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Eat


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Allium Buds ... Peach Leaves ... Cilantro Roots ... Pea Shoots ... Broccoli & Cauliflower Leaves

Cilantro is renown for how quickly it bolts (flowers), but the good news is that when you are ready to pull it up, you can harvest the cilantro roots and add them into your dinner! Check out this list of cilantro root recipes.

Butter Chicken. Eating Hard-to-Handle Foods. How to Boil Water.

Article: There's a reason we cook with cold water

Q . Which boils faster: cold water or warm/hot water?

A . Trick question, right? In spite of whatever rumors may be floating around, you can put your trust in common sense: hot water reaches a boil faster ...

Blog Post: Foods You Fight: Tips for eating saucy, messy, and hard-to-handle foods

Too messy ... Too big ... Too armored ... Too high ... Too elusive ... Too delicate ... Too complicated ... Too many bones ... Too little reward

You don’t have to fork out your taco filling, and it won’t drop on your lap. Simply grip the ends of your tortilla together, and lift the taco by those pressed-together ends. Angle it over your plate to divert any leakage there. Eat from the upward end ...

Recipe: Butter Chicken Two Ways

... we're launching a new column: Slow Food, Fast Food. In this occasional feature, we'll take a look at one of our favourite dishes.

Then we'll give you a couple of options for making it. One recipe will take some time, but the results will be well worth it. The other recipe? Fast but still good.

Grilled Indian-Spiced (Slow) Butter Chicken ... Fast Butter Chicken

Curry ketchup. Cheap Steak. Paneer & Spring Onion Corn Bread.

Recipe: Paneer & Spring Onion Corn Bread

This month I chose to do Beth's Chives and Feta Cornbread, but naturally fresh chives being unavailable here,I replaced it with scallions or spring onion and also replaced the feta cheese with paneer.

Article: Smart steak cuts for lean times

Done right, cheap steaks cooked on the grill taste great ... The first step is learning a few new cuts of meat. Forget about the big names: porterhouse, New York strip, T-bone and rib-eye. If you find these at an affordable price, they're probably going to be of such a low grade that you're really buying the name only.

Blog Post & Recipe: Ketchup With a Kick: Add Curry Powder!

... we discovered that curry ketchup is commonly found in Belgium and Germany, home of the popular currywurst, a pork sausage seasoned with curry sauce ... Being DIY types, we thought we could probably make a decent version at home and tried out a couple of techniques. The first one was as simple as adding toasted curry powder to store-bought ketchup, with a ratio of 1 or 1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder to 1/4 cup ketchup ...

Herb Risotto. Quesadilla Pie. Summer Squash Soup

Recipe: Fresh Herb Risotto

This classic risotto is flooded with fresh herbs at the very end of cooking. Serve it as a main dish or a side. Use a combination of sweet herbs and vivid-tasting salad greens, like wild arugula.

Blog Post & recipe: Buttermilk Summer Squash Soup

I happened to have a bit of buttermilk to use up here, and I like the creamy tang it brings to the soup, but feel free to add a splash of creme, or half & half, or a swirl of creme fraiche instead if that's what you have. If you like a deeper green soup (and some bonus nutrition), add a handful of chopped spinach toward the very end ...

Blog Post & Recipe: Quesadilla Pie

My version of a quesadilla pie is a casserole made in a pie dish with stacked flour tortillas and layers of cheesy filling, baked until browned and crispy. The beauty of quesadilla pie is that it's a great way to use up leftovers and odds and ends. The essentials are the tortillas and the cheese; after that it's up to you as to the variety and type of filling you want.

Mint Tea. Peas on Toast. Cooking a Whole Fish.

Blog Post & recipe: How to Make Mint Tea

At this time of year I always have loads of Mint. I have a patch growing in an old stone trough and every year it comes back ... So here’s my Mint Tea recipe

Article & Recipes: Taking On The Whole Fish

The uninitiated would question why anyone would even attempt to cook a whole fish. My answer: flavor ... I truly believe that fish tastes so much better cooked on the bone. The gelatin-rich backbone is an excellent heat conductor, and the fatty skin seals in the moisture

Get recipes for Korean Roasted Fish (Saengsun Yangnyum Gui), Date-Stuffed Fish (above) and Poached Fish, as well as tips on finding fresh fish.

I found both of the above at Serious Eats.

Blog Post & Recipe: a top toast-topper

Warning for all those against peas – mushy or otherwise – this recipe is built on them.

Smashed peas on toast
Adapted from a Jamie Oliver recipe

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Spinach Salad. Musakhan Roll. Grilled Potato Slices.

Blog Post & Recipe: Lamees’ Palestinian Musakhan Roll

Musakhan Roll is a kind of Palestinian casserole made with chicken, bread, spices and vegetables ...

Blog Post & Recipe: Grilled Potato Slices with Salt and Vinegar

Prior to grilling, boil sliced potatoes in vinegar, let simmer for 5 minutes and then allow the potatoes to cool in the vinegar. Once cool, toss the potatoes with oil, salt and pepper, and grill. The result ... is reminiscent of salt and vinegar potato chips

Blog Post & Recipe: The Best Spinach Salad. Ever.

This spinach salad is set apart from the typical spinach salad in two important ways: The red onions, which are usually sliced thin and added to the salad raw, are cooked until brown and tossed with the spinach. And the mushrooms, which are also usually sliced and added to the salad raw, are … cooked until brown and tossed with the spinach ...

Basil. Urban Farm. Chicken and peanut butter soup.

Recipe: Chicken and peanut butter soup with rice balls

This traditional Ghanaian recipe from is extracted from the book Recipes for Fostering, which promotes the value of using cookery to nurture vulnerable children

Article: Sniffing out the many varieties of basil

The number of basil varieties are nearly encyclopedic, from Purple Ruffles' tiny corrugated leafs to the monstrous sheets of Napoletano ...

How to select ... How to store ... When in season ... How to use ...

Interview: The Farm City: The Education of An Urban Farmer. An Interview With Author Novella Carpenter

Determined to eat sustainable meat and produce, Novella [Carpenter] recognizes that the only way she'll be able to afford [it] is if she raises it herself ...

Q: If someone is interested in embarking on their own urban farming adventure, what do you think is the easiest way to get started?

A: The easiest urban farm animal is the bee. They are so self-sufficient, so hard working, and they require very little maintenance ...

Bean and Zucchini Hummus. Spinach Soup. Spaghetti All'arrabbiata.

Blog Post & recipe: Pinto Bean and Zucchini Hummus

Zucchini lends a western Mediterranean flair to this spicy but rich and earthy hummus made from pinto beans instead of chickpeas, with yogurt along to add a ... tang.

Blog Post & Recipe: Spinach Soup with Potato & Fried Garlic

... a simple spinach soup, with all in a bowl & one dominant flavor of fried garlic ... Unlike the popular pureed & creamy spinach soup, this one has the leaves just wilted. The color of the soup will depend on the amount of tomato you use & also the turmeric. More tomato also adds a slight tang, so if you want yours slightly sharp, feel free to use more tomato in it.

Blog Post & Recipe: Spaghetti All'arrabbiata

All'arrabbiata means "angry style", and that's all you really need to know about this recipe. It's a tomato sauce with a kick. Usually that comes from crushed red pepper flakes, but I found this recipe from FX Cuisine that trades the flakes for ... one fiercely hot chile ... something happens to the chile during the cooking process. Since only a little bit is used, the shocking spiciness fades away into a glorious lingering glow ...

Broccomole. Pancetta vs. Bacon. Curry Powder.

Blog Post & Recipe: Holy Broccomole

But the one vegetable that I have not seen in dips is broccoli ... I recommend your [sic] try broccomole for something quick and different but it not a comestible to linger in your fridge too long. It is excellent on good bread or a corn thin and no doubt would benefit from a slice of tomato on top.

Article: Pancetta vs. bacon: Each brings its unique character to a recipe

Dear Lynne: Could you tell me if I can substitute bacon for pancetta in a recipe? Isn't pancetta just the Italian name for bacon?

Lindsey

Dear Lindsey: The short answer is yes.

In a pinch, you can substitute bacon for pancetta as long as you understand what that change is going to do to your dish. Both pancetta and bacon are cured pork made from the same cut -- the pork belly ... That said, they taste different ...

Blog Post: Good Question: How Do I Cook With Curry Powder?

Dear Kitchn, Do you have any suggestions on cooking with curry? I bought three different kinds of curry powered from Penzey's. I'm really into the warm spice flavors and would like to incorporate them into some easy weeknight meals.

I tried this Curried-Squash and Red-Lentil Soup recipe yesterday. I was expecting layers of flavors: rich squash, earthy beans and curry warmth. Instead, the soup just had this one flat spice note. Not very appealing. Can you give me more advice on cooking with curry?

Stock. Curried sweet potato soup. 90 Minute Beans.

Recipe: Curried sweet potato soup

KeenBaker added this comment at 12:36am Thu 4th June, 2009

Made a bit of a mess using the hand mixer and would recommend this as a weekend rather than mid-week recipe

Blog Post & Recipe: 90 Minute, No-Soak Beans

Via Serious Eats

The beans were cooked ... It had taken 15 minutes on top of the oven to bring to a boil, and then 75 minutes inside a 250 degree oven. I had not soaked the beans before hand. I didn't even bother to rinse them or sort through to see if any rocks had been hidden inside.

Article: The ultimate ingredient

The link below the heading goes to a post at the Guardian food blog. "Here then, are my top 10 stock tips, but I'd really love to hear yours," the blogger writes.

Put the leftover meat and bones into a large pot, cover with cold water and bring gently up to the faintest simmer. After half an hour or so, add any and preferably all of the following: carrots, onions, leeks, turnips and celery, chopped roughly. Here you can be really thrifty because the trimmings you will generate are almost as valuable in stock as the vegetables themselves. Leaves, stems, trimmed-off ends, rooty stumps, skins and peelings can all be kept in the fridge or freezer until your next stock-making session. (A vegetable stock can be made in the same way, but will be richer if you roast the veg first.)

Key Lime Pie. Saute Garlic. How to Cook Food.

Blog Post & Recipe: Key Lime Pie. Sorta.

Let’s make Key Lime Pie! Using regular limes! Because that’s all I have available in my small town! And I don’t live in Florida! So I can’t grow my own! Key limes!

Article: How to saute garlic without burning it

Dear Lynne: I love to cook, but I've been plagued by a garlic problem. My garlic always burns. I've tried having the pan hot, then adding the garlic and oil; I've tried adding them to a cold pan and then heating it up, but it always burns and tastes bitter. Can you help me out?

Webpage: Cooking

Cooking doesn't need to be a giant ordeal with instructions in some other language ... We've put together a guide to help you figure out everything you need to know about cooking ...

We've separated the articles into categories to make it even easier. Most of these articles also include recipes that use your new cooking techniques so you won't even have to search for the right meal.

Grilled cheese sandwiches. Leeks with mustard and crème fraiche. Chicken with Herb Butter.

Article & Recipes: Grilled cheeses on the grill

For something to go with the wine, consider grilled (literally) cheese sandwiches ... Truly great sandwiches must begin with great bread ... Get creative with fillings ...

Grilled chicken and Gouda with arugula and chutney ... Grilled Cheddar with bacon, portobellos and grilled onions

Blog Post & Recipe: Poireaux aux moutarde et crème fraiche (Leeks with mustard and crème fraiche)

Though grown year-round, leeks are traditionally used in hearty winter soups and stews, from pot au feu to potage bonne femme. Steamed and served at room temperature with a sharp, mustardy vinaigrette, they could almost pass as a warm-weather starter.

Blog Post & Recipe: Slashed Chicken with Herb Butter. When Jeff makes this, that man owns me.

With a slashed chicken, you slice into the chicken in key places so that the flavors don’t just sit on top of the skin, they get into the meat. You massage the herb butter into those cuts, and then you stuff them with bay leaves and sliced garlic. By the time you close the oven door, the chicken inside is literally bursting ...

Marshmallows. Chicken Xacuti. Sesame chilli cornbread.

Blog Post & Recipe: Springy, Fluffy Marshmallows

I woke up today with dried marshmallow in my hair

Blog Post & Recipe: Chicken Xacuti

Xacuti–pronounced shakooti–is a Goan preparation of prawns or chicken cooked with roasted spices and toasted fresh coconut. There are browned onions, ginger and garlic in the dish as well ... a very warming, comforting, sweet and savory curry

Recipe: Sesame chilli cornbread

Many old recipes for cornbread don't use any wheat flour and instead involve cooking a cornmeal porridge, then beating in extra cornmeal and baking powder. I based this one on a recipe from Jessup Whitehead's American Pastry Cook from 1891.

Pan-Fried Pork Chops. Grilled fennel. Game Recipes.

Recipe: How to Pan-Fry Pork Chops

It is the most basic way to make the thing you’re making.

Website: Just Game Recipes

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Blog Post & Recipe: Grilled fennel bulbs, parmesan, olive oil, sea salt, lemon juice

Something as simple as this is the perfect precursor to Summer. Simply caressed with a bit of olive oil, and hugged with the warmth of the grill, these fennel bulbs make the perfect vegetable side dish to any grilled meat or seafood dishes. Splash on a touch of fresh lemon juice, sprinkle them with some parmesan cheese and ...

Hurricane preparedness. Cheap and Healthy. Crunchberries.

Blog Post: Reasonable Consumer Would Know "Crunchberries" Are Not Real, Judge Rules

On May 21, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a complaint filed by a woman who said she had purchased "Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries" because she believed "crunchberries" were real fruit.

Blog Post: How to Tell if a Recipe is Cheap and Healthy Just By Looking at it

... how can you tell if a dish is good for you, just by looking at it? How can you avoid the pitfalls of secretly fatty and financially unsound food? How can you err on the side of caution when it comes to cooking?

Article & Recipes: Hurricane preparedness for cooks

Right now, except for a few showers, [South Florida] truly is a tropical paradise. But that doesn't mean we can forget our annual rite of passage, preparing for Hurricane Season ... Gradually stocking your hurricane pantry will make the task less daunting and ready you to prepare healthy, nutritious meals even during a power outage ...


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Roasted Carrots and Mushrooms. Green Strudel. Mushroom Crepes.

Blog Post & Recipe: Kalyn's Roasted Carrots and Mushrooms with Thyme and Parsley

I first saw this great recipe at Kalyn's Kitchen, and then a slightly modified version over at A Veggie Venture. Here is a slightly "Europeanised" recipe.

Blog Post & recipe: Strudel salato di verdure primavera / Green Strudel

The Italian-language version is followed by an English-language version.

This month's Datring Bakers challenge was about Apple Strudel, mostly to know the right way to knead and stretch the right dough ... I stuffed it with green season vegetables: asparagus, fresh peas (I really like so much peeling them, it reminds my childhood and still relax me!), zucchini, green beans.

Blog Post & Recipe: Fresh market mushrooms go into a great filling for crepes

Maybe it's because just about anything you can buy at the market -- from eggs to herbs to berries -- will taste sensational tucked into a soft, eggy crepe ... When it comes to filling crepes, there's only one rule: Don't stuff them so full they're bursting. Not only is it messy, the flavor and texture of the crepes will be lost.

Recipe included with this story: Wild Mushroom, Goat Cheese and Watercress Crepes

Red Chile Sauce. Chicken with Garlic. Leftover Rice.

Blog Post: Serious Heat: Huntley Dent's Red Chile Sauce Recipe

The finished red chile sauce should be thick enough to coat a spoon heavily.

Recipe: Chicken with Forty Cloves of Garlic

"[This is] a Provençal recipe that I taught for years in my classes," [James] Beard said, "and one that never failed to astonish the students because the garlic becomes so mild and buttery when it's cooked through!"

Blog Post & Recipes: Five Ideas for Leftover Rice

Rice pudding ... Soups and stews ... Frittatas ... Arancini: Rice + cheese + breadcrumbs ... Vegetable rolls ...

Related: How Do You Reheat Rice?

Lard. Four beetroot recipes. Spinach and white bean pizza.

Blog Post & Recipe: Spinach, White Bean, and Taleggio Pizza

Taleggio is a nice, melty cheese that works well on pizza but adds a more pungent flavor, which we liked, since the pizza was meatless and sauceless.

Recipes: Four recipes using beets: a shooter, a salad, a soup and a burger

The names of the recipes are in the same font as the rest of the article, with no extra spacing to give them emphasis, so it's a little difficult to pick them out. But they're there.

Beet, Pear and Spinach Shooter ... Beet, Orange, Red Onion and Arugula Salad ... Hearty Beet Soup with Blue Cheese Crumble ... Beef and Beet Burgers on Pita

Article: Lard

Taken from Slate magazine's food issue.

I'm convinced that the redemption of lard is finally at hand because we live in a world where trendiness is next to godliness. And lard hits all the right notes, especially if you euphemize it as rendered pork fat—bacon butter ... The best lard is leaf lard, from the fat around the kidneys of a hog, preferably a heritage hog.

Cook Steak. Make Ricotta. Pumpkin, leek & chicken risotto

Article: Cook the perfect steak

What are the prime cuts? ... The grade ... Prepping ... The grill ... Doneness

Recipe: Oven-baked pumpkin, leek & chicken risotto

Forget stirring, this easy risotto is cooked in the oven, giving you more time to do, well, other things!

Article & Recipes: The Kitchen Thinker: making your own ricotta

I say it is one of the easiest things in the world, far easier than boiling an egg accurately ...

True ricotta – which means twice-cooked in Italian – is made from the rich whey left over from cheese-making (the ricotta-making process in turn creates more curds – the ricotta – and more whey, which is now exceedingly watery). Those of us without access to large volumes of rich whey can make a good approximation from whole milk cooked together with some kind of souring agent – vinegar, yogurt, buttermilk or lemon.

Blueberry Soup. Herb Guide. Fennel and thyme roasted chicken.

Recipe: Fennel and thyme roasted chicken

Think it takes too long to have a roast dinner on a weeknight? Think again!

Blog Post & Recipe: Blueberry Soup

I first bought mustikkakeitto or blueberry soup in Finland by accident ... Very quickly blueberry soup (which is more of a hot drink really) became a favourite post-work pick-me-up drink, especially in the icy winter months when colds and other ailments were common.

Article & Recipes: The essential herb guide

A brief guide to thirteen common herbs. The links to the recipes are in a box to the left.

- Dill has an intense, peppery flavour that deepens the sweetness of root vegetables ... Mint, such as you might buy in the supermarket, will bring out the sweet notes in savoury dishes ...

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