Normans use apples and cider in many savory preparations—with game, poultry, even fish. In this classic pork dish from Jean-François Guillouet-Huard, of Domaine Michel Huard, it’s important to use a slightly tart variety so the end result isn’t too sweet.
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Lamb Shanks in Red Wine with Creamy Eggplant
Chef Mehmet Gürs of Istanbul’s Mikla restaurant pairs lamb shanks with an eggplant purée that has the unexpected—for Turkey, at least—addition of béchamel and Gruyère cheese, a nod to his classic European training. Excerpted with permission from Saveur magazine Feb. 2016, Issue #181 Recipe by Mehmet Gürs Photo by Christina Holmes Food Styling by Eugene […]
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 […]
Anna Tasca Lanza’s Special Pesto
Our featured pesto recipe is in Nancy Harmon Jenkins new cookbook, Virgin Territory, about the culture and practice of making olive oil in the Mediterranean region. Each of her recipes, which are her own or those of her friends, have olive oil as an important ingredient.
Orecchiette with Shrimp, Rosemary, and Green Olives
The pasta “orecchiette” simply means “little ears,” and that’s exactly what they look like once cooked, indented just enough to catch a bit of shrimp, herbs, wine and chicken stock in every bite. This is one of Ben Pollinger’s simpler recipes from his cookbook, School of Fish. (He’s executive chef at NYC’s Oceana.) We like […]
Rustic Roasted Pearl Onions and Potatoes
Easy, we kept telling our online contributor, please make it delicious and easy. And so she has developed a recipe with a great flavor profile and ingredients that we want at Thanksgiving. Danielle admitted that when she tested this recipe a second time, she stood at her kitchen counter and ate the whole pan. Now […]
