Here at last is a mistake-free sirloin steak with a peppercorn sauce that feels like velvet in the mouth. Velvet in the mouth is important as a sensual experience, but it also means you’ve avoided the common problems associated with this dish — bitterness and an overpowering edge to the crushed peppercorns, obliterating any taste […]
dijon mustard
Blue Cheese Butter
Trust us when we say that a little blue cheese butter on a steak or a burger will send your taste buds into an uproar of delight. While the meat is still warm, put a little on and watch it melt in. When we do this our guests always chortle, “This is good!”
Potato Salad with Radishes & Crispy Bacon
Alex Province is an Ina Garten fan and likes to make a version of her potato salad. We think it’s a refreshing twist to use fresh radishes to give it that onion-like crunch. (It was also Alex’s imaginative idea to use a jar of Indian ghee (butter) for a potato salad, and to add curry […]
Faith’s Go-To Grilled Chicken Chive Burger
A decade ago we noticed a chicken and chive burger in The New York Times. On the prowl for a great alternative to beef, Faith clipped it out and started making this mouth-watering item every summer, as did her friends who asked for the recipe. Then New York’s Shake Shack began doing a chicken chive […]
Fried Deviled Eggs
These melt in your mouth — nicely seasoned traditional deviled eggs, dipped in bread crumbs, a little egg and flour, then fried in peanut oil to give them a crispy exterior.
