Pot-Roast Chicken with Sherry / 5 Roast Fish Recipes / Khurdi - Bohra White Stock Soup

Recipe: Recipe: Pot-roast chicken with sherry

Chicken parts are a boon for the hurried cook. This recipe calls for pan-browning the chicken, then baking it for a half-hour until crisp.

Blog Post & Recipes: Fast Fix: Five Ideas for Roasted Fish in Fewer Than 30 Minutes

If you're straining to figure out a way to fit [fish] into your daily routine, try these five foul-proof quick fixes. Each recipe takes fewer than 30 minutes to bake

Halibut, Spinach, and Tomatoes in Foil Packets ... Ginger and Cilantro Baked Tilapia ... Baked Salmon Fillets with Dill and Mustard ... Nobu's Miso-Marinated Black Cod ... Simple Supper: Snapper Veracruzana

Blog Post & Recipe: Khurdi - Bohra White Stock Soup

Khurdi or white soup is made with rich mutton stock and then flavored with whole spices. Milk is added to the soup to give it some body and creaminess. Milk also gives it the characteristically white color, which isn't really all that white. The deep and intense flavors are rounded off with lots of fresh mint to add freshness.

Fasoulia Nashfe: Lamb & White Bean Stew / Cool Rhubarb Glögg / Duck in Port

Blog Post & Recipe: Fasoulia Nashfe: Lamb and White Bean Stew

This fasoulia nashfe is one of my favorite family recipes, and one that has traveled with me to four continents: tender lamb, soft cannellini beans and a rich tomato sauce seasoned in the signature Arab way, with plenty of cinnamon, garlic and baharat.

Blog Post & Recipe: Finnish Christmas with a Twist: Cool rhubarb glögg

I adore rhubarb, I'm sure you've realised that by now, and this drink is for all you die-hard rhubarb lovers out there. It's completely sugar-free, so prepare yourself for some real rhubarb flavour pared with warming spices and a drizzle of lemon juice to freshen it all up.

Blog Post & Recipe: Duck in Port

I also recommend using all the parts that come with. The liver can be chopped up and sautéd with shallots, coriander and cumin. Seasoned with lime and cilantro and you have a perfect appetizer. The neck (head and feet) and rest of the giblets make a great base for a stock (see below).

Browned Sardines / Roasted Cauliflower / Spanish Chilindron Stew

Blog Post & Recipe: Turning a humble can of sardines into an epicurean delight

I heat up the fish with a little butter then add sliced onions and minced garlic during the last 30 seconds (with no stirring so as not to break up the fish) so that the onion slices are still lightly crisp when the sardines are served.

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Cauliflower

Cut cauliflower cooks faster and there’s a lot more surface that gets browned (it’s what I do when I forget to start the whole cauliflower in time). But cooking it whole is easier, and it looks so cool while it’s roasting and does make a tantalizing presentation at the table.

Blog Post & Recipe: Spanish Chilindron Stew

It is rich, woodsy, and bright, a perfect combination of the “red food” many of us crave (spaghetti sauce, chili, etc – think about the colors in your favorite foods and you’ll find many of them are reddish) with the slightly austere, piney flavors that mark European wild game cooking ... As for what meat to use ... There is no reason you cannot toss in whatever you like.

Mutton Marinated in Yoghurt & Vinegar / Persian Pomegranate Soup / 9 Asparagus Recipes

Recipe: Mutton Marinated in Yogurt and Vinegar

I used mutton chops for this but you can use shoulder which is generally the best cut.

Blog Post & Recipe: persian pomegranate soup

The pomegranates give it a sour, earthy flavour and the lamb adds intensity and richness. This type of Iranian stew is thick and hearty with chunky ingredients. I highly recommend it.

Blog Post & Recipes: Thirteen (Plus) Years of Asparagus

I’ve made a point almost every spring either to try something new with asparagus or to revisit a classic, and there are plenty of those. Here are a few of the oldies ...

Grilled Asparagus With Lemon Dressing ... Roasted Asparagus With Crunchy Parmesan Topping ... Pan-Roasted Asparagus Soup With Tarragon ... Asparagus Dutch Style ... Asparagus Vichyssoise ... Stir-Fried Asparagus With Pork ... Asparagus Salad With Soy-Mustard Dressing ... Asparagus With Morels and Tarragon ... Asparagus Pesto

Pelmeni Dumplings / Mafe Lamb Stew / Young US Farmers

Blog Post & Recipe: pelmeni

I’m worried that by writing about pelmeni, the famed Russian meat-filled dumplings with a cult following, I might inadvertently open the Pelmeni Pandora’s box and pandemonium will ensue. This is a dish that elicits passionate responses

Blog Post & Recipe: Mafe | Senegalese Lamb Stew

When it comes to mafe, a traditional stew from Senegal, there are very few absolutes. It’s typically made from lamb, mutton, beef, or chicken and vegetables stewed in peanut sauce, although the combination of veggies is variable–and arguable. Chef Thiam says the butternut squash is mandatory, whereas my cousin feels strongly about the presence of cabbage.

Article: In New Food Culture, a Young Generation of Farmers Emerges

Now, Mr. Jones, 30, and his wife, Alicia, 27, are among an emerging group of people in their 20s and 30s who have chosen farming as a career. Many shun industrial, mechanized farming and list punk rock, Karl Marx and the food journalist Michael Pollan as their influences. The Joneses say they and their peers are succeeding because of Oregon’s farmer-foodie culture, which demands grass-fed and pasture-raised meats.

Spelt Bread / Lamb Stew / Chalupas

Article & Recipes: Nigel Slater's spelt bread recipe

Bread dough will often resist our attempts at complete control, and will rise or fall as it wishes, take its time or surprise us with its spontaneity.

SPELT ROLLS ... A STEW OF MUSHROOMS WITH ONION AND FENNEL SEEDS

Blog Post & Recipe: Spring Lamb Stew

This spring lamb stew takes advantage of the young green garlic you can find at farmers markets, peas, and new potatoes. What takes it over the top is the flavoring that comes from adding a couple of heads of roasted garlic to the stock.

Blog Post & Recipe: Chalupas [Taco Bell style] and Puebla-style Chalupas

Let me start by saying that I’ve never actually had a Taco Bell Chalupa ... That means I based my chalupa version off of what I could see in their photos which was some sort of chewy shell, seasoned ground beef, and various toppings.

Tzatziki. Parsley Soup. Cauliflower. Lamb Stew.

Recipe: Tzatziki.

Recipe: Parsley Soup.

Article/Recipe: Fresh From The Garden: The cauliflower clan is chock full of flavor and benefits.

Includes recipes for: purple cauliflower with rainbow carrots, roasted cauliflower and broccoflower with cherry tomatoes, steamed romanesco broccoli, and lemon dressing.

Like Brussels sprouts, cauliflower can get bitter if overcooked, so unless you are pan roasting it (which sweetens the flavor), keep cooking times brief and serve these tasty vegetables tender-crisp.

Recipe: A bit of all white.

More cauliflower recipes.

Article/Recipe: Use low heat for a tender lamb stew.

Includes a recipe for Braised Eastern Mediterranean Lamb With New Vegetables.

Dear Lynne: Call me a clueless new cook, but what is the difference between "boil" and "simmer"? Why do you do either, and would it be a big deal if I boiled instead of simmered?

New to the Kitchen

Dear New to the Kitchen: The quick answer to the difference is temperature. When water boils at sea level ...