Philadelphia Pepper Pot Soup / Lemongrass Chai Tea / 3 Surf-Club Meals

Blog Post & Recipe: Philadelphia pepper pot: the soup that won the American Revolution?

But true, tripey pepper pot has dwindled in popularity, and is now merely a curio in a few Philadelphia restaurants. The famous City Tavern sells a West Indian version on its lunch menu which reportedly does neglects tripe altogether.

Blog Post & Recipe: Lemongrass Chai Tea

If you had asked me about 6 months back if I would use lemongrass in tea I would have probably thought it was some strange Thai fusion version of tea. I didn't know then, that I had been having lemon grass tea for years only I knew it as "Chai Patta"

Article & Recipes: Surf-club cuisine

An ''oarsome'' (thanks for the title, Noosa Surf Club) prawn salad makes an easy-breezy lunch, with its freshly cooked prawns, avocado, radish and leaves drizzled with creamy green goddess dressing. Then there's a towering surf-and-turf burger that tops juicy chorizo and beef burger meat with crumbed calamari rings, beetroot, lettuce and tomato that's just plain surftastic.

Surf and turf beach burger ... Oarsome prawn salad with green goddess dressing ... Breakfast bruschetta

Braised Brisket / 4 Confits / Prawn & Lemon Zest Soup

Recipe: Braised Brisket

You can also do this in a slow cooker.

Blog Post & Recipes: Vegetable Confit

This process can be applied to many other foods. Just keep these two guidelines in mind:

- Fully cover the food with fat (duck fat, olive oil, grapeseed oil, bacon fat…)
- Cook at low heat for a long time (no higher than 250ºF, 2-10 hours)

Cherry Tomato Confit ... Garlic Confit ... Bonus recipes: pearl onion confit and leek confit

Blog Post & Recipe: Shrimp & lemon zest soup

This was way, WAY more than the sum of its parts, and it’s all due to the the lemon zest. While the parsley garnish was good, chopped tarragon or chervil would be even better. I’d also consider making a dedicated tomato and shrimp shell broth with a tiny pinch of saffron.

Monggo Guisado – Filipino Mung Bean Stew with Prawns & Kale / Blue Grouse with Roasted Apples & Pears / Barbecued King Prawns

Blog Post & Recipe: Monggo Guisado – Filipino Mung Bean Stew with Shrimp and Kale

It’s a simple stew consisting of mung beans, a small green bean native to India and popular in the Philippines for sweet and savory dishes.

Blog Post & Recipe: “Blue Grouse with Roasted Apples and Pears”

There are several kinds of grouse: sage grouse (which tastes a lot like what it eats, sage), spruce grouse, sooty grouse, ruffed grouse, sharp-tail grouse, and the blue grouse, also known as the dusky grouse.

Blog Post & Recipe: Fishermen in for the long haul

The Spencer Gulf prawn fishery has formally acquired Marine Stewardship Council certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery, the first prawn fishery in Australia, the southern hemisphere and the Asia-Pacific region to do so.

Neil Perry's barbecued king prawns

Pickled Prawns / Pesto Frittata Bites / Freeze Chicken Stock in Ice Cube Trays

Blog Post & Recipe: Pickled Shrimp

Essentially, then, this recipe boils down to one simple step: "Throw all the ingredients in a jar and chill overnight." Easy, peasy!

Blog Post & Recipe: Pesto Frittata Bites

I was asked to bring an egg dish, which usually means a frittata. But when you go to brunch at the home of the hostess with the mostess plus, you best bring something real nice. So I went all fancy on you: I tucked my frittata recipe into mini-muffin cups.

Blog Post & Recipe: Weekend Project: Freeze Chicken Stock in Ice Cube Trays

When ready, crack the ice cubes into a large bowl, and then transfer to a zip-lock bags. Each ice cube equals about one ounce of liquid. If they seem to stick together, carefully toss the bags on the counter — they should easily break back into individual cubes.

Lamb & Pine Nut Sausage Rolls / Beetroot, Citrus & Ginger Juice / Curried Prawns with Cucumbers

Blog Post & Recipe: lamb and pine nut sausage rolls

prep time: 25 minutes
cook time: 40mins + cooling time (10-15mins)
makes 40 sausage rolls

Blog Post & Recipe: Beetroot, Citrus & Ginger Juice

It's hard to describe perfection, but imagine an earthy-sweet jewel coloured drink redolent with the mild flavour of beetroot as base with a few citrus-y top notes and a hit of sinus-clearing ginger to round it off.

Blog Post & Recipe: Curried Shrimp with Cucumbers

The shrimp and cucumber, which is cooked just beyond the tender-crisp stage, keeps things nice and light to balance out the rich coconut sauce. And you've got two options for the sauce. You can use a whole can of coconut to get a nice and soupy curry, which would saturate and flavor the bed of rice, or cut back to make things a less saucy.

Ginataang Hipon (Shrimp in Coconut Milk) / John Allison's Toad in the Hole / Quinoa cakes

Blog Post & Recie: G is for Gata and How to Make Ginataang Hipon (Shrimp in Coconut Milk)

Half a cup of coconut milk for a pound of shrimp. Roughly.
Use cream instead of milk, when you can.
Devein shrimp but keep heads and shells on.

Article & Recipe & Drawings: Recipe Comix: Toad in the Hole

Here, Allison's intrepid school-age detectives Lottie and Mildred whip up a version of toad in the hole that will turn us all into excellent housewives, even if we previously thought ourselves thwarted by age or gender

Blog Post & Recipe: Polpete od kvinoje / Quinoa cakes

They are actually vegetarian burgers, they hold up very well and bake nicely ... Quinoa is so versatile, you can use it both in savory and sweet dishes. These cakes are a hit, topped with some poached egg, or simply served wit a yogurt/cream or vegetable dip

Zucchini & Tomato Flatbread Pizza / Chickpeas with Sage / Stir Fried Chinese Chives

Blog Post & Recipe: Farmer’s Market Flatbread Pizza

I shredded the zucchini, sauteed it with olive oil, and spread it on a toasted flatbread. It got kind of, almost, creamy? Obviously it was a little weird. But totally good.

Blog Post & Recipe: Chickpeas with sage

Using sage from the patio, walnuts from the freezer, leftover chickpeas and butter, I made this instead. It is crunchy, its delicious, it has the subtle fragrance of roasted butter (what the French call beurre noisette). Did you ever try fried sage leaves? You will eat these crispy and dainty gems like popcorn.

Blog Post & Recipe: Stir Fried Chinese Chives | ผัดดอกกุ้ยช่าย

This stir fry of Chinese chives and shrimp is a perfect example. It's made from only four ingredients and literally takes five minutes to cook, but it tastes fantastic. The flavor comes from the Chinese chives, also known as garlic chives because of their very present garlic flavor. To retain as much of this flavor as possible, these chives are stir fried quickly over super high heat for only a minute or two.

Celery Risotto / Braised Pumpkin / 3 Confit Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Risotto and A Marcella Hazan Recipe

The celery flavour is clear and fresh and there are no distractions, resulting in a wonderful creamy comforting plate of velvet risotto with a little celery crunch and pale elegant colour.

Risotto Col Sedano – Celery Risotto Recipe

Blog Post & Recipe: Easy Braised Pumpkin

Let the pumpkin boil over high heat for about 10 minutes. Lower heat and stir occasionally for about 5 minutes. Add few dashes of white pepper. Once pumpkin is tender, it’s ready to be served.

Article & Recipes: Confit: What's good for the goose is good for a lot of other foods

Today almost anything can be "confited" using a variety of fats. Variations are no longer limited to midwinter meals, and the cooking process doesn't necessarily have to take all day.

Shrimp charmoula confit ... Roasted tomato confit with bacon fat ... Caramelized pineapple confit

12 Sardine Recipes / Grill Your Vegetables / 8 Recipes from Simon Hopkinson

Blog Post & Recipes: Healthy & Sustainable: 12 Ways to Eat Sardines

Recipes with Fresh Sardines:

Broiled Sardines with Gremolata ... Crispy Sardines with Lemon & Mint ... Sardines on the Grill ... Sardines with Chickpeas, Lemon & Parsley ... Grilled Moroccan Sardines ... Sardines with Crisp Paprika Crumbs

Recipes with Canned Sardines:

Sardine Salad with Chickpeas & Feta ... Beet & Sardine Salad ... Sardine, Avocado & Radish Salad with Watercress ... Pantry Puttanesca with Sardines ... Beer-Batter-Fried Sardines & Lime ... Sardine Spread

Blog Post & Recipe: How to Grill Your Vegetables

Just don't think you can throw those mushrooms on the grill as is. They need to be spruced up. Oil, and vinegar, and spices, oh my. The rest of the vegetables are really not hard. Brush them with a little olive oil, and add salt and pepper. You're basically going for a nice char-grilled exterior.

Blog Post & Recipe: Simon Hopkinson's Good Cook recipes and an interview with Simon Hopkinson.

SLOW-COOKED RABBIT IN OLIVE OIL, WITH POTATOES AND AIOLI ... MARINATED BUTTERFLIED LEG OF LAMB WITH ASIAN GREEN SAUCE ... AUBERGINES WITH OLIVE OIL, GARLIC, PARSLEY AND FETA CHEESE ... SALAD OF BROAD BEANS, SMOKED COD'S ROE, RICOTTA AND OLIVE OIL ... MARINATED SARDINE FILLETS ... SMALL MERINGUES WITH WHIPPED CREAM ... WARM PRAWN SALAD WITH FLAGEOLET BEANS, ONION, PARSLEY AND OLIVE OIL ... HOMEMADE TANDOORI CHICKEN

4 Spanish Recipes / Sunshine Barbecue Chicken / Eggplant Manicotti & 2 Other Recipes

Blog Post & Recipes: My Recipes published at DELICOOKS, and 4 delicious recipes for you to celebrate 3 Years of Blogging!

My Personal Spanish Menu (desserts not included)

Snail and mint Tapa ... Zucchini puree with Iberian Acorn ham ... Potatoes stuffed with Butifarra and grated with Allioli ... Toasted noodles with Palamós fresh shrimps

Blog Post & Recipe: Sunshine Barbecue Chicken

[This bbq sauce is] pretty undutch but at the same time it’s also a lot like our Dutch piccalilli, only in a sweeter jacket and with different vegetables. Very unlike anything I’ve ever tasted in combination with bbq chicken.

Blog Post & Recipes: Deliciously Upsided Down Dinners

I have an awesome new cookbook that I'll be raving about very soon and this Eggplant Manicotti caught my eye. The funny thing is... there is no real manicotti. The "pasta" is actually slices of eggplant with a very tasty filling.

Eggplant Manicotti ... Seared Lamb Chops with Sage, Anchovies & Capers ... Herb & Garlic Orzo

nb. M., I'm introducing your 'concept' tag.
Concept: eggplant in place of manicotti, or canneloni, pasta.

Caldo de Camarón (Dried Prawn Soup) / How to Prepare Black Fungus & Wood Ear Mushrooms / Green Tea Infused Sunroot Soup

Blog Post & Recipe: Where to Find Caldo de Camarón? Make Your Own...

That fresh squeezed lime juice is what makes all of the flavors in the soup, truly shine.

Blog Post: How to prepare black fungus and wood ears mushrooms

See where the red arrow points? If you feel around with your fingers in that part, you’ll know how much different the texture is from the rest of the fungus. That tough hard part should be cut off.

Blog Post & Recipe: Green Tea Infused Sunroot Soup ('Sunroot' is Jerusalem Artichoke)

We used green tea instead of broth in this soup. The flavors from the tea really works good together with the sunroot. Tea infusion is a fun way to experiment with new flavors in your standard soups.

Ancient Roman Olive Paste / Perfect Hollandaise Sauce / Gambas Al Ajillo

Blog Post & Recipe: Classical Cooking

Cato’s recipe for this olive paste is included in “The Classical Cookbook,” a book of recipes from ancient Greece and Rome

Blog Post & Recipe: How to make perfect hollandaise sauce

The trick, according to food science god Harold McGee, is "heat the egg yolks enough to obtain the desired thickness, but not so much that the yolk proteins coagulate into little solid curds and the sauce separates".

Blog Post & Recipe: Gambas Al Ajillo

But while present, the aroma of garlic wasn’t overpowering. That’s because the garlic wasn’t grated, the bits were more like pungent punctuation marks rather than a blanket of overwhelming stink. This allowed room for the sweet, briny flavor of the shrimp to come through, which was complimented by the earthy sweetness of the peppers.

White Bean Hummus & Cooking Navy Beans / Cook Perfect Beans / Sweet Chilli Seafood Ramen

Blog Post & Recipe: white bean hummus

Last week I had a hummus craving, but was fresh out of chickpeas. I looked at the silky white beans in the fridge, with a thick slick of olive oil on top and thought "why not".

A Not So Simple Pot of Beans

Blog Post & Recipe: The Best Way: Perfect Beans, Every Time

My trusted method is actually a mash-up of two, the Baking Soda Soak and the Oven Method. Both have their proponents and their sceptics, but I think together they make the perfect bean; the baking soda scrapes time off the simmering process, and the oven mimics the slow, pressure-cooked texture of canned beans.

Blog Post & Recipe: On the slurping noises – Sweet chilli seafood ramen {8}

Add a handful of scallops and prawns. While they caramelise, chop a chilli pepper and a couple of spring onions. Throw them along with the seafood. Grate a fat piece of ginger, the zest of one lime and a few garlic cloves over the pan and give it a good shake. Deglaze with half a litre of water and bring to the boil.

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

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

Sweetcorn Pancakes / 3 Risotto Recipes / Lamb Ragu

Blog Post & Recipe: sweet corn pancakes

As I mentioned above, I think these have great savory potential by skipping the sugar and increasing the salt, served with sour cream or salsa.

Recipes: Thoroughly absorbing

Let the risotto rest for five minutes before serving to allow the flavours to settle. The basic risotto is ideal with roast chicken.

BASIC RISOTTO ... RISOTTO WITH ROASTED BUTTERNUT PUMPKIN ... PRAWN AND ZUCCHINI RISOTTO

Recipe: Culinary SOS: Pizzeria Ortica's lamb ragu

Dear SOS: I have enjoyed the lamb ragu at Pizzeria Ortica in Costa Mesa on several occasions and would love to have the recipe ...
Sydney Springer

Dear Sydney: Pizzeria Ortica was happy to share its recipe for this rich and hearty dish

Tofu & Eggplant Salad / Grilled Tofu & Soba Noodle / 6 Banana Blossom Recipes

Recipe: tofu & eggplant salad

This quick and easy salad is something I rustled up the other day for a vegetarian friend. Normally I would add a spoonful of pounded dried shrimps and season with fish sauce.

Blog Post & Recipe: Grilled Tofu and Soba Noodles

To assemble, toss the soba noodles with a good amount of the dressing, reserving enough to drizzle generously on top of the tofu. Place the tofu on top of the noodles, and drizzle with more dressing.

Blog Post & Recipes: Ingredient Spotlight: Banana Blossom

Found in Asian grocery stores in the US, banana blossoms can be eaten raw, and are also cooked in soups, stews, and curries. They can also be steamed and served with dips, and peeled apart like an artichoke ...

Recipes with banana blossoms: Banana Blossom Salad with Chicken and Asian Pears ... Banana Blossom Salad ... Shrimp and Banana Blossom Salad ... Banana Blossom Curry ... Banana Blossom and Prawn Curry ... Fried Banana Flower

Grilled Butter Lettuce with Buttermilk-Chive Dressing / Bread & Butter Pickles / 20 Curry Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Grilled Butter Lettuce with Buttermilk-Chive Dressing

While the grilled Caesar we love is brushed with oil and garlic prior to grilling, this salad is just sprinkled with salt and then laid onto the grill, cut side down, until the greens have a nice char.

Blog Post & Recipe: bread and butter pickles

... So very sweet! So sweet that I thought that the sugar level was a typo but sure enough, every other recipe I found listed sugar amounts in cups. Ayee. This one only called for one but I reduced my batch to 3/4 of a cup ...

Recipes: 20 of the best: curries

Chicken korma ... Avial mixed vegetable curry ... Lamb and cashew curry ... Massaman curry ... Burmese chicken curry ... Beef kofta ... Thai green curry with fish ... Butter chicken ... Prawn and green mango curry ... Sweet peanut chicken curry ... Eggplant and potato curry ... Malaysian fish curry ... Longrain's red beef curry ... Chicken and bean madras ... Turkey chilli ... Fish curry ... Thai red curry burger ... Chickpea curry with rice ... Prawn green curry ... Pumpkin, cauliflower & chickpea curry

Fennel-Pastrami Gratin / Roasted Marrow Bones with Parsley Salad / One Blogger's Most Popular Posts of 2009

Blog Post & Recipe: Fennel-Pastrami Gratin (this recipe is an entry in a mass fennel-recipe gathering).

Give a fennel some pastrami and they let go of their guards. So imagine what a fennel, fronds and toasted seeds included, would become if cooked in cream with layers of pastrami and yukon gold potatoes.

Blog Post & Recipe: The Greatest Form of Flattery: Blatantly Copying Fergus Henderson’s Roasted Marrow Bones with Parsley Salad

If you can’t find marrow bones (we used beef bones, but veal are very popular as well), talk with your butcher about ordering some. They freeze well and can be used to thicken soups ... and stocks if you prefer not to have them roasted.

Blog Post: Top Ten from 2009

I’ve figured out how to see which recipes received the most attention from readers. So here are the 10 most popular with readers according to the blog counter I use ...

Spaghetti and Meatballs Cake ... Chocolate Zucchini Cake ... Strawberry Tiramisu ... Grilled Shrimp and Bulgur Salad ... Candied Orange Peel ... Stuffed Zucchini ... Zucchini Cheese Scones ... How To Make Homemade Pasta ... Pumpkin Ravioli with Walnut Cream Sauce ... Side Dish Salads

Curried Butternut Soup / Turkey Chili / Prawn Phở

Blog Post & Recipe: Curried Butternut Soup

Every October I make batches of this gorgeous and golden soul warming soup. The secret is- use ripe flavorful squash. Choose a squash with firm golden-tan skin. The squash should make a hollow ring when thumped.

Blog Post: Move on by, purists: Turkey chili satisfies

Purists would argue that using turkey in chili is heresy. They'd also rally against beans. Real chili is about beef, they say, and lots of it. But we want a packed-with-flavor meal that doesn't pack our arteries, thank you very much. If that means straying from tradition, so be it.

Blog Post: Bazille's Prawn Phở

Phở is a beef and rice noodle soup from North Vietnam. ... The soup is customised by the customer with a variety of garnishes and in Vietnam a species of peanut worm, sá sùng, is added to sweeten the broth as well as a pheromone extract from the giant water bug to lend a spicy note. Phonetically the word Phở is thought to have originated from the French word feu meaning fire.