When Food Schmooze® listener Danielle Padula sent us this one, we started drooling over the ingredients. Crispy bacon, almonds, dried cranberries, orange zest…and it’s all done on the stove-top. Faith’s sister, Sally, just laughs because Faith insists she’s also bringing this to family Thanksgiving. (That would bring her total to 17 dishes.) (Food Schmooze® listener […]
Christmas
Green Beans with Brown Butter and Toasted Pecans
Want to make your holiday dinner or dinner party memorable and delicious? It’s all about creating new flavor profiles for old standby dishes.Try our featured calorie-careful recipe for sweet and sour butternut squash, or, if you prefer, green beans with the ultimate treatment — brown butter and toasted pecans, from an archive recipe in Fine […]
Slow-Roasted Holiday Turkey
No roast desiccates more easily than a big-breasted turkey—it’s a multidimensional anatomy problem. Turkey breast meat is finished cooking 10°F/5°C lower than the leg meat, so it is nearly impossible to get them perfectly cooked simultaneously. Miraculously, at least in its simplicity, the problem disappears when you slow-roast. By setting the oven temperature between the […]
Ina Garten’s Parmesan Chive Smashed Potatoes
Alex Province and his spouse Matthew Bennett, like the rest of us, often rely on Ina Garten’s books and watch her television show with keen interest. Matt follows her instructions to the letter, and Alex uses her recipes as a guide, tossing in whatever strikes him at the moment. We knew we had to ask […]
Ina Garten’s Decadent Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake
As soon as we spotted this recipe in Ina Garten’s new book, Make It Ahead, we raced to it. Her desserts are always delicious, in our experience, and here is one that solves the problem if you have gluten-free eaters at your table. Ina uses renowned chef Thomas Keller’s gluten-free flour mix, called Cup4Cup. She […]
