Cooking Solo author Klancy Miller shared her recipe for this beautiful cake, because, well. . .you have to have friends over!
Recipes
Polenta with Shiitake Mushrooms
Polenta with meaty shiitake mushrooms is comfort in a bowl. Chris Prosperi made this for us for our pre-show meal, and we can’t wait to have it again.
Second-Day Salmon with Linguine
Leftover salmon, dill, crème fraîche (which makes an instant cream sauce), and pasta may sound like a date-night meal, but this is just for you.
Peaches in Grappa-Spiked Syrup
Think of this as the Italian version of bourbon peaches, only prettier because grappa is clear and won’t muddy the blush and golden color of the fruit.
Blue Cheese Burgers Topped with Tropea Onion Jam
I’m going to boast on behalf of my mom here. She was making fat, juicy, gourmet burgers topped with caramelized onions before most of the chefs doing it these days were even born. Of course back then, I wasn’t so keen on her homemade burgers and would gladly have traded mine for a skinny one […]
Tropea Onion Jam
I first tasted this sweet, garnet-hued jam as part of a cheese antipasto at Osteria Morini, in Washington, D.C., with extra-aged Parmigiano-Reggiano, Pecorino Toscano, and pungent Gorgonzola. I’m grateful to executive sous chef Ben Pflaumer for sharing the recipe. Tropea is an ultra-sweet red onion. If you’re a gardener, you can grow your own. Otherwise, […]
