Lamb Burger / Pesto Eggplant Rollatine / Homemade Furikake

Blog Post & Recipe: Lamb Burger | Bifteki Arniou

This dish came about when we were looking for a Greek “hamburger” with the flavors of Cypriot cuisine.

Blog Post & Recipe: Pesto Eggplant Rollatine

Slices of eggplant are brushed with garlic oil, roasted, then filled with a concoction of cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, pesto, and spinach. Like a little Italian explosion in your mouth.

Blog Post & Recipe: Homemade Furikake |Japanese Rice Seasoning

So what is it exactly? In it’s basic form -the form I’m giving you today- it is toasted sesame seeds, sea salt, nori, bonito flakes** and an optional pinch of sugar ... Furikake: the salt and pepper of Japan.

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

Storing Lettuce / Roasted Cauliflower with Anchovy Mayonnaise / Seasoning

Blog Post: How to Store Lettuce in the Fridge

I love the concept: washing and drying all the lettuce at once, then putting it nicely in the bottom fridge drawer lined with towels.

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Cauliflower with Anchovy Mayonnaise

It just doesn't stand up on it's own. However, roasting the florets intensifies the flavour, making them nutty, crispy and especially delicious when given a good dunking.

Blog Post: the absolute beginners guide to the art of seasoning

There are two main times to think about seasoning – the beginning and the end. For slow cooked dishes it’s a good idea to get some salt in early so it can spread through the whole dish over time. For most other things seasoning at the end is the best way to go.

Simplified Eggs Florentine / Lamb's Tongue Cassoulet / Salt

Recipe: Eggs Florentinesque Recipe

Swapping the hollandaise sauce for a sour cream mixture and cooking the eggs in spinach makes for an easier, updated take on the classic.

Blog Post & Recipe: The Nasty Bits: Lamb's Tongue

Once removed, the sky is the limit for tongue preparation. Lamb's tongue, like beef, can be stewed slowly for soup or for filling in tacos lengua. Confited, the tongue can be pan-fried lightly and served with potatoes and lentils, or ...

Lamb's Tongue Cassoulet

Article: The great salt shake-up

Other chefs are proving ever more inventive in getting around adding salt directly. Aaron Turner from Loam is among the new breed of highly contemporary chefs seasoning his food with wild, naturally salty ingredients such as samphire, sea succulents and salt bush.

WHAT SALT SHOULD I USE? ... HOW MUCH

Smoked Duck / Three Salsify Recipes / Faux Fennel Pollen

Blog Post & Recipe: where there's smoke, there's duck ...

Smoked duck! Ah, of course, I said. Sichuan smoked duck. Of course. Erm, but I've never smoked anything in my life before. (Honest, Dad.) So, er, how?

Recipe: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's salsify recipes

Salsify and scorzonera are beautiful names for rather unprepossessing roots, but if they're unfamiliar to you, I urge you to get intimate with them.

Salsify fritters ... Salsify tempura with a spicy dipping sauce ... Salsify gratin

Blog Post & Recipe: Faux Fennel Pollen (via a link to the same blogger's recipe for Fennel and Orange Salad)

So I experimented, grinding some fennel seeds along with coriander, black peppercorns, sea salt and a dash of cayenne. I used an electric coffee grinder, pulverizing the mixture to a powder ... I rubbed the mixture on both sides of some boneless pork chops

Finger Millet Roti. Five Nigel Slater Carrot Recipes. Wasabi.

Recipe: Kezhvaragu Murungai Keerai Adai / Finger Millet Roti

I remember my AVVA(Kollu Paati) preparing this for evening snack, and we will be served this adai very hot with stone ground coconut chutney. It used to taste great, as my grandmom use lots of oil to prepare this adai.

Recipes: Nigel Slater, Part two: meat & veg

The Guardian has a whole section dedicated to his new cookbook. Look there for Part One.

... the carrot's place is assured in my kitchen as the bringer of earthy sweetness, a backbone vegetable on which to build layers of flavour.

Roast lamb with mint, cumin and carrots ... Pan-cooked pumpkin with duck fat and garlic ... Courgettes and green lentils with ham ... Steamed pork in an aromatic broth with celeriac purée ... Ham with apple juice and parsnip purée

Article & Recipes: Wonderful wasabi

Wasabi growing has taken off in Tasmania [...] The most commonly known "wasabi" comes with sushi in a little sachet, or can be bought in a tube. The flavour of fresh wasabi differs greatly from these mass-produced items.

Fresh wasabi is much more fragrant and subtle and every part of the plant can be used. The leaves and flowers have a much milder wasabi flavour then the roots and stems.

Potato salad with wasabi dressing ... Chicken, cucumber and carrot salad with wasabi dressing ... Salmon steaks with wasabi and rocket sauce ... Chicken and lettuce rice paper rolls with wasabi dipping sauce

3 Vegetable Dishes. Chipotle Barbecued Tofu. Sea Salt vs. Table Salt.

Recipes: River Cafe vegetables

This extract from the River Cafe Classic Italian cookbook offers three delicious Italian ways with peas, beans and courgette flowers.

Peas with proscuitto ... Deep-fried zucchini flowers ... Chickpeas with rosemary and garlic

Blog Post & Recipe: Chipotle Barbecued Tofu

I've found that the easiest way to handle canned chipotles in adobo sauce is to pour the whole can into the blender and puree it. Then, I measure out what I need for the recipe and freeze the rest.

Blog Post & Recipe: Sea Salt or Table Salt: Which is Healthier?

A little box with a question mark inside "from epicurious.com" popped up when I clicked on this link. It didn't seem to be harmful, just odd.

Most brands of sea and kosher salt, however, do not have iodine added. There's a common misperception that sea salt comes by the mineral naturally, due to the fact that sea water (and foods such as seaweed and fish) contains iodine. However, the information I turned up indicated that the amount of iodine in most sea salt is negligible—certainly not enough to supply the 150 micrograms needed daily by the average adult.

Stir Fried Glass Noodles. How to Salt. Vegetable Risotto.

Recipe: stir fried glass noodles ...or Pad Woon Sen in Thai...

Grew up in the combination of cultures, I've adopted many Chinese dishes into my own taste. I added some chilies to this one so that it tasted a bit spicy.

Article & Recipe: Vegetable risotto with bacon

Cook's tips:

* You can substitute leeks for the celery.
* For single serves, spoon the mixture into large ramekins before topping with cheese.
* Sliced mushrooms can be used in the topping before adding the cheese.
* I keep dried mushrooms on hand; they can be quickly reconstituted and are an excellent standby.

Blog Post & Recipe: Is It Better to Salt Intermittently While Cooking or Just Once?

So instead of giving us one rule, the experts we consulted advised us to consider what we’re cooking and what outcome we’re looking for.

For example, if you’re sweating vegetables, you should add salt intermittently to help leech out the moisture, says Lauren Martey, a research and development chef for Diamond Crystal Salt. But if you’re caramelizing onions or browning mushrooms you don’t want to draw out moisture, for a better caramelization of the sugars, so you should wait until the end to salt ...

Chimichurri. Curried Corn Soup. A Three-Fingered Pinch.

Blog Post: Cook's Talk: A Three-Fingered Pinch of Salt

The [...] "three-fingered pinch" is a better way to incrementally amp up the seasoning without either a) taking forever or b) accidentally over-salting the dish.

Article & Recipe: Curry powder adds kick to refreshing corn soup

Toasted pita bread with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese goes perfect with the soup [...] Corn quickly turns to starch and the flavors fade, so find the freshest, just-picked corn possible.

Chilled Curried Corn Soup

Blog Post & Recipe: Chimichurri

Chimichurri is a traditional Argentinian sauce; the main ingredients in it being Parsley, Garlic, Pepper & Olive Oil. It is used as widely in Argentina as ketchup is used in America. This flavorful sauce is sometimes used as a marinade, for grilled meat ...

Another Chimichurri recipe at Girl Interrupted Eating.

Definitely not a sauce for those not enamoured of garlic or chilli

Our Best Bites has one too: Pork Tenderloin with Chimichurri

Everyone has their preference as to what herb mixture to use in chimichurri. The ultimate combo for me is equal parts cilantro and flat leaf parsley and a little oregano

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?

Nam Pla. Kidney Bean soup. Pulses.

Article & Recipe: Keeping kidneys fit

Kidney bean and vegetable soup

This minestrone-style soup is a meal in a bowl. There are no strict rules about the ingredients other than they are seasonal and combine well.

Article & Recipes: Fishing for condiments

Nam pla is one of those seasonings whose qualities creep up on you.

Squid with chilli dipping sauce ... Chilli dipping sauce ... A summer salad of cucumber and cold chicken

Article & Recipe: Time for beans, peas and lentils

The link to the recipe sits under the pictures to the right.

These days, beans, lentils and the rest of the lovely legume family can be found gracing the very best tables in the state - their earthy goodness and low price making them the ideal choice for tasty winter warmers ... How you choose to prepare and cook your pulses also affects how they'll make you feel after eating them. Always discard the water in which you soak dried pulses ...

Recipe: Confit pork belly

Furikake Seasoning. Growing Herbs. Meat Cooked?

Article: How to tell when meat is done

What is the most accurate way to tell if meat and fish are done, aside from prodding them with a meat thermometer? Are there some visual clues I can use?

Article: How to Grow Herbs Indoors

Here’s a breakdown of what to grow, for clueless gardeners to the greenest of thumbs. Or jump to an explanation of light, water, pots, soil, food, and more.

Recipe: D.I.Y. Recipe: Vegetarian Furikake Rice Seasoning

Furikake is a Japanese condiment typically sprinkled over or mixed into rice. There are dozens of varieties on the market – most contain seaweed, sesame seeds, sugar, and salt ... Although I love looking at the rows of colorful furikake jars at the Japanese grocery store, I recently decided to conserve money and packaging by making my own ...

2 sheets toasted nori seaweed
1/4 cup toasted white and/or black sesame seeds
1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar

St. Patrick's Day. Seasoning.

Recipes: St Patrick's Day

A collection of "editor's favourite" Irish-Australian St. Patrick's Day recipes.

Beef and Guinness stew ... Boxties with creme fraiche & smoked trout ... Colcannon with Guinness stew ... Irish coffee ... Irish soda bread ... Colcannon ... Treacle tart ... Beef & Guinness pasties ... Layered potato cake ... Mini Baileys cheesecakes ... Bitter chocolate tart with Irish Cream ... Pea & mint mash ... Steak & kidney tartlets ... Nutty Irishman ... Potato pancakes with smoked salmon ... Sauteed brussels sprouts with bacon ... Beef, stout & potato pies ... Baileys rocky road fudge ... Minted pea soup with smoked salmon and cream cheese toasts ... Baileys chocolate fudge

Article: A splash of seasoning can be better than a shake

When most cooks read "season to taste," they automatically reach for the salt shaker. That's not a bad start: A judicious sprinkling with salt will awaken many a dull dish. But if you stop there, many times you'll be missing a key ingredient. Because just as a little salt unlocks flavor, so can a few drops of acidity.

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Though the results may be similar, salt and acidity work slightly differently. Salt is a flavor potentiator -- in other words, it works chemically to make other flavors taste more of themselves. Acidity works as seasoning by giving a dish backbone or structure, which allows other flavors to stand out and shine.