Soy Pickled Shiitakes / Cookery Books of The Year / 20 Time-Saving Tips

Blog Post & Recipe: Momofuku's Soy Pickled Shiitakes

Pack the pickled mushroom slices into a quart size container and add enough of the cooking liquid to cover. They'll keep in the fridge for a month or more, but they're ready to eat now, hooray!

Blog Post: Cookery books of the year

So we have Jekka McVicar's Herb Cookbook (there's an extract here) guiding us through growing and using every herb you can think of and a few more you may not have ... Tartine is beautifully shot and, more importantly, has an excellent sourdough method and a spectacular section on what to do with any bread surplus.

Blog Post: Dinner Quick: 20 Time-Saving Tips and Shortcuts

• 1 Tip: A Faster, Easier Way to Chop Fresh Herbs
• 2 Top Ten Ways to Use Your Food Processor
• 3 Quick and Easy Shortcut: Mince Garlic with a Fork
• 4 Quick Tip: How to Quickly Trim a Big Pile of Beans
• 5 How to Core Apples or Pears Quickly and Easily
• 6 How to Quick-Roast Vegetables Under the Broiler
• 7 Easy Baking Tip: How to Quickly Warm Eggs
• 8 How to Quickly Chill Wines with Salt
• 9 Chill Soups Quickly: Cooling Ice Paddles
• 10 How to Roast Several Peppers at Once
• 11 Five (More) Ways to Doctor Up Tomato Sauce
• 12 Citrus Tips: Get the Most Juice From Limes and Lemons
• 13 The Fastest Way to Cool a Hot Beverage
• 14 Speedy Fresh Herb Trick: Skin the Leaves Off the Stems
• 15 Tip: Bake Pumpkins and Squash Before You Split Them Open
• 16 Absolutely Brilliant Idea: Roast Grocery Vegetable Platters
• 17 Quick Tip: Keep One Hand Meat-Free
• 18 Kitchen Shortcuts: Ways to Improve Store-Bought Broth
• 19 Quick Tip: Add Whole Stems of Thyme to Soups
• 20 Quick Tip: How to Wash a Big Load of Greens

Basic Granola / Baked Farro Pasta / Broiled Mussels

Blog Post & Recipe: Basic Granola Formula

... when it comes to oven-baked granola, I find that what one needs isn't really a recipe, but rather a formula.

Blog Post & Recipe: Baked Farro Pasta Recipe

It's a cold weather crowd-pleaser made of alternating layers of broken farro pasta, sliced potatoes, two cheeses, and mustardy shredded cabbage. The sort of thing you can prep a day or two ahead of time, then bake when convenient.

Blog Post & Recipe: broiled mussels

And so when they suggested that I steam mussels open in wine, slather them with butter compounded with parsley, garlic, smoked paprika and salt and broil them until the butter is bubbly and serve at a party, I immediately wanted to do just that.

Boxing Day Turkey Sandwich / Baked Brie Topped with Caramelized Mushrooms / Roast Vegetables

Article & Recipe: Nigel Slater's Boxing Day turkey sandwich

There must, surely, be pickles.

BUBBLE-AND-SQUEAK SOUP ... THE BOXING DAY SANDWICH

Blog Post & Recipe: Baked Brie Topped with Caramelized Mushrooms

The idea is pretty simple; you saute and caramelize some mushrooms and onions, toss them on some brie and bake it until the cheese melts.

Blog Post & Suggestions: Roasted vegetables - make them your salad for Winter

Three easy flavour additions for roasted vegetables ... The trick to successful vegetable roasting is similar to that for drama-free stir-frying.

Alsatian Baeckeoffe & Farmhouse Hash / Preserving a Nonstick Pan / A Christmas Feast

Article & Recipe: Meat & potatoes slow-cooked, then turned to hash

Start with Alsatian baeckeoffe ... End with Farmhouse hash with soft-cooked eggs

Article: How Not to Wreck a Nonstick Pan

I am going to share with you what I have learned in hopes of saving you from my mistakes. And as a treat, I’ll throw in a few other cleaning tips as well

Article & Recipes: Sydney's top chefs serve up a Christmas feast

Quay's white peach bellini ... Crostini with truffle butter and jamón de bellota ... Mud crab, heart of palm and pink grapefruit salad ... Italian buffalo mozzarella and heirloom tomatoes with nasturtium pistou ... Roast goose ... Tea eggs ... Roast Dutch cream potatoes ... Cucumber and daikon pickle ... Modern summer pudding dressed up for Christmas

Vietnamese Beans & Rice Pudding / Kabocha Squash / 20 Bread Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Che Dau Trang - Vietnamese Beans and Rice Pudding

It seems there are a few puddings (che) in Vietnamese cuisine which can be sered [sic] either warm or cold depending on the seasons.

Article & Recipe: Kabocha squash - a sweet epiphany

I've been a kabocha fan ever since - it lends itself to quick roasting, steaming, braising and pan-frying. Prepping it couldn't be easier because, unlike other winter squashes, you don't have to peel it. It has a very tasty deep green skin with celadon stripes that's better left on.

Linguine & Kabocha

Blog Post & Recipes: All Things Bread: 20 Recipes for Buns, Loaves, and Rolls

BREAD FOR BREAKFAST:
• 1 Homemade Bialys
• 2 Breakfast In Bed: IKEA-Inspired Cinnamon Rolls
• 3 Kugelhopf Breakfast Rolls
• 4 Sticky Lemon Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze
• 5 Quick and Homey Oatmeal Raisin Muffins
• 6 No-Knead Pumpkin Rolls with Brown Sugar Glaze
• 7 Real Irish Scones
• 8 Flour Bakery’s Classic Current Scones
• 9 Zucchini and Olive Oil Breakfast Cake
• 10 Cheddar and Leek Muffins

BREAD FOR MIDDAY MEALS & SNACKING:
• 11 Mother’s Rolls from Paula Deen
• 12 Whole Wheat Sandwich Loaf with Oats and Pecans
• 13 Bacon and Cheddar Cheese Biscuits
• 14 Plantain and Macadamia Nut Bread
• 15 No-Knead Multi-Grain Peasant Bread

BREAD FOR DINNER:
• 16 Lemon and Sea Salt Focaccia
• 17 Herbed Olive Oil Fantail Rolls
• 18 No-Knead Sweet Potato Dinner Rolls
• 19 Leek, Ricotta, and Lemon Zest Flatbread
• 20 15-Minute Cream Biscuits

Hot & Sour Mushroom Soup / Five Spice Blends / Icelandic Christmas Recipes

Recipe: Yotam Ottolenghi's hot and sour mushroom soup recipe

A variation on Asian soups such as Thai tom yum or Vietnamese pho. The key is the stock, which must be rich and hearty, with many layers of flavour.

Blog Post & Recipes: Five Spice Blends to Give for a Homemade Christmas Gift

Rosemary and Garlic Herb Rub ... Montreal Steak Seasoning ... Moroccan Spice Mix ... Rosemary Salt ... Spicy Sweet Potato Fries Spice Mix.

More Ideas for Homemade Christmas Gifts from the Kitchen ...

Blog Post & Recipes: Icelandic Christmas recipes

Starters or desserts:

* Rice pudding
* Ris a la mande
* Vanilla ice cream


Main dishes:

* Hangikjöt (smoked lamb)
* Pork rib roast
* Roast lamb
* Rock ptarmigan

Side dishes and accompaniments:

* Leaf bread
* Christmas cocktail
* Pickled red cabbage
* Caramel potatoes


Cakes and cookies:

* Gingerbread sandwich cookies
* Sarah Bernhardt cookies
* Jewish cookies
* Half-moons
* Coconut wreaths
* Siggi's cookies
* Syrup cookies
* Air cookies
* Spice cake with buttercream
* Christmas cake

Stewed Red Cabbage with Prunes / Welsh Cakes / Endive Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Stewed red cabbage with prunes

The prunes add a sweetness, orange juice some freshness and a good balsamico a lovely tang.

Blog Post & Recipe: worth the wait: welsh cakes

I’ve updated the traditional recipe which calls for currents and candied peel for dried cranberries and fresh orange zest.

Blog Post & Recipes: In Season: Endives

Often cooked or simply tossed raw into a salad, it's high in vitamins A and K, and is a great source of fiber.

Endives, Apples, and Grapes ... Jambon-Wrapped Grilled Endive ... Endive and Chicory Salad with Grainy Mustard Vinaigrette ... Grilled Pork Tenderloin and Belgian Endive and Tomato Chile Jam ... Braised Endives with Haricots Verts ... Braised Shrimp and Creamy Endive ... Baked Belgian Endive with Pecorino and Walnuts ... Spinach and Endive Salad with Lemon-Ginger Dressing and Crisp Won Ton Strips ... Endive and Celery Salad with Fennel

Kai Pa-low / Lima Bean Stew / Braised Leg of Lamb With Olives & Celery Root Purée

Blog Post & Recipe: stewed chicken, pork belly, tofu & egg with 5 spices

Sprinkle with chopped fresh coriander leaves. Serve hot with a cup of steamed whole-grain rice.

Blog Post & Recipe: Christmas Lima Bean Stew Recipe

If you ignore everything else I write about today, pay attention to this. You can't skip out on the toppings. Please, just trust me on this one. The chopped black olives and fresh lemon wedges for squeezing are key.

Article & Recipe: Seven-Hour Lamb, in About Five

I chatted with a chef friend about what to make for Christmas Eve dinner. He suggested seven-hour leg of lamb ... He went on to explain that the recipe was originally devised for animals that were older, larger and tougher than today’s little lambs. With modern meat, he said, four to five hours is plenty.

Braised Leg of Lamb With Olives and Celery Root Purée

Roast Mushroom & Bread Salad / Grilled Tofu Sandwiches / Grow Unusual Vegetables

Blog Post & Recipe: 9 things you probably don’t know about mushrooms + roast mushroom salad [5 ingredients]

roast portabello mushrooms ... roast mushroom & bread salad

Blog Post & Recipe: GRILLED TOFU SANDWICHES WITH LEMON AIOLI

I always forget how much I like tofu as a sandwich filling. I think of it for stir-fries and curries but somehow sandwiches fall off my tofu radar.

Blog Post: New life on the veg patch

Don't devote your precious outdoor space to growing cheap, ubiquitous vegetables, says River Cottage head gardener Mark Diacono. There's a whole world of delicious, easy to grow exotica out there

Extracts from Mark's Taste of the Unexpected:
• How to grow and cook Chilean guava
• How to grow and cook yacon
• How to grow Szechuan pepper and make Chinese five spice

Oils for Frying / Heat for Meat / Skillet Carrots with Onions & Thyme

Article: Is It Time for an Oil Change in the Kitchen?

What's the best oil for everyday frying?

Article: The Kitchen Thinker: The science of meat stew

'Two hours at 200°C' just does not work for most cuts. Similarly, being told to 'simmer' a casserole on the hob is unhelpful because you will end up boiling the meat. The truth is that most stews need to be cooked for far longer and at much lower temperatures than many books tell us.

Blog Post & Recipe: She got out a skillet

Skillet Carrots with Onions and Thyme

You warm a nice amount of oil in a large skillet, and then you soften sliced onions in it. Then you add sliced garlic, and a few minutes later, you add a lot of sliced carrots and some sprigs of fresh thyme and maybe a little more oil, and then you cover the pan with a lid ...

Mock Turtle Soup / Chad's Country Loaf / 10 One-Pot Meals

Article & Recipe: Reveillon Dinner and Turtle Soup: A Creole Holiday Tradition

A typical early Reveillon menu had Daube Glace or veal grillades, egg dishes, breads, and puddings, and would often include turtle soup and oysters.

Mock Turtle Soup

Metafilter Post & Recipe: Tartine

Cool little video profile of Chad Robertson, co-owner, with his wife, Elisabeth Prueitt, of San Francisco's Tartine bakery. Chad is obsessed with bread.

Chad's country loaf ... panade ... "Kale Caesar" salad ... Brown Bread Ice Cream.

Blog Post & Recipes: 10 One Pot Wonders [via]

So here's 10 One Pot Wonders that result is great meals and easy cleanup!

Hearty Beef Stew ...Arroz con Pollo ... Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic ... Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon ... Chicken Canzanese ... Hungarian Goulash ... Chicken & Shrimp Jambalaya ... Vietnamese style Caramel Chicken ... Really Good Classic Pot Roast ... Tequila Lime Shrimp

Carrot & Fennel Soup / A Guide to Spanish Cured Meats / Stewed Pork Intestine

Blog Post & Recipe: Carrot and Fennel Soup Recipe

... it's easy to make a meal of this by serving it topped with a poached egg

Article & Pictures: A Guide to Spanish Cured Meats

The Spanish charcuterie board is a thing of porky magnificence: from the omnipresent chorizo, to the sweet and soft butifarra, to that king of hams, the rare and pricey jamón ibérico de bellota ...

Blog Post & Recipe: Stewed Pork Intestine

After an initial soak in water and vinegar, parboil them, then simmer them in water flavored with aromatics. You can take the pan-Asian route and add ginger, soy sauce, rice wine, and star anise to your pot, or stick to some version of aromatics and herbs like this recipe.

Sausage Rolls / Chicken with Pearl Barley Risotto / Creamed Onion with Bacon & Chives

Blog Post & Recipe: How to make perfect sausage rolls

Are sausage rolls the best party food ever, and what's the best meat to make them with; does anything rival the classic pork and herb?

Blog Post & recipe: Chicken with Pearl Barley Risotto

Using Italian farro risottos as an inspiration, in this dish the barley is not just an afterthought or bulking ingredient but the star in a savory vegetable porridge. I used chicken thighs but chunks of shoulder of lamb or beef work well.

Blog Post & Recipe: creamed onions with bacon and chives

Sure, it may sound like creamed onions = cream + onions but this is more. It’s smoky salty drippings and nutmeg and thickened cream and sherry and chives and bits of browned bacon and is worth every one of the minutes I spent peeling those onions.

8 Vegetarian Recipes / Palatschinken / Quarter a Turkey

Blog Post: What I've Been Cooking Recently

Broccoli pesto ... Kale and mashed potatoes ... Using kimchi ... Stuffed artichokes ... Quinoa with fennel ... Beetroot and haloumi ... Rice gratin ... Quinoa falafels

Blog Post & Recipe: Sunday Brunch: Palatschinken

These Austrian pancakes are closer to French crêpes than the thick North American pancake ... Instead of the folded French crêpes, palatschinken are filled and then rolled (jelly-roll style), and traditionally filled with apricot jam.

Article & Pictures: Quartering a turkey: How to cut up your own bird

For most of the job, Davis used a common boning knife, but she used a mallet and cleaver to cut the breast halves apart. A chef’s knife or even the boning knife could have done the job, she said, as long as you don’t try to cut down the very center of the breast bone, the strongest part.