Here’s a way to thrill your pals for The Super Bowl or any weekend gathering. This recipe is a favorite of mine, adapted from a recipe by the very talented Melissa Clark, and originally published in The New York Times Essential Cookbook. —Faith Middleton
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Vegetarian Chili So Good You Won’t Miss the Meat
Seconds, please! It’s the chunky butternut squash and beer that give this fantastic meatless chili its richness and appeal. Add in tomatoes, beans and the perfect mix of spices, and you’ve got an enormous crowd-pleaser. Add whatever you’d like on the side — cheese, cilantro, sliced avocado, or olives to turn this into the one-pot […]
Lidia’s Insanely Delicious Italian Beef Roasted in Barolo Wine
Imagine a round of beef sitting in two bottles of rich Barolo wine, roasting away in your oven, its aromas seducing you no matter where you walk in the house… this is pleasure land. That beef, when it’s done, will be fork tender, almost melting into a sauce that looks like red velvet. To say we […]
A Food Schmooze® Original! Brown-Butter Shortbread Pecan Pie with Double Cream Filling
Instead of simply improving upon classic pecan pie, we decided to develop the pecan pie of our dreams. We passed on the traditional crust and gloopy, syrupy filling. Think: brown-butter Sea Salt shortbread filled with decadent double cream, topped with plenty of lightly-candied pecans.
Lidia’s Warm Mushroom Salad Perfect with Turkey
Thank you Lidia Bastianich of PBS…Crispy-edged wild mushrooms, served warm over crunchy frisee and tossed with chopped pancetta, fresh thyme, olive oil, and vinegar, and topped with a fresh grating of Italian Grana Padano cheese. All we can say is oh, baby is this good. — FM
Key Lime Bars with Tropical Nut, Gingersnap Crust
We love these because they’re super limey and that plays well against the almond-gingersnap crust, studded with coconut. If you’re tired of pies for Thanksgiving, try these, or make them for any old reason.
