This is my favorite time of year for many reasons, but in a culinary sense, we have an array of fantastic produce available and an enormous array of ways to prepare it. Here are some of my favorite...
The process is simply applying a dry rub, cure or brine in which the main component is salt (kosher or sea salt) with the possible addition of other aromatics like black pepper, garlic, fresh or dried...
Spaghetti alla Chitarra is a regional pasta from Abruzzo. The noodles are made with, just as it sounds, a guitar, which happens to be Chef Kalman’s muse. In fact, he owns three: a Taylor six-string...
Nearly 30 years later, I still remember digging a small hole in the sandy lot behind our house in Florida and carefully placing the seeds I had saved from a watermelon that my mom brought home from...
Many clafoutis recipes, particularly at this time of year, highlight cherries. This is because the clafoutis was first created in Limousin, France, a region celebrated for its black cherries. While I...
Though Negroni Week ends on June 10th, the official season of the Negroni is just firing up. So we asked cocktail guru Joe Campanale, owner/director of Fausto in Brooklyn, to share with us his take on...
Photo credit: Edgar Castrejon For this recipe, you only need two ingredients and a few tools — namely, a heavy skillet or griddle (preferably cast iron) — to experience the freshly made taste of this...
These popular sandwich cookies can be made in many different ways, depending on the country they come from, but they always consist of two soft cookies with some type of jam. In Peru for example,...
Cashew Butter Blondies with Cashew Brittle Makes 18 servings For the Cashew Butter Blondies: 3 cup all purpose flour 4 teaspoon. baking powder ½ teaspoon. sea salt 3 cup cashew brittle 1 ½ cup...
Gluten-Free Banana Flour Angel Food Cake Makes 1 cake 1 10” angel food can pan with removable bottom 15 egg whites – room temperature (note: it’s essential that they are at room temperature!) 1 pinch...
Berbere Roasted Chicken Pizza and Berbere BBQ Sauce Makes 2 (8"-10") round pizzas For the pizza dough: Yield: makes 2 (8"-10") round pizzas or 1 (18x13) pan pizza (full size baking sheet) 1¼ cups...