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The first time I ever saw British chef/restaurateur and global media wunderkind, Jamie Oliver, was through his breakthrough TV shows in the late 90s on the fledgling Food Network. I didn't like the marketing moniker assigned to him. It was silly and what the hell did the Naked Chef mean? He was a scruffily appealing London lad, but when he got behind a stove, the food he produced looked amazing. I bought his first cookbook, THE NAKED CHEF on the strength of those early shows, and I still make his <i>Simple Chocolate Tart</i> and other recipes from that book. I also bought his follow-up and his JAMIE'S ITALIAN books, and then a sort of boredom set in. Then a few years later, I discovered a British edition of JAMIE COOKS. I bought the US version and cooked my way through most of it. The vegetable section alone is pure genius with one exciting dish after another. I adapted his recipe for <i>Tender-as-you-like rabbit set with the best dumplings</i> ever using chicken thighs in place of the rabbit (which isn't always easy to find ). The dumplings in this recipe are "baked" in the oven, rather than "steamed" on top of the stove. JAMIE COOKS sealed the deal for me. The man had grown up and he had developed into a cookbook author with his own authentic voice. Nobody wrote like he did with a "glug" of this or "preheat your oven to full whack." Oliver's enthusiastic, conversational style probably set the tone for many other cookbooks authors to follow, relaxing language without losing the structure or the techniques he imparted. Oliver's maturity had blossomed and JAMIE AT HOME may be my favorite of all of his books.</div>
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Oliver's crusade aimed at improving the nutrition of children was aimed directly at school cafeterias and became the basis of a TV series and a cookbook. This became a turning point, and for the most part, his books turned to a lighter, healthier way of eating. I admired his vision and he was no less communicative, but I was less interested in subsequent cookbooks. Even his detour, JAMIE'S COMFORT FOOD missed that spark of originality found in his earlier work and seemed too chef-oriented. Then I stumbled on a link announcing JAMIE OLIVER'S CHRISTMAS COOKBOOK (Flatiron Books; $35.00; October, 2017), and with this stunning book, Jamie has produced one of the finest holiday cookery books I've ever seen.<br />
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The terrain is surprisingly sparse. Yes Martha Stewart has one. So does Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond. Nigella Lawson has one too, but that's about it. Italians, Mario Batali and Michele Scicolone produced Italian holiday cookbooks that are wonderful. But most of the Christmas-specific cookbooks are by well-established magazines and brands such as <i>Good Housekeeping</i>, <i>Country Living,</i> and Betty Crocker. Now that I've seen Jamie's I'm waiting for the Barefoot Contessa to announce the publication of hers. Okay, okay, it's time to get to the point. In this gorgeous book, stuffed with mouth-watering, holiday-centric color photos, you'll find everything Christmas from big meat mains and veggie and vegan plates, potatoes, gravies, and sauces and sides to dazzling desserts, edible gifts, colorful salads, dips and handheld nibbles, adult beverages to make the season bight, plus fresh ideas for leftovers, and a really useful guide for roasting turkey, duck, goose, chicken, beef, pork and lamb.<br />
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So what of the recipes? I live in the Pacific Northwest, and <i>smoked salmon pate, </i>with shrimp, white crabmeat, salmon caviar and cayenne pepper, looks like a eye-opening starter. A <i>Silky Pate</i>, is a sublime meeting of chicken livers, butter, sweet onions, sage and thyme. And it's an easy to make as it is stunning to behold. I prepared a roast goose in my youth. I remember it being a chore, and when I tried to shove the pan back into the oven, the goose slid off of the roasting rack as goose fat sprayed itself across the floor of the oven, creating a fire. I reached into the oven to rescue the expensive center of my Christmas table, and yanked it out of the flames, The goose landed on the floor. But I saved it. The clean-up was not pleasant, and I burned my hand. I swore I'd never try it again. Jamie's simpler <i>Roast Goose Slow Cooked with Christmas Spices </i>appears short on drama and long on flavor and ease. I may reconsider. Of the mains my choice would be <i>Porchetta</i>, his version of a <i>Rolled Pork Loin Stuffed with Beautiful Things</i>. Those beautiful things include pancetta, fennel seeds, chicken livers, sage, rosemary, white wine, dried apricots, cranberries, raisins and sultanas, pine nuts, Parmesan, Vin Santo, bread crumbs and carrots. The presentation is spectacular. His <i>Turkey</i> is roasted with a basket weave of bacon woven across its breast (and photos show the various essential steps to properly carve it for the table. A <i>Roast Chicken</i> features the choice between four flavored butters. If you have a butcher who deals with game, how about a <i>Roast Venison Wrapped in Prosciutto with Barolo and Chocolate Sauce</i>. There's even a festive <i>Meatloaf with Sweet Roasted Fennel, Crispy Smoked Bacon, Herbs</i>. For seafood, there's a <i>Salmon En Croute with an Herby Spinach-Stuffed Crust; a Gorgeous Cheesy Sauce</i>, <i>Fish Pie with Luxurious Fish, Creamy Prosecco Sauce, and Red Leicester Mash</i>, an aromatic <i>Fish Curry</i>, and a <i>Salt Crust Salmon with Fennel, Lemon and Herbs Galore.</i><br />
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Vegetable and vegan choices are wide-ranging and creative: <i>Nut Roast Squash, Quinoa, Chestnuts and Spiced Tomato Sauce</i>, a <i>Moroccan Vegan M'Hanncha Savory Style with Pearl Barley, Squash and Spices</i>, <i>Roasted Celeriac Winter Herbs, Butter, Garlic, & and Creamy Truffled Mushroom Sauce</i>, <i>Eggplant Curry Bombay Mix, Fluffy Rice, Mango Chutney, Pappadams </i>have wonderful eye appeal. I'll certainly want to try them. I wanted every potato dish here, but two stood out as completely different: <i>Baked Mash, Crushed Yukon Gold & Oozy Red Leicester Cheese</i> and <i>Balsamic Potatoes Sweet Red onions, Thyme, Garlic, Arugula and a Little Faith </i>show Jamie's rethought ideas about these sides. <i>Roasted Parsnips Squashed with Bay, Thyme, Garlic, Honey, and Ground Almonds</i>, four different Brussels Sprouts recipes, and <i>Clapshot Smashed Carrot, Rutabaga, Marmalade, and Loadsa Chives</i> may be your new favorite smashed veg puree for your winter table. <i>Red Cabbage Crispy Smoked Bacon and Rosemary, Apple, Fennel Seeds, Balsamic</i>, elevates this humble hot winter vegetable.<br />
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There are time savers such as <i>Gravy </i>and <i>Vegan Gravy </i>(both of which can be made well ahead of the big feast). Baked <i>Bread Sauce Sweet Tender Onions, English Mustard, Cloves, Butter and Bay</i>, takes a classic British "wet" sauce and turns it something savory and akin to stuffing. Jamie's <i>Cranberry Sauce </i>with<i> Burnt Butter, Maple Syrup, Apple, Thyme, and Spiced Rum</i>, is a new and creative variation. <i>Horseradish Sauce contains Fiery Horseradish, Vinegar and Creme Fraiche--</i>an ideal complement to his impressive roast beef. <i>Pigs in a Blanket Gone Crazy</i> is Jamie's variation of this classic featuring bacon as a robe surrounding brie, shelled walnut halves, and thyme, or bacon or a pitted date with crumbled blanched hazelnuts, with drizzled honey, are among the 12 options available. Several stuffings (one a veggie recipe) and <i>Yorkshire Puds</i>(ings) round out the Christmas dinner.<br />
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Among the fine salads, there's a seasonal <i>Winter Slaw</i> with carrot, apple, red and white cabbage, dried fruit and almonds that looks as though it were created especially for Christmas. <i>Fifteen Christmas Salad</i> was inspired by Jamie's London restaurant, and it's combination of buffalo mozzarella, clementines, arugula, radicchio, fresh mint, sliced speck, Parmesan and a few drops of good-quality balsamic vinegar, delivers a salad of bold yet refined flavors.<br />
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Jamie provides seven totally different ways to use up leftovers--most of them very new. <i>Turkey Risotto, Sweet Leeks, Parmesan, Prosecco, Crispy Turkey Skin and Gravy</i>, <i>Toad in the Hole Yorkshire Pudding Filled with Leftovers and Dirty Gravy</i>, and <i>Carbonara Cake Spaghetti, Smoked Ham and Lotsa Cheese</i> are my three top choices here.<br />
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Dessert is the dazzling finale to a JAMIE OLIVER'S CHRISTMAS COOKBOOK feast. <i>Christmas Pudding </i>filled with <i>Dried Fruit, Pecans, Ginger, Rosemary, Bourbon and Golden Syrup</i>, will earn you a standing ovation. Classic British desserts such as <i>Retro Trifle</i> (his mother's ultimate celebration pud), <i>Chocolate Pots</i> (with Clementine Syrup and Creme Fraiche), <i>Pavlova </i>(Ruby Poached Pears, Chocolate, Mulled Wine Jelly, Cream), a heart-stopingly gorgeous <i>Apple Pie (</i>with Sour Cranberries, Blood Orange, Vanilla and Cinnamon), or something called <i>Banoffee Alaska</i> (Almond Pastry, Caramel, Bananas and Vanilla Ice Cream--a pairing of Banoffee pie--which I have never heard of--with Baked Alaska. How about Jamie's recipe for a traditional <i>Chocolate Log</i> (Sweet Chestnut Puree, Honeyed Cream and Crushed Honeycomb filling)? There are three different variations of mince pie (with pastry, with phyllo dough, or<i> Mince Pie Strudels</i>. <i>Billionaire's Shortbread</i> (Guinness Caramel, Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt), <i>Amalfi Cake</i> (almond sponge layers, limoncello lemon curd and raspberry sauce).<br />
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Okay I realize you're eyes are nearly glazed over, but Jamie Oliver isn't done yet. There are chapters on holiday cocktails (<i>Pink Pepper Negroni,</i> <i>Party Prosecco</i>), dips (a creamy Greek <i>Taramasalata</i>, bites (four different sausage rolls), and handheld nibbles (<i>Smoked Salmon Blinis, Baked Buns Stuffed with Winter Ragu</i>). Finally there's an edible gifts chapter with lots of interesting, tasty, and delightful things to give, i.e., <i>Fudge</i>, spiked with <i>whiskey and clementine</i>, <i>Truffles</i>, <i>Rocky Road</i> with <i>popcorn, nuts, clementine, ginger, sour fruit and chocolate</i>, and <i>Chili Sauce</i> that can accompany just about anything.<br />
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What makes this book especially special is its packaging. It gorgeously evokes an old fashioned Christmas without embalming it in kitsch or flash. The many color photographs compliment the foods superbly. Jamie's patented London Lad prose inspires you to cook up lots of wonderful food for family and friends, polish the silver, set the table, and fill the ice bucket. Happy Holidays!<br />
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Nearly two years ago, my mother died. She was just shy of 83. For the most part, we had a terrible relationship (as she had with all of her four sons). But that part of the story is more than likely for a book on surviving a dysfunctional parent. My mother was a talented cook and a fine baker, and it was her cooking that drew me to a life-long love of feeding family and friends. It started at the age of nine, when my mother was delayed returning home from an appointment in the city. She had planned on making spaghetti and meat sauce for dinner, a recipe I had seen her make innumerable times. I told the babysitter that I would be preparing dinner for her and my brothers. Apparently it was a success and I've been cooking ever since. My father disappeared from our lives shortly thereafter, and as my mother assumed the duties of providing for her sons, so too did my responsibilities of feeding us. This meant hot oatmeal or farina or puffed wheat or rice for breakfast nearly every day (we all took turns with breakfast, and making bag lunches). Lunch meant tuna salad or peanut butter and jelly or bologna sandwiches with mustard (no cheese--we couldn't afford it, some cookies or an apple). Dinner was a rotational round of a variety of meals. Oven-fried chicken, meatloaf, Spam with onions and scalloped potatoes, knockwurst and beans, fish sticks, Kraft macaroni and cheese, fried liver and onions (we were the only kids we knew who liked liver), a baked dish my mother called American Spaghetti and meat sauce, creamed chipped beef--food very much a standard of the times. Weekends, things got a little fancier--a pot roast or a long-simmered chuck roast with home-made noodles, stuffed flank steak, roast chicken, chicken stew with dumplings, or a glorious roasted loin of pork on the bone. Sometimes pan-fried shoulder lamb chops. On occasion lasagna (my mother used cottage cheese because it was cheaper than ricotta), very rarely, a rib roast or for holidays, a roasted leg of lamb. Mom generally made these fancier dinners, but just as often, so did I.<br />
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A little more than a year ago, a good friend's beloved mother died, and he collected a number of her recipes in a bound sheaf and sent it to me. Her name was Doris, and she also had four children. She was a busy, stay-at-home mother who was also a very good cook, with a wider culinary range than my mother. My mother never baked cookies aside from the occasional Oatmeal Raisin variety (Pecan Sandies were her cookie of choice, and the commercial brand is what we ate), but Jim's mother baked an astonishing variety: Toll House cookies, Phyllis' Chocolate Cookies, Greek Cookies, Filled Cookies, Fruit Bars, Almond Italian Macaroons, Round Sour Cream Cookies, Thumbprint Cookies, Chocolate Crinkles, Pineapple Cookies, Oatmeal Cookies, Mom's Italian Cookies, Sesame Seed Cookies and Brownies. Like my mother, she used margarine and Crisco. My mother made a scratch cake when she had the time, the rest of the cakes we consumed were Duncan Hines. Jim's mom's cakes--Devil's Food, Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Coffee Cake, Lemon filled Cup Cakes, Favorite White and Favorite Chocolate Cake, Walnut Pound Cake, Mary Ann's French Cake, Sponge Cake, Whoopi Pies, Chocolate Graham Cracker Cake, Angel Food Cake Waldorf, Cranberry Swirl Cake, Swiss Chocolate Roll, Pumpkin Bread, Banana Tea Bread, Applesauce Cake, Cheese Cupcakes, Orange Refrigerator Sheet Cake (which called for a Duncan Hines Deluxe II White Cake mix), Grandma Dowd's Chocolate Cake, Banana Coffee Cake, Carrot Cake, and Best Ever Pound Cake.<br />
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Both of our mothers prepared Stuffed Cabbage, Oven-Fried Chicken, and Fruit Cakes. Mother's fruit cake was edible (I loathe fruit cake). She started it in October and by Christmas, those cakes were so filled with brandy or bourbon, you could blow up the house. Since striking out on my own, I've never encountered Oven-Fried Chicken. While I have prepared Fried Chicken southern style, I don't think of it as an at-home recipe. What do you with all that leftover oil? It makes a mess of your kitchen. It also smells up your kitchen for days. Yet I haven't made oven fried chicken since my teens and I don't know why. I recall it as being one of my favorite dishes. Mother's recipe was simplicity itself. For one cut-up chicken (we never bought pre-cut parts) she would use 1 1/2 cups of flour, a good pinch of cayenne, two teaspoons of oregano or Italian seasoning, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and a teaspoons of ground pepper. All this was dumped into a brown paper bag and shaken to combine. The chicken was then added and shaken to coat placed on a platter covered with waxed paper. She would put a large baking pan into a hot oven with three tablespoons of Crisco to melt. The chicken would be added to the pan and baked about 1 hour and fifteen minutes with the chicken turned once to make sure it browned on both sides. It was simple and delicious--crunchy enough with the flour coating sticking to the chicken, which made gnawing on the bones a real pleasure. Doris has two recipes, a conventional one similar to my mother's, only using Bisquick instead of flour, and onion salt with no herbs or cayenne, and she cooked it at a higher temperature--425-degrees F. Her "Crunchy Baked Chicken uses crushed saltine crackers, grated cheese (no indication if this is parmesan, but I'm certain it is probably Kraft), 1/4 cup parsley (fresh or dried?). You melt two sticks of butter and dip the chicken pieces in the fat and then roll them in the crushed saltines. Any leftover butter is poured over the chicken in the baking pan and is baked for 1 1/4 hours at 350-degrees F.<br />
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These simpler recipes and memories have made me go back to my childhood and once again cook those recipes that I recall my mother making. Like many before her, my mother didn't leave recipes. I grabbed an index box full of recipes I found in her kitchen after she died, thinking, I would finally find out how she made those toothsome and thick noodles for her boiled beef, or her creamed mushrooms on toast for fancy meals. When I got home and opened the box, I was disappointed to find a number of recipes culled from women's magazines in the 70s, 80s and 90s--the decades after I had gone off on my own. The problem with these recipes is they display my mother's regression as a cook. She has three different recipes for Pumpkin Bread. There is a recipe from Stouffer's for a Cheese and Chile Beef Dip calling for 2 packages of Stouffer's frozen Creamed Chipped Beef, defrosted! Another for Popovers made with Wondra flour, and something horrifying called Favorite Banana Mallow Pudding (Jello-O Vanilla Flavor Pudding and Pie Filing, Vanilla wafers, bananas and Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallows! She never got over her preference for margarine over butter and Miracle Whip over mayonnaise (her macaroni salad was a recipe I could never enjoy eating). She would insist they were better than their superior counterparts.<br />
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As my talents as a cook began to overtake my mother's she began to get competitive about it. In my 20s, I will admit to taking on challenging and somewhat silly recipes. I remember a hazelnut dacquoise with a coffee buttercream filling that I made for a dinner party at my mother and step-father's home in the late 70s. Frankly the dacquoise was too sweet and the buttercream left a slick on the top of the inside of my mouth that seemed to stay there for a week afterwards. Everyone ate every spec of that cake, but it was the last time I would ever opt for something that sweet and cloying. But it left the door open to my mother to snip about my cooking. She hated the fact that I would debone a turkey at Thanksgiving, or when I sent her a recipe for a fruit crostata, her response was, why wouldI make a pie with only a bottom crust! I ignored the criticisms. I wasn't about to yell at my mother because my cooking threatened her. Her last husband's cooking offered them plenty of room for competitive contentiousness. My stepfather was a very good cook, and did a lot of catering, and for a number of years, was a prep-chef for Martin Yan's cooking school in California. As a couple, they took baking classes, and learned lots of cooking techniques. But his cooking was completely different than hers and arguments ensued.<br />
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So my mother's heyday as a home cook really was at its best when when brothers and I were kids. She made a lot of birthday cakes, and a really good chocolate loaf cake from a Hershey's cocoa box. We had her bread pudding and tapioca often and they were delicious and comforting. Mom also made good strawberry jam, and her potato salad was terrific, even if it was made with Miracle Whip. Mother did good picnic sides, including picked beets and eggs, a recipe I've just made for the first time. The recipe is different than my mother's--I recall onions in hers, but not cumin, fennel or mustard seeds in the recipe I prepared.<br />
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There are memories of my childhood meals that I'd like to forget. I'm never going to eat another Knockwurst in my life again, nor Spam with Onions and Potatoes, and Kraft Macoroni & Cheese is definitely out forever. Like other Moms, Mother made desserts with Jello, Junket and Mighty-Fine gelatin and pudding mixes, which all kids liked. I wouldn't go near them today and Kool-Aid will never occupy any space of any kitchen I'll ever use again.<br />
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Truth be told, my cooking is isn't that much different from my mother's. I've gotten all the fancy recipes out of my system. I've only cooked my way through part of THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING. I've always preferred Italian food over French cuisine. My weeknight fare is usually a piece of sautéed protein, with rice or potatoes and a slightly parboiled vegetable finished in the same pan with a bit of butter or olive oil, salt and pepper. I save more ambitious projects for dinner parties, but I still keep it simple.<br />
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This week I made a version of my mother's Oven-Fried Chicken and it was very good. Now I want to try both of Doris' versions. They say nostalgia ain't what it used to be. But maybe sometimes it is. I'm ready to start cooking my way through my mother's repertoire again, no for nostalgia, but because she made a lot of good food.<br />
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Every January for more than a decade now, I've looked forward to "The Saveur 100" a regular feature of the magazine's "favorite places, tools, ingredients, cookbooks recipes, restaurants, and more." I even saved issues devoted to this list. In going over some of them, I re-connected with a lovely remembrance by Liz Smith about her good friend, Norah Efron, or reacted in total horror at the price of an artisanal cast iron skillet that costs hundreds of dollars. One of the most odd inspirations from the sous vide side of food news was the conversion of vodka to gin in a sous vide machine. Clearly the general manager of a tony New York restaurant has lots of time on his hands to come up with these things. Or how about a 20-second recipe for mayonnaise using a hand blender? I love pie and would even travel to Topeka, Kansas to sample any of the 20 pies "on offer at a time," at Bradley's Corner Cafe. <div>
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Imagine my distress in late December when I went looking for this annual issue and found out it was no more. No explanation in the replacement issue for its apparent demise, and only old news from past 100 lists. Saveur has a relatively new editor, and perhaps he thinks it was time for the magazine to move on. However, I miss the thrill of new products, rediscovering old favorites, and just enjoying. Sadly, that anticipated joy is gone. It's like reading the news that an old favorite restaurant has closed</div>
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I'm not sure why, but somewhere into the first 50 pages of <b>MY KITCHEN YEAR: 136 RECIPES THAT SAVED MY LIFE</b> (Random House; $35.00), Ruth Reichl's memoir with recipes, really began to piss me off. Ruth Reichl was fired as editor-in-chief of Gourmet along with the entire staff as Conde Nast shut down the beloved and venerated cooking publication just short of its seventieth anniversary. It sent a deep shock waves into the already struggling magazine publishing world. Reichl herself had spent a decade atop the masthead as it's editor-in-chief. But in 2010, the country was bogged down in a deep financial recession. In all more than eight million lost their jobs; six million lost their homes. It was a financial catastrophe that we're still reeling from.<br />
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Ruth Reichl has enjoyed a storied career as a restaurant critic for both <i>The Los Angeles Times</i> and <i>The New York Times</i> before she landed one of the most coveted culinary jobs at Gourmet. During her decade there, Ms. Reichl published three volumes of her memoirs--all of them bestsellers. Since the demise of Gourmet, she has written a successful novel, landed a contract as a sort of culinary editor at large at Random House, and because she is a recognized culinary brand, has continued to work.<br />
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I am sure MY KITCHEN YEAR was intended to be a book that chronicled her shock, sadness and depression following the loss of a wonderful job--a job which she clearly loved and excelled at. But this slight narrative comes off as selfish and clueless. Millions lost their jobs, many of them are still picking up the pieces of shattered lives. So when Reichl worries that she won't be able to maintain both her Manhattan apartment and country home, I was a little offended. How tin-eared can you get? She risks being taken too seriously over her rhapsodic purchases of very expensive organic, farm-to-table ingredients, which would be one of the first economic cuts made by your average unemployed family when facing a similar crisis. There's no thought given to the human tragedy that caught the entire world during the long recovery. Perhaps it's churlish of me to expect that, but I wasn't expecting the "poor pitiful me" tone that permeates nearly every page.<br />
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One expects good recipes from Ruth Reichl, and to be very fair here, she offers many tasty indulgences: <i>Cider-Braised Pork Shoulder, Nectarine Galette, Anchovy Bread, High-Heat Turkey, Chinese Dumplings, Pumpkin Pancakes, Sriracha Shrimp Over Coconut Rice, The Cake that Cures Everything, Lemon Panna Cotta, Spinach and Ricotta Gnocchi, Thai-American Noodles, Bulgogi at Home, Pink Deviled Eggs, Three-Day Short Ribs, Fabulous Hummus, Fresh Apricot Jam, Real Fried Chicken, Magret of Duck with Easy Orange Sauce</i> are all inspired. For the most part, Ms. Riechl's instructions are chatty and colorful, rather than set forth in the usual list-and-preparation format.<br />
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Because MY KITCHEN YEAR was more of a memoir with recipes, I decided to get the Kindle edition rather than the book (my shelves are overstuffed with cookbooks already). I wanted to like this book. Ruth Reichl has been a writer, editor, and witness of the big changes in the food world since she burst onto the national scene when she joined <i>The New York Times</i>. She has much to say still and I hope she back to it soon.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332004826858722559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636052745097099039.post-50299827286255422532015-11-20T10:59:00.000-08:002015-11-20T10:59:09.614-08:00THANKSGIVING DINNER ANXIETY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I really do feel sympathy for those afflicted with acute Thanksgiving anxiety over issues such as gravy or the proper way to roast a turkey. Stuff it or not stuff it. There is an avalanche of information about preparing a Thanksgiving feast, easily obtainable on Google, and other sources. The food magazines start to ramp up anxiety over the holiday season in September when their first issues on Thanksgiving are on the newsstands. "Get Organized," they admonish. Make lists. Check your dishes, linens, flatware. Do you have enough chairs? How big a bird do you need? Make your turkey stock in October--freeze--and it's ready for you on Thanksgiving. Who is on your guest list and do they have food issues (nut allergies, gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, vegan, organic-only)? All this stuff accumulates and is added to the family drama that's already been in place for years before everyone has assembled for this annual gathering of "family and friends." Julia Child used to take calls from anxious Thanksgiving cooks because her phone number was listed. She cheerfully answered their questions. Over the years, I've accumulated lots of calls from friends over Thanksgiving. So in the spirit of the holiday, I'm offering a few words of wisdom on how to avoid making your Thanksgiving an ordeal:</div>
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1) A Thanksgiving feast is a ton of work. Don't take it on unless you're prepared to work like a dog putting it on the table.<br />
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2) Make lists. There are too many items in a Thanksgiving menu and you don't want to discover you have no condensed milk for the pumpkin pie filling on Thanksgiving morning.<br />
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3) A frozen turkey will not thaw on Thanksgiving day. If you forgot to thaw the turkey, take everyone out or order in from your local supermarket. Thawing instructions usually come with the turkey. Or ask your butcher.<br />
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4) Try to minimize the amount of special-needs foods that you can. Don't worry if Aunt Sarah can't eat gluten. Instead of stuffing, she can have the mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes. Gluten-free stuffing is pretty awful. If you do have to make special dishes, okay, but send the person home with the leftovers. They will appreciate it, and you'll have one less thing dying in your fridge.<br />
Read labels carefully so that you don't have any allergic surprises to ruin the big day.<br />
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5) Assess your talents as a cook realistically, and manage what you can. If you're having guests, ask them to bring something for the meal. There is nothing worse than eating a lousy meal that you've slaved over. That includes pies with uncooked bottom crusts, potatoes that have been<br />
food-processed into a gluey mess, lumpy gravy, and overcooked white meat. It is no sin to buy canned cranberry sauce. You ate it as a kid, it is still edible.<br />
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6) If your white meat is dry as a bone, you over-roasted it.<br />
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7) I try not to offer too much in the way of noshes and nibbles in advance of the meal. If you're not known for your culinary skills, you might want to provide your guests with a nice spread of appetizers, just in case.<br />
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8) Foodies will tell you a recipe is a template for your creativity, and that is fine. But most Thanksgiving cooks need to stick to the recipe as closely as possible. There are fewer chances for disasters to occur if you follow this advice.<br />
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9) Set your table the night before. It provides you with the opportunity to fix any issues that arise in time. This means setting up your dessert dishes, plates, cups and saucers or mugs, and serving pieces such as a pie server, spoon for whipped cream, etc.<br />
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10) Make a time-line schedule of items that need to be cooked, baked, etc. by order. A turkey will need at least 30 minutes to rest before it is carved. That's the time when potato casseroles, gravies, stuffings (not inside the bird), rolls, etc., need to be addressed.<br />
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11) Every holiday meal my mother used to freak out, usually by the time she reached into the freezer for the frozen peas. There would be my brothers and her latest husband sitting in front of the TV set while she slaved in the kitchen. I would have to remind her that I was there in the kitchen with her. It didn't matter. Those four lumps in the living room were doing nothing and it added to her sense of martyrdom. Ask for help. You'll get better results by asking a woman. Men and football make for a selfish combination and no amount of nagging will get the job done.<br />
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12) Set up for clean-up. I usually have a deep bowl filled with soapy water to soak the silver/stainless flatware in. Make sure your dishwasher is empty. Ditto the sink and counter around the sink. There is nothing more defeating than the sight of a trashed kitchen. You can get organized while the coffee is brewing and before you serve dessert. This is the time to ask the men to help. Take out the trash. make sure the table is cleared of the dinner dishes and prepped for dessert. If there's time, begin to organize the leftovers (containers, plastic bags, etc.). Don't let leftovers hang out in the kitchen unattended for long periods of time.<br />
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13) If you can't do any of this, and you want to have a Thanksgiving feast and you can afford it, look to a local market, caterer, or restaurant that will make the meal complete for pick-up or delivery to your door. I was a guest at a friend's home for my first Christmas in Portland, Oregon. He is not a cook, but ordered in an entire meal for twelve. Was it the best Christmas feast of turkey with all the trimmings? Certainly not, but it was the right thing for him to do, and it was a very pleasant holiday meal.<br />
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Now put down the anxiety medication, step away from the counter and go make a plan!<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving.<br />
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I suppose every good writer of Italian cookbooks wants to leave behind that one big book that will be a summation of all they have done in the field. I'm not sure the late, great and cranky, Marcella Hazan had that in mind when she wrote the first volume of her <i>The Classic Italian Cookbook</i>, but I'm pretty sure she did when she delivered her second volume. Michele Scicolone did something a bit similar with her <i>1000 Italian Recipes</i>, a huge, encyclopedic survey on the subject. This outstanding Italo-American cookbook writer has published a number of excellent cookbooks mostly focusing on Italian cuisine. If you're looking to begin to wade into the depths of this, one of the world's most popular cuisines, you would do well to start with either Hazan or Scicolone. Now Lidia Bastianich (with the able help of her daughter, Tanya Bastianich Manuali) has produced <b>LIDIA'S MASTERING THE ART OF ITALIAN CUISINE: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Great Italian Cook </b>(Knopf; $37.50). It covers a wide scope of Italian cooking in its more than 400 recipes.<br />
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Let's begin with all the good things. The chapter on ingredients is comprehensive and easy to understand. There are lots of illustrations. Here is where Lidia's knowledge shines. You can tell she loves talking ingredients. For instance, Asiago, Grana Padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and Pecorino are thoroughly defined, including the regions where they are from and what they are used for. When she gets to Extra Virgin Olive Oil, she is one of the few writers who insist that it is used as a finishing oil or for salads, rather than for frying, where it will smoke at high temperatures more easily than a vegetable oil. She states her preference for red wine vinegar over Balsamic, which she describes as a regional specialty vinegar in Italy. Though wildly popular here in the U.S. many restaurants in Italy serving mostly tourists, have it on their tables, and you have to ask for red wine vinegar if that is your preference. The meat section is wonderful and displays the Italian respect for eating the entire animal and not just the fillets. She speaks plainly and unsquemishly about offal, the internal organs of a butchered animal. These are delicious parts of the animal and our insistence on manicured meats sold off the bone without much beyond liver from supermarkets, shows what fussy eaters we've become.<br />
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Lidia next takes the reader through techniques used in Italian cooking. I always knew that olive oil had to be added to a hot pan, but it was interesting to find out that butter should always be added to a cold pan to prevent it from burning. A mortar and pestle as well as a potato rice entered my kitchen relatively late, but are now regular helpers as I cook. Lidia explains why. There are secrets revealed to a great gratin, adding zip to cured olives, or tasty (and less oily) versions of <i>Eggplant Parmigiana</i>.<br />
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When you reach the recipe section, you'll find something missing, which is unlike any other cookbook from Lidia--a real lack of head notes. In fact, there are none. This became really curious when I got to a recipe for Caesar Salad. It is not Italian at all. So why is it in an Italian cookbook that doesn't cover Italo-American recipes, let alone a salad credited by an Italian-American chef and owner of restaurants in California and Mexico, doing so here? For me the launch of any recipe by Lidia always begins in the entertaining and informative head notes of her many cookbooks. Another problem in this day and age, is the lack of photographs. As a publisher and a former promoter of cookbooks, the first complaint you hear about a cookbook without pictures, is this. It doesn't bother me and I've long thought it absurd to complain about this. But today's popular cookbooks are drenched in color photos because the audience for them demands it.<br />
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<i>And what of the recipes? This is as fine a collection of recipes as you'll find in any of Lidia's books. Prosciutto and Fig Bruschetta, Swiss Chard and Potato Crostada, Scallion and Asparagus Salad, Farro Salad, with Grilled Eggplant and Peppers, Cauliflower and Tomato Soup, Lettuce Soup with Fontina Gratin, Borlotti Bean Pizzaiola, Whole Braised Cauliflower, Horseradish Mashed Potatoes, Snails with Polenta, Risotto with Barolo on a Bed of Carrot Puree, Crespelle "Lasagna" Filled with Spinach and Herbs. Pappardelle with Duck Guazzetto, Fresh Pear and Pecorino Ravioli with Cacio e Pepe Sauce, Fresh Ricotta Cavatelli with Mussels and Beans. Spaghetti with Crab Sauce, Calamari and Skate with White Wine Sauce. Clams with Leeks and Couscous, Skillet Gratinate of Mushrooms and Chicken, Chicken Thighs with Potatoes and Olives, Quail Under a Brick, Pork Tenderloin with Balsamic Onions, Meatloaf with Ricotta, Veal Kidneys in Mustard Sauce, Bread and Peach Cake, Polenta Sponge Cake, Cannoli Napoleon, Roasted Pears and Grapes and Pomegranate Sorbet</i>, are just a quick sampling of some of the arresting and tasty dishes Lidia has assembled for this volume.<br />
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The book ends with a useful section of <i>Italian Culture and Language</i>. You'll find all sorts of interesting cultural observations such as Boar Hunting: Favorite Italian Pastime, Enotecas (Italian wine bars), as well as a breakdown of the differences between the Trattoria, Ristorante, Osteria and Bar, which define Italian dining outside the home, or how to toast in Italian. The mostly food glossary in Italian will be helpful to anyone traveling in Italy without knowledge of the language.<br />
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<b>LIDIA'S MASTERING THE ART OF ITALIAN CUISINE</b> is unlike any cookbook she has produced before. If you demand lots of color photos, this book is not for you. I miss the head notes, which always make the time you spend with Lidia pleasurable. Maybe I'll warm up to it as I watch her new companion series on PBS (whenever that airs in Portland--shame on you OPB for the ridiculous times you air your food programs). Still any time a new collection of recipes from this wonderful TV chef and teacher appears, is time for rejoicing.<br />
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The book is available in many fine bookstores as well as on-line.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332004826858722559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636052745097099039.post-48867063337892575132015-03-07T11:48:00.001-08:002015-03-07T11:48:35.866-08:00STOP DEMONIZING THE PRESSURE COOKER!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I recently re-organized my kitchen drawers and put the pressure gauge for my 35-year-old pressure cooker in a new place. Now I can't find it. I'm not going to live without a pressure cooker and that's that. You can keep your slow cookers. For my money, the modern pressure cooker, which resists the kinds of silly explosion stories that seem to dog this wonderful appliance even years after manufacturers have designed them so well, cannot fail. In far less time than the slow cooker, you can have fabulous stews, soups, bean dishes, risottos, stocks, desserts all with their full nutritional value. I make a shrimp risotto that takes six minutes to cook once the pot is up to full pressure. This delicious dish is on regular rotation in my kitchen. Last night, I made meaty pork shanks in under 25 minutes that were so tender, they fell off the bone. This is the appliance to tenderize all those economical cuts of beef, lamb, and pork and it takes a fraction of the time to cook than a slow cooker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My mother had an old Presto pressure cooker in the 70s. It never exploded. But she was one to follow instructions carefully. Today's pressure cookers have all sorts of safety features and come in highly polished stainless steel in four-quart, six-quart, and ten-quart and larger (for canning of jams and vegetables). The appliance I purchased all those years ago at Zabar's in New York was made by T-Fal, the French manufacturer of inexpensive pots and pans. This appliance was made of heavy stainless steel and it produced many a memorable meal over the course of its more than three decades of hard work in my kitchen. So when I decided to purchase a new one, I went to T-Fal and found a brand new one on eBay for less than I paid for the older model. This new model is easier to use than the old one with the gauge built into the lid. I found meaty pork shanks at Fubon, a large Asian market in SE Portland, and decided to break in the new machine. Here's the recipe:</span><br />
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The cost of veal shanks has put the classic Osso bucco out of the financial reach of most Americans grocery budget. Also I live in Portland, OR, a city that is very wary of veal because of the negative stories on the poor treatment of calves. Some of this is justified, but not every calf is clubbed to death or raised in sub-standard and cramped quarters. Lamb shanks are hard to come by in my town as well. The pork shank has become a popular braising choice if you know where to find them. Asian markets here now sell them without the hoof, which makes preparation a lot easier and far less squeamish. This particular braising method will produce succulent pork shanks with good flavor and a sauce for polenta. This is a wonderful wintry dish.<br />
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four anchovies packed in olive oil, drained and patted dry on paper towel</div>
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3) To the pot, add the anchovies fillets, onions, celery and carrots, and cook over medium heat, stirring until the onions are a little soft and begin to take on a golden color. The anchovies will dissolve. Watch your flame, you don't want to burn the four on the bottom of the pan. This will take another 10 minutes. </div>
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4) Add the red wine and over medium high heat, let the wine boil down, another two minutes or so, scraping the bottom and sides of the pan to dissolve the bits sticking to the pot. In about two minutes, you'll notice the sauce in the pan begin to thicken slightly. Add the chicken broth and diced tomatoes. Rub the dried oregano between the palms of your hands to release their oil and let that fall into the pot, then add the red pepper flakes and bay leaf. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste and still one minute. Return the shanks to the pot and cover with the lid closing it according to your manufacturers directions. Watch until the indicator lets you know the pot has come up to full steam (mine has a little red button that pops up). </div>
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5) Turn heat down to medium and cook for about 20 minutes. If the machine is hissing steam to much, adjust heat lower. You want a steady hiss, but one that isn't harsh sounding. Let the shanks cook for about 20 minutes. When you've reached that time, turn off the heat. If you like, let the pot release the steam naturally (about 12 minutes). If you're in a hurry, then put the pot in your kitchen sink and run cold water over the lid for about 10 seconds. Jiggle the gauge to make sure the steam has released. Open pot lid, taking care that in doing so, the pot and lid are facing away from you. Return the pot to the stove. </div>
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6) With the folk check for tenderness. A fork should easily insert into the meat indicating how tender it is. If it is not tender, lock the lid back in place and bring to full pressure again and cook for another five minutes. Again, take the pot and put it under cold water again until all the steam is out of the pot.<br />
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NOTE: This recipe will easily include a third pork shank, or even a fourth, but it will depend on the shanks overall size and shape. Don't try to brown them together in the pot at the same time. You'll just ended up steaming the meat. You want room around the shanks to brown properly. Alternately, you can brown four shanks in a large frying pan before transferring them to the pressure cooker. I would add five more minutes cooking time for the four shanks.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was recently reading <i>Food52</i>, the popular food community website created by Amanda Hesser and Meryl Stubbs. There I found a posting by one of the members that suggested the perfect and full-proof technique of steaming for soft, medium or hard boiled eggs. It works, it really works. I've now steamed dozens of eggs for breakfast, for egg salad, etc., and the shells practically come off by themselves. A relatively soft-boiled egg is done in six minutes once the water comes to a boil in the steaming vessel. Medium boiled will take seven or eight minutes. I allow a full 10 minutes for hard-boiled eggs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whatever version I want, I remove the pot to the sink when I'm done and slowly allow cold water to cool down the pot and steamer and the eggs. I add a big handful of ice for hardboiled eggs and allow them to come to room temperature before peeling. For softer-boiled eggs, I allow the eggs to cool enough to handle before peeling and adding to a bowl with a little butter, salt and pepper. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a really good technique, so give it a try the next time you're in the mood for deviled eggs!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332004826858722559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636052745097099039.post-19782079669189490272015-02-22T13:20:00.000-08:002015-02-22T13:20:07.722-08:00AT LAST--A COOKING SHOW COMPETITION THAT FEELS REAL<span style="font-size: large;">I've become a huge fan of a new PBS-TV cooking series called THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF and apparently so have a lot of other American fans on this side of the pond. I had no idea this show has been a huge hit in Great Britain for five years now. Since moving to Portland, I've been bereft of the wonderful PBS cooking shows that aired regularly on PBS there. Apparently this foodie town doesn't love cooking shows. I have been particularly upset about not being able to access Lidia Bastianich's wonderful programs. All we get here is <i>America's Test Kitchen</i> and a <i>Martha Stewart </i>baking program, both of them excellent in their way, but lacking in personality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Personality is exactly why I've stopped watching anything on The Food Network or the Cooking Channel. I'm not a fan of competitive cooking, generally speaking. Once upon a time, The Food Network had lots of demonstrations shows that catered to all tastes. My favorite was Sara Moulton, but I also enjoyed Ina Garten (not terribly original in the content of her food), Giada DeLaurentiis (a good cook, but too much cleavage and too many teeth), Tyler Florence (the boy tease), Bobby Flay (one of the best technicians on TV), Rachael Ray (an underrated cook with lots of good practical ideas), Mario Batali (a great chef who is a messy cook), and even Sandra Brown (whose tables capes made me nauseous). Then one day, the folks in research decided viewers didn't like studio-bound shows. Suddenly after 10 lucrative seasons, even Emeril Lagasse was considered finished. So all these personalities were erased from the Food Network's prime time line up and replaced by nonsense shows such as featuring cupcake wars, cake baking competitions that featured garish, Las Vegas-style creations with lurid sugar sculptures, some of which shattered on their way to a viewing station. <i>Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives</i> with the irrepressible Guy Fieri, is an amusing show, but you never learn how to make any of the foods he covers. Most of us will never get to the particular restaurants Fieri visits, and the publicity by now will surely affect the quality of those destinations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I aim my most potent sense of contempt at ridiculous shows such as <i>Chopped!</i> or <i>The Worst Cooks in America</i>. What is the point of filling up a basket of times that don't necessarily compliment each other and then ask perfectly competent chefs to try to figure out what to do with each of the three course they have to prepare in under 30 minutes. Total rubbish and humiliating for the losers. We get the spectacle of three judges who are often condescending (praise does go to Alex Guarnaschelli, a chef and adroit Iron Chef star, for her reasonable responses to the junk that is cooked on this show). By the time the each series is over, I doubt the competitors on <i>The Worst Cooks in America</i> are actually going to cook again, and their pathetic attempts to try get no sympathy from me. These contestants are chosen from the ranks of the culinary equivalent of anti-Christs. Isn't cooking supposed to be a fun and satisfying endeavor?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Cooking Channel started out using Jamie Oliver reruns (<i>Jamie at Home </i>managed to be that rare program featuring a professional chef teaching home-cooking that could actually be cooked at home!), and some very interesting cooking shows from Canada. The elegantly effortless Laura Calder, was a real pleasure to watch on <i>French Food at Home</i>. Now we're treated to a bunch of former <i>Top Chef</i> and other cooking experts, writers, critics extolling the virtues of food truck fare or baking shop goodies. They moan in vaguely cringe-worthy sexual ways about grilled cheese sandwiches or brownies, which serve no purpose other than to send viewers into their kitchens in search of something sweet and definitely not dietetic to gorge on. These experts are young and meant to attract young audiences who may or may to be interested in anything other than eating these popular foods. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Call me an old fogey, but I want to learn something, which is why programs with Lidia Bastianich or Mario Batali out of the gladiator sport of Iron Chef, are more appealing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Which brings me back to THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF. The contestants are all amateur bakers but they know their way around flour, yeast, sugar and buttercream. The show puts them through their paces. There was one one pastry that I've never heard of--<i>Kouign Amann</i>--a French pastry that had the contestants flummoxed. Most of the time, their challenges are about preparing baked foods they've never done before. They are asked to read recipes, which they have had no preparation. Bake</span> <span style="font-size: large;">times seem not to be supplied, which often leads to some seriously under-baked breads or cakes. The show is making them use their experience to intuit how long a rise a loaf of bread will need, or how much time a dough needs to a perfect rise or a disastrous over-proofing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many of the baked items on this show are fearsomely ambitious. The<i> Prinsesstarta</i> (Princess Cake) is a Swedish concoction of vanilla custard, with jam, on a sponge cake with an almond (marzipan) covering piped with whipped cream and embellished with chocolate. This is not your everyday slice of cake. <i>Positica</i> is a sweet loaf baked at Christmas and loaded with cinnamon and raisins. <i>Mini Pear Pies </i>require a delicate touch with the strips of dough that wrap around each pear. I love to bake, but looking at the Tiramisu Cake makes me want to find it at my local bake-shop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The challenges do not always make sense. It's quite dumb to ask bakers prepare a <i>Baked Alaska</i> under a hot tent on an equally hot day with at least ten ovens going. The ice-cream alone courted disaster between the times it took to make the custard base and chill it firmly enough to apply to a still-warm cake, and cover with the meringue that still has to be slightly browned in an oven. In fact, timing was my one big reservation about this show. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have no reservations whatsoever about this program's hosts--Mel Giedroyc (must be Welsh) and Sue Perkins are funny, supportive and genuinely sympathetic. The two judges are also very good: Mary Berry is a well-respected British cookbook writer with a specialty in baking, Paul Hollywood is a hunky and somewhat gruff professional baker, who rarely minces words in his evaluations, but he's not a prig. Their comments illuminate what is wrong and what is right about each category of baking they are judging. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The contestants on the 2015 series I've been watching are a diverse group. Their ages ranged from their late 60s to 17. Only one young man fell apart (during that infamous Baked Alaska segment). They were all good colleagues and you didn't hear any trash talk in the interviews that dotted each segment, that make U.S. shows like this a trial to watch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The leisurely pace of an hour is just perfect. In the United States, we've had a long tradition of bake-off contests at state fairs, on TV, and most famously the Pillsbury Bake Off. THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF is the best show on the subject I've ever seen. </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332004826858722559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636052745097099039.post-43403135359705243582015-02-09T14:36:00.002-08:002015-02-09T14:36:51.318-08:00NEW DIRECTIONS FOR STOVETOP READINGS<span style="font-size: large;">Well I'm sure you've guessed that I had run out of critical steam. I mean how many times could I call a collection of recipes superb? I tended to shy away from calling a cookbook "crap" because...well...I still have a lot of friends in the book business who sent me cookbooks to cover, and that's not nice. And there are a lot of cookbooks out there that could justifiably be called crap. I don't earn a living from blogging (a lot of people don't earn a living from blogging), and I wouldn't know how. I used to review one or maybe two cookbooks a month. Now I'm covering a cookbook once every six months--not even. But I didn't want to stop talking about food, which is one of the things I love talking about most. So here I am in semi-retirement, publishing books (two cookbooks and one garden book thus far), and slowing down. I'm awfully busy doing not much. But I got out to eat all the time. I'm constantly cooking. I host a dinner gathering for two of my closest friends here in Portland every week and I really do put a lot of thought into the components of each of those meals. I also keep a good eye out for food trends, and follow the food on TV, radio, in newspapers, other blogs, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the big chores I had committed myself to when reviewing cookbooks was long, detailed reviews. Well that's not very interesting and I'm pretty sure it didn't move the sales needle much either. I will still talk about cookbooks, but in much shorter terms. I plan to add some recipes, talk about restaurant experiences, and keep my eye food trends, food pretensions, good food, bad food and everything in-between. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I want to talk about frying pans. I've to a bunch of 'em: cast iron, stainless steel, non-stick. I love the cast iron, but my All-Clad, 12-inch frying pan was totally frustrating to cook in. I think All-Clad make superior pots and pans. My two saute pans are excellent and always produce excellent results. But oil residue can only be removed with effort and all-too-often, food sticks to its shiny, smooth surface. For years, I've been intrigued by DeBuyer carbon steel pans and recently a friend convinced me to try one. They are heavy like cast iron. Once you've created a smooth cooking surface, their matte-gray finish becomes mottled with a multitude of colors, which eventually I'm promised, will turn nearly black. Also once cured, the pan has a non-stick surface. The handle is very long. Like cast iron, the pans are washed in hot water and a good stiff brush can easily remove anything that dries in the pan. And they must be dried instantly to avoid rust. This makes them relatively low maintenance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've cooked breaded pork cutlets, eggs, pan-fried flap-meat beef steaks and created pan-sauce. I've sauteed onions, and other vegetables on its smooth surface and it goes easily into the one for a baked finish after an initial browning of pork chops, and other meats. The results are always excellent. I bought mine on Amazon and they can often be found in better cookware shops such as Sur la Table. The pan is a bit pricey, but at near-$70 it was a heck of a lot cheaper than the All-Clad which priced over $100. Be prepared to put this sturdy pan in your will. Built to last, future generations of your family will surely be cooking with this wonderful pan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Non-stick cooking surfaces are not really part of my daily cooking except for a few skillets, and a small two-quart pot. I've become increasingly uncomfortable with non-stick surfaces, such as Teflon, because of the presence of health concerns. While no data supports the idea that these chemical surfaces are dangerous, like aluminum, I prefer to err on the side of caution. I recently purchased a 10-inch and 12-inch ceramic coated fry pans, and so far, I really like them. Let's talk first about eggs. Breaking an egg into one of these pans you notice right away that the egg never sticks. Just a slight jiggle and that sunny-side-up egg glides around the pan like an ice skater at the local rink. I've cooked bacon, and omelets, as well as sauteed green beans, parboiled Brussels sprouts in them and then finished them off in the same pan with a little butter and salt and pepper. Food cooks very well on these surfaces and cleaning them with a little soap and water is a breeze. So far their pristinely white surfaces haven't discolored. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Steakadelphia is a local sandwich shop specializing in Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, which were very popular in New York during the years I lived there, but they always came from places that you wondered had recently been visited by a health inspector. I'm hardly a food snob, but I do prefer eating in an immaculate restaurant whether its four stars or a local diner. Before moving to Portland, I had actually never eaten a Philly cheesesteak. Steakadelphia (at 5835 SE Powell Blvd., 503-788-7141) serves a pretty fabulous version. In this case, I've only ordered the Supreme. This 8-inch sandwich is full of flat-top cooked thinly sliced steak, embellished with white American cheese, mayo, onion, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, jalapeños mushrooms and their own Steakadelphia sauce. This deeply flavorful combination costs $6.75. There's a 12-inch version for $9.00 and if you want extra meat and cheese in the same 12-inch package, the price goes to 11.25. Add 25 cents in the evening to each choice. The rolls are soft. The whole is wrapped in a large piece of paper, and when you open it, the aroma hits you between the eyes. A burger never tasted like this. All the different elements come through. You're not just eating a messy sandwich. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are other choices here. Your choice of meat can be either beef or chicken or a combination of both. The Rough Rider choice means white American cheese, mayo, onions, tomato, bell mushrooms, sweet peppers, hot peppers and Philly horseradish sauce. The Caveman is the same but with Philly honey mustard. You want another cheese? There are versions of the Provolone, Cheddar, Pepper Jack, Cream Cheese, AND Cheese-Whiz Philly cheesesteaks. Steakadelphia does two burgers and offers french fries, which I've never ordered because my brain is pretty addled by the time I consume one of those fantastic Philly cheesesteaks. You can wash your Philly cheesesteak down with domestic and local beers or soda. In case you're craving more--there is a rooter float or classic shakes in vanilla, chocolate or strawberry. There are about twelve tables plus two outside during warmer weather, or you can call ahead and pick up for home consumption. There are a lot of good sandwich choices in Portland. Right now, Steakadelphia is at the top of my list. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332004826858722559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636052745097099039.post-18886187223825538002014-02-21T11:33:00.002-08:002014-02-21T11:33:36.507-08:00GLORIOUS, COMMONSENSICAL LIDIA BASTIANICH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've said it over and over and over again--there is no finer teacher of cooking on television than Lidia Bastianich. Period. Lidia is full good information. She wants her readers and viewers to use recipes as a starting point offering all sorts of ideas for variations that will take the cook in new directions. There is a kind of zen calmness about her as she cooks endless numbers of pastas, ragus, sautés, and braises. Lidia can cook luxury foods with the best of them, but she also has respect for the cook on a budget extracting the most flavor from each. She always offers great tricks and techniques in order to get the best results and never cuts a corner if it means and less than ideal dish. I have watched her for about a fifteen years now and I find it fascinating to watch her cook. She is as comfortable baking as she is finishing a steaming plate of pasta. If male chefs cook to impress, as someone recently said, then female chefs cook to nurture. That is the essence of Lidia Bastianich. I have most of her cookbooks and they are well used and loved volumes in my kitchen. In<b> LIDIA'S COMMONSENSE ITALIAN COOKING</b> (Knopf; $35.00; ISBN: 978-0-38534944-4) Lidia is again collaborating with her art-historian daughter, Tanya Bastianich Manuali, who is an integral part of the Bastianich food empire. This new volume of 150 recipes is Lidia's latest collection of Italian recipes to tempt families back to the table right in the kitchen, a place she recalls, as a loving and nurturing space that set her on her own course of success. It is this strong sense of gathering family together to eat and interact that informs all her books, only this time, she's adding an extra dollop of culinary wisdom that will insure great meals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before I opened the book, I had seen Lidia prepare <i>Mozzarella and Celery Salad</i>. My mother loved celery, and munched on big stalks of the stuff throughout my childhood. I never got in the habit, but recently I find the most delicious celery available in Portland, even in supermarkets where is comes from local farms. The stuff is addictive and I'm looking for lots of new ways to use it. Lidia offers several new recipes, including this delicious winter salad which could get any meal off to a good start. Thinly sliced with leaves, toasted walnuts, fresh mozzarella and a lemon-Dijon vinaigrette create a fresh new kind of winter salad, and one I can add variations to such as beets, cucumbers, oil-cured olives, cooked cauliflower, radishes and other delicious wintry ingredients.<i> Celery Au Gratin</i> is another delicious use for this much underused vegetable. A <i>Boiled Beef Salad with Gherkins, Red Onion and Parsley</i>, only begins to hint at the flavors in this recipe, which is Lidia's simple riff on the time-consuming <i>Bollito Misto</i>. <i>The Rustic Ricotta</i> Tart, puff pastry provides the enveloping container for fresh ricotta, eggs, mozzarella, ham and Grana Padano (or Parmesano-Reggiano) cheese. An aromatic, paper thin <i>Potato Pizza</i> reminds me of my first trip to Rome, where I inhaled rectangular slices of potato pizza while I walked through the Campo die Fiori open air market.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lidia is always finding new ways to cook pasta, and so <i>Spaghetti with Quick Pantry Sauce </i>is a quick, inexpensive, and creative way to use the foods we always should have on hand: olive oil, anchovies, black olives, capers, canned tomatoes and red pepper flakes. <i>Pipette or Elbows with Sweet Potatoes, Parsley, and Capers</i> is a more nutritionally balanced pasta dish, and no less flavorful for it. And for a crowd, try <i>Baked Rigatoni and Zucchini. </i>Lidia suggests enhancing this dish with swordfish or shrimp, crumbled sausages or shredded chicken breast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Italian cooking offers so many variations, including <i>Eggplant and Rice Parmigiana</i>. Based on the classic dish, here it is made more complex and inviting with the addition of Arborio rice. There are a bunch of fine risottos that seem new to me, including <i>Lettuce Risotto</i>, <i>Fava Bean and Leek Risotto</i>, <i>Clam and Scallion Risotto</i>, and <i>Garlic Risotto</i>. I can't wait to try <i>Razor Clams with Garlic and Parsley </i>because razor clams are plentiful here in the Pacific Northwest, and I love them. The dish can easily be adapted using littleneck clams or mussels in those areas where the razor clam is not available.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A <i>Skillet Gratin of Mushrooms and Chicken</i> shows Lidia genius with this particular cooking vessel, and would be an excellent choice for company. A slow cooked Apple Cider Vinegar Braised Pork Shoulder demonstrates the excellence of this modestly priced bone-in cut of pork, and includes small turnips and easily qualifies as a superb dinner for guests. Another dish I've made is <i>Ham in Marsala Sauce</i><b>.</b> Packages of ham steaks are not found in markets in Italy, so Lidia's inspiration was to treat them like scaloppini. Browning the ham in one piece, she removes it from the pan and then sautés chopped leeks in the pan drippings, adding a little white flour and then a full cup of dry Marsala wine. This makes a tasty, shiny sauce for the ham. I've only sautéed ham steaks for a late Sunday breakfast or a quick weeknight meal with scrambled eggs and a salad. This elevates the ham steak to a new level of sophistication. Minimal ingredients treated with respect yield great results. Of the dessert section, <i>Grandma Rosa's Apple Cake</i> is an easy standout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In <b>LIDIA'S COMMONSENSE ITALIAN COOKING</b>, Lidia Bastianich invites us back into the kitchen where she grew up with adults and siblings around to share their days' stories. Go into your own kitchens and cook with your family. It's easy and the food is fantastic.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "AGaramond-Italic","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AGaramond-Italic;">In the Italian cuisine, dough is at the center of
many dishes, whether turned into pasta, crostata,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "AGaramond-Italic","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AGaramond-Italic;">pizza, or torta. The dough is the carrier of
other delicious products, be they vegetables, meats, fish, or cheeses. In
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "AGaramond-Italic","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AGaramond-Italic;">bind it. One can flavor ricotta with just about
anything; in this dish I use ham and mozzarella.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "AGaramond-Italic","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AGaramond-Italic;">Just think of all the other meats and vegetables
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "AGaramond-Regular","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AGaramond-Regular;">Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 10- by- 7- inch baking
dish with the butter. Roll out the puff pastry on a lightly floured surface
into a rectangle about 14 by 11 inches. Fit the dough into the prepared baking
dish, letting the dough go up and extend over the sides.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mozzarella, ham, and grated cheese to combine. Spread filling over the dough,
and fold the dough over to make a 1- or 2- inch border. Press holes in the top
dough with a fork, and brush it with the remaining egg. Bake until the filling
is set and the pastry is golden and crisp, about 40 minutes. Let the tart rest
on a rack for at least 15 minutes, to set, before cutting into squares and
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am an unabashed fan of the Canal House cookbooks. This series of individual, small and beautifully published volumes (now up to eight) is well-used in my home. Quite unexpectedly early last fall CANAL HOUSE COOKS EVERY DAY (Andrews McMeel Publishing; $45.00; ISBN: 978-1-4494-2147-2) arrived at my doorstep. Based on the popular Canal House Cooks Lunch blog by Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, this big, gorgeous volume is stuffed with about 250 recipes and 130 drool-worthy color photographs. I was so busy with the publication launch of <i>The Oregonian Cookbook</i>, that a review of this wonderful book, book which I looked at night after night, got delayed. I hope that you'll go directly to your nearest bookstore and grab this cookbook because food this attractive, simple and flavorful belongs in the repertoire of every home cook.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One recipe in particular kept calling to me. <i>Poached Chicken with Tarragon and Chive Mayonnaise</i> read and looked like simplicity itself. For this recipe, I even made my own mayonnaise, though the authors gave their blessing to the jarred stuff saying, "When we are in a hurry, we just doctor up good old Hellman's or Best Foods mayonnaise." This poached chicken is ideal for a summer lunch or dinner (I tried it on a warm August evening). My guests loved it, and it provided me with lunch the next day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Keeping it simple is a hallmark of Canal House cookbooks, so in addition to a really delicious recipe for <i>Deviled Eggs</i>, the authors offer <i>"Buttered" Eggs</i>, a splendid alternative. "We simply "butter" the cut sides of hard-boiled eggs with mayonnaise, arrange the eggs on a plate, and drizzle them with some good olive oil and a generous sprinkle of salt and pepper," they explain. "We often garnish them with something: chopped <i>Preserved Lemon</i> rind, or minced chives. Sometimes it's parsley, tarragon, or dill, or bacon thinly sliced ham, or chutney." It is this deliciously simple approach that makes the recipes so appealing. In summer, <i>Poached White Peaches in Lemon Verbena Syrup </i>look nearly too good to eat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With farmer's markets and better products, locally available, CANAL HOUSE COOKS EVERY DAY takes its cues for what to cook seasonally. And with Christopher Hirscheimer's extraordinarily fine photography, each ingredient or finished dish is captured at it's absolute peak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Pan-Fried Chicken Thighs with Little Zucchini</i> are a perfect example of the Canal House philosophy. There are only eight ingredients in this recipe, yet the technique of pan-frying chicken thighs, with only salt, pepper, some butter, a little fresh thyme, lemon juice and olive oil, deliver flavor with huge impact. Much of the same ingredients can be found in <i>Grilled Salmon</i>, except parsley changing places with thyme. <i>Bratwurst with Sauteed Caraway Cabbage</i> works for a busy work night meal. The <i>Apple Galette</i> would dress it up for company on a Saturday night. Fancier meals for holidays don't mean slaving for hours in the kitchen. <i>Roast Prime Rib of Beef </i>needs only salt and pepper. Little <i>Yorkshire Puddings</i> are the perfect accompaniment. End this superb meal with a <i>Ginger Spice Cake with Dried Cherries</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looking ahead to the post-holiday winter period of stews and braises, I came across a recipe for <i>Rabbit Stew </i>I am dying to make. Rabbit, button mushrooms, tomato paste, white wine, poultry stock, carrots, parsnips and peas, might be the right combination to help get over our collective ambivalence towards rabbit, which not only tastes good, but it lean and healthy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As pleasurable to read as to cook from, once again CANAL HOUSE COOKING is a big book to use over and over again.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Poached
Chicken with Tarragon & Chive Mayonnaise<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Serves 4–6</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">When we are
in a hurry, we just doctor up good old Hellmann’s or Best Foods mayonnaise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mayonnaise</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1 large egg
yolk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">¼ garlic
clove, minced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Juice of 1
lemon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">½ cup
canola oil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">½ cup good,
smooth, “buttery” olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">½ cup fresh
tarragon leaves, chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">½ cup
chopped chives, plus more for garnishing <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>For the
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chicken breast halves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1 onion,
peeled and quartered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1 rib
celery, halved<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1 bay leaf<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">For the
mayonnaise, whisk together the egg yolk, garlic, a pinch of salt, and about 2
tablespoons of the lemon juice in a medium bowl. Combine the oils in a
measuring cup with a spout. Whisking constantly, add the oil to the yolks about
1 teaspoon at a time. The sauce will thicken and emulsify. After you have added
about ¼ cup of the oil, continue to whisk and slowly drizzle in the remaining
oil. Season with salt and thin with as much of the remaining lemon juice as
suits your taste. Stir in the chopped tarragon and chives. Refrigerate until
ready to use.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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chicken, put the chicken, onions, celery, bay leaf, and a big pinch of salt in
a large pot with a lid and cover with water by 1 inch. Bring to a simmer over
medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to low. Cover and poach for 15–20 minutes.
Remove the chicken from the pot and put on a plate to cool. When the chicken
has cooled, remove the skin and bones. (Return the skin and bones to the pot
and continue to simmer the stock until it is rich and flavorful; strain the
stock and save for another use.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">To serve,
cut the chicken into generous-size pieces and arrange on a serving platter.
Spoon the mayonnaise on the chicken. Garnish with the chopped chives (and baby
arugula, if you like.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">From <i>Canal House Cooks Every Day </i>by Melissa
Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer,
Andrews McMeel Publishing 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My cookbook shelves are groaning with baking books. I've got a few large tomes on desserts, bread baking, to go with the many individual baking books from Maida Heatter (baking's doyenne of desserts), Nick Malgieri (a great baking teacher), Rose Levy Beranbaum (a baking genius), the glorious Dorie Greenspan, and many others. But <b>BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS BAKING: More than 350 recipes Plus Tips and Techniques </b>(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; $29.95; October 8, 2013; ISBN: 978-1-118-453261) arrived on my doorstep quite unexpectedly and with one look, I had a new baking crush for the season. In this big, gorgeously photographed, totally modern cookbook from trusted and well-established source, you'll not only get recipes for cakes, pies, cookies, and other desserts, but breads, rolls, focaccia, pizza dough and bread sticks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Right on the cover is my mother's favorite cookie--<i>Pecan Sandies</i>. This seemed to be her cookie because I don't recall my brothers or me eating them very much. She always had a bag of them close at hand. A couple of years ago, in one of those odd nostalgic moments, I bought a bag. They were okay, but not worth the calories. I baked a batch of this shortbread cookie and the smell infused my house with joy for the rest of the day. I swear the house still smelled of <i>Pecan</i> <i>Sandies</i> the next morning. They are a snap to make and are an elegant cookie to add to a dish of ice cream. There's even a chocolate variation on the same page. The book has a substantial cookie section. There are the classic cookies such as <i>Chocolate Chip</i> and a divine <i>Make-It-Mine Oatmeal Cookies</i>, which allows many variations of this classic such as Fat (pick one--I loved combining butter and peanut butter), Sugar (brown sugar or a combination of white and brown sugars or molasses or honey), Spice (cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, apple pie spice or ground allspice) Flavorings (vanilla, coconut flavoring, maple flavoring), Flour (white, wholewheat, with the additions of wheat bran or wheat germ) and Stir-ins (raisins or mixed dried bits, snipped dried apricots or tart red cherries, semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips, white baking pieces, butterscotch-flavor baking pieces, peanut butter-flavor baking pieces, flaked coconut, or chopped pecans, walnuts or other nuts). This is the kind of recipe to unleash your creative side, as long as you stay within the guidelines of the recipe. You can bake <i>Giant Ginger Cookies</i> (or <i>Make it Mini </i>variations) <i>Snickerdoodles,</i> <i>Lemon Walnut Biscotti</i>, or the latest French passion--<i>Double Almond Macarons</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bars are next with <i>Fudgy Saucepan Brownies</i>, <i>Make-It-Mine Blondies</i> (another recipe with lots of variations), <i>Four-Layer Caramel Crunch Nougat Brownies</i> (that photo made me weak in the knees), and numerous other brownie recipes, <i>Maple Nut Pie Bars,</i> <i>Lemon Bars Deluxe</i>, <i>Pumpkin Bars</i> and <i>Oatmeal Jam Bars</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The cake section begins simply enough with a <i>White Cake</i>, and moves on through <i>Chocolate Cake</i> and <i>Red Velvet Cake, Classic Carrot Cake, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake,</i> and becomes more elaborate with<i> </i>Triple-Citrus Pound Cake<i>, Hazelnut-Pear Torte with Dulce de Leche Filling</i>. The decorated cakes section is anchored with a <i>Make-It-Mine Birthday Cake </i>with lots of customized variations. Some are very clever, such as the <i>Cheeseburger Ice Cream Cake</i> or a <i>Spiderweb Cake</i>. Classic <i>Apple Pie </i>launches the pies and tarts chapter, and you can have it with a <i>Make-It-Mine Streusel Pie</i> with its myriad choices (fruit fillings, crusts, spices, textures, and toppings). <i>Shaker-Style Meyer Lemon Pie</i>, may tempt you away from a <i>Classic Pumpkin Pie</i>, or a <i>Mallow-Praline Sweet Potato Pie</i>. There are lots of tart choices from a <i>Rustic Chocolate Tart</i> or a <i>Country Peach Tart</i> to a <i>Double-Coconut and Pineapple Cream Tart</i> and a <i>Key-Lime Tart</i>. For sheer sophistication, my money is on a<i> Salted Almond Praline Tart</i>. Become master of cheesecakes with no less than seventeen from <i>Classic New York-Style Cheesecake</i> to increasingly ambitious entries such as <i>Blueberry-Topped Lemon Cheesecake,</i> <i>Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cheesecake,</i> <i>Maple-Mascarpone</i> <i>Cheesecake</i>, and Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake with Sugared Pepitas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The desserts section covers cobblers (<i>Granny Smith Cobbler with White Cheddar Biscuits</i> or <i>Cherry Cobbler with White Chocolate-Almond Biscuits</i>), <i>Chocolate-Walnut Bread Pudding with Coffee-Kahlua Cream Sauce, Toffee-Pear Sticky Pudding, Brownie Pudding Cake</i>, and <i>Hot Cocoa Souffle with Coffee Ice Cream</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The bread section is worth the price of admission. I'm dying to make <i>Make-It-Mine Artisan Bread, </i>a no-knead beauty with options for various types of salts, stir-ins, and flours. A <i>Mock Sourdough Bread </i>dispenses with the need for a sour-dough starter, and a <i>Whole Grain Caramelized Onion and Kale Bread </i>is packed with good things. Quick breads, coffee cakes, breakfast sweet breads, Danish, doughnuts, and muffins provide warmth, while the "Coffee Shop" chapter will answer the question: homemade or store-bought? There are holiday treats and other special occasion recipes, all adding up to a substantial cookbook you will be baking from for years to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm selecting the <i>Vanilla-Scented Orange Cheesecake</i> because orange in cheesecake is a favorite flavor marriage. Clear instructions that keep you on track, beautiful photography, and of course, the Better Homes and Gardens brand, all add up to the kind of baking excellence we all aspire to. With Christmas just around the corner, it's time to get baking. <b>BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS BAKING</b> will take good care of your baking needs throughout the whole year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Vanilla-Scented Orange Cheesecake</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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prep: 40 minutes<o:p></o:p></div>
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bake: 45 minutes at 375°F<o:p></o:p></div>
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chill: 4 hours to overnight<o:p></o:p></div>
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2 8-ounce packages cream cheese<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 8-ounce carton sour cream<o:p></o:p></div>
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4 eggs<o:p></o:p></div>
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11/2 cups finely crushed chocolate graham crackers or
chocolate wafer cookies<o:p></o:p></div>
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1/4 cup finely chopped pecans<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 tablespoon sugar<o:p></o:p></div>
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1/2 cup butter, melted<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise, or 1 teaspoon vanilla bean
paste<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 cup sugar<o:p></o:p></div>
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3 tablespoons all-purpose flour<o:p></o:p></div>
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1/2 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel <o:p></o:p></div>
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Few drops orange food coloring<o:p></o:p></div>
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1/2 cup orange marmalade<o:p></o:p></div>
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1. Allow cream cheese, sour cream, and eggs to stand at room
temperature for 30 minutes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Meanwhile, for crust, in a medium bowl combine crushed
graham crackers, pecans, and 1 tablespoon sugar. Stir in melted butter. Press
mixture onto the bottom and about 2 inches up the sides of an 8- or 9-inch
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beat cream cheese, sour cream, the 1 cup sugar, and the flour with an electric
mixer on medium to high speed until combined. Using a fork, lightly beat eggs.
Add eggs to cream cheese mixture, beating just until combined. Divide batter in
half. Stir orange peel and food coloring into half of the batter. Stir vanilla
seeds or vanilla bean paste into the remaining batter.<o:p></o:p></div>
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6. Spoon marmalade over top of cheesecake; carefully spread
to outside edge. Cover and chill for at least 4 hours or overnight before
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per serving: 431 cal., 28 g fat (15 g sat. fat), 134 mg
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Reprinted with permission from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt from Baking by the editors at Better Homes and Gardens. Photographs by Better Homes and Gardens, Blaine Moats, Jason Donnelly, and Kritsada Panichgul. Copyright 2013.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332004826858722559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636052745097099039.post-44926658158542205552013-10-22T15:13:00.000-07:002013-10-22T15:15:06.484-07:00THE GRAND CENTRAL OYSTER BAR AND RESTAURANT CELEBRATES ITS CENTENARY WITH AN EQUALLY GRAND COOKBOOK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I first arrived in New York in the early 70s, the fabled Grand Central Oyster Bar and Restaurant had become a has-been, and like Grand Central Station itself, a relic of a more gilded age. In fact, New York City was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. The city's fabled brownstone townhouses were cheap. Jobs were evaporating. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and an army of saviors, however, refused to let Grand Central disappear, which is what happened to the architecturally significant Madison Square Garden station. Grand Central's Beaux Arts structure became a cultural and historical landmark and was restored to the praise of architecture critics, and the hundreds of thousands of visitors and commuters who passed through it daily on their way to work from their suburban homes. At the same time, the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority made the decision to restore The Grand Central Oyster Bar and Restaurant to its former glory and chose James Brody, a restaurant executive whose career included the restoration or launching of some of the city's most legendary restaurants (such as The Four Seasons, The Forum of the Twelve Caesars, Gallagher's, Mama Leonie's, and the Rainbow Room), to bring it alive again. The Grand Central Oyster Bar and Restaurant quickly regained its place at the center of Manhattan's restaurant life and has never looked back--still packing them in nearly forty years after rising like a Phoenix from the ashes,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Commemorating the 100th anniversary of its 1913 opening is<b> THE GRAND CENTRAL OYSTER BAR AND RESTAURANT COOKBOOK</b> (Stewart, Tabori and Chang; October 15, 2013; $35.00; ISBN: 978-1-61769-061-7) Here is that rare restaurant cookbook that works for the home cook (though its handsome packaging will require careful use). Written by Sandy Ingber, executive chef of the restaurant, and Roy Finamore, a leading cookbook author, editor and photography stylist, the book's retains classic seafood recipes that established its reputation with new favorites that enhance the freshness and great taste of seafood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think most will agree that seafood tastes best when it is cooked simply and not smothered with lots of ingredients or encumbered with complicated cooking techniques. After all, the restaurant became famous for its <i>Oysters Rockefeller</i>, stews and pan roasts, fried and broiled seafood and a wide variety of oysters from around the world. This book lists eleven pages of 253 different types of oysters (along with their sources, sizes and flavors) that have been featured on the Grand Central Oyster Bar menu. Oyster Stew has been on the menu since the restaurant opened. Keeping it classic and contemporary while maintaining the simple integrity of the seafood, each chapter in <b>THE GRAND CENTRAL OYSTER BAR AND RESTAURANT COOKBOOK</b> covers all the bases. Highlights include:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Starters:</b> From <i>Long Island Steamers with Drawn Butter</i> and <i>Bloody Marty Oyster Shooters</i> to <i>Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail</i> and <i>Caviar Sandwich</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fried Seafood:</b> <i>Fried Ipswich Whole Belly Clams with Tarter Sauce, Fried Calamari with Marinara Sauce, Lemon Sole Goujonettes</i> and <i>Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes with Baltimore Red Sauce</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sandwiches:</b> <i>Crabmeat Salad Sandwich, Maine Lobster Roll with Cole Slaw, Soft-Shell Crab Sandwich with Tartar Sauce and Lettuce</i>, and <i>Smoked Salmon Sandwich with Capers and Dill Butter</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cold Buffet:</b> <i>Cold Poached Whole Maine Lobsters with Lemon-Dill Mayonnaise and French Bean Salad, Shrimp and Crabmeat Caesar Salad</i> and <i>Cold Poached Salmon with Cucumber Dill Salad and Sauce Verte</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Soups, Stews and Pan Roasts:</b> <i>New England Clam Chowder, Manhattan Clam Chowder, Gazpacho with Maine Lobster and Corn, Oyster Stew</i> and <i>Oyster Pan Roast</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Today's Catch:</b> <i>Dover Sole Meuniere, Broiled Brook Trout Amandine</i>, and <i>Shad Fillet and Roe Combo, Tomato and Bacon</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Main Dish Specials:</b> <i>Seared Extra-Large Sea Scallops with Sweet Pink Peppercorn Sauce, Blackened Montauk Swordfish Steaks with Spiced Pecans</i> and <i>Baja-Style Fish Tacos with Southwestern Slaw, Chipotle Pico De Gallo, and Mexican Crema</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The dessert chapter doesn't get fancy either, just excellent recipes for the restaurant's favorite sweets, including <i>Vanilla and Chocolate Ice Creams, New York Cheesecake, Rice Pudding</i> and <i>Old-Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is also an excellent chapter on Sides, Butters and Sauces. I was glad to have a recipes for <i>Wasabi Mayonnaise </i>and <i>Creole Remoulade</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The book features lots of vintage photos along with the many color photos of finished dishes. The large format book lays down perfectly and is easy to cook from as long you protect it from kitchen mishaps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most restaurants celebrating their 100th anniversary have stood the test of time and there are few in that elite club. The Grand Central Oyster Bar and Restaurant actually closed about the halfway point in its storied history. Today it is a destination, visited by tourists, its regulars, and plays hosts to hundreds of domestic and business celebrations year round. <b>THE GRAND CENTRAL OYSTER BAR AND RESTAURANT COOKBOOK</b> extends this fabled brand to those of us not close enough to enjoy as New Yorkers do. Here is one restaurant book that you can cook from at home. All you need is impeccably fresh seafood. The recipes take care of the rest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Oyster Pan Roast, one of Grand Central Oyster Bar and Restaurant's most celebrated</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>dishes, has been on the menu for nearly a century. </b></span></div>
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<b>Oyster Pan Roast<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Serves 1<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>In his book
Arthur Schwartz’s New York City Food, food maven Arthur Schwartz says that the
“Pan Roast of oysters and clams [is] among the oldest dishes still served in
New York, dating from the first decade of the twentieth century, when Heinz
ketchup and chili sauce were new, cutting edge ingredients.”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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¼ cup clam juice<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 tablespoon unsalted butter<o:p></o:p></div>
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½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce<o:p></o:p></div>
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¼ teaspoon celery salt<o:p></o:p></div>
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¼ teaspoon sweet Hungarian paprika, plus additional for
garnish<o:p></o:p></div>
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6 extra-select or large East Coast oysters, shucked,
with their liquor<o:p></o:p></div>
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3 tablespoons Heinz chili sauce<o:p></o:p></div>
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2 cups half-and-half<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 slice white bread, toasted<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oyster crackers for serving<o:p></o:p></div>
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Put the clam juice, butter, Worcestershire, celery salt,
and paprika in a medium heavy saucepan over high heat. When the butter melts,
add the oysters and their liquor and cook, stirring, until the oysters become
plump and the edges begin to ruffle, about 45 seconds. Stir in the chili sauce
and half-and-half and cook, stirring often, until it is just coming to a boil,
about 3 minutes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Put the toast into a warmed soup plate and pour in the
pan roast. Garnish with a shake of paprika and serve immediately, with oyster
crackers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Variations for
Stews and Pan Roasts<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Cherrystone
Clam Pan Roast<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Substitute 5 or 6 cherrystone clams for the oysters.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Ipswich Clam
Pan Roast<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Substitute 3 ounces (about ⅓ cup) Ipswich clams for the
oysters.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Shrimp Pan
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Substitute 6 peeled and deveined shrimp (26–30s) for the
oysters.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Lobster Pan
Roast<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Substitute 3 ounces cooked lobster meat for the oysters.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Sea Scallop
Pan Roast<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I recently received two
very attractive cookbooks originally published by Hardie Grant, an Australian
publisher, which have been recently release in the United States through
Rizzoli New York. <b>GREAT PUB FOOD: Make Home Your New Local</b> by
Rachael Lane (paperback w/flaps; $24.95; ISBN: 978-174270451-7) and <b>LE PETIT
PARIS: French Finger Food</b> by Nathalie Benezet ($19.95; 978-1742705965) have
many fine recipes in them, but they are undermined by in the case of the
former, some odd recipes that wouldn't quite qualify them as pub grub in the
United States, and one giant boo-boo on the cover of the latter. Let me
get that out of the way first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tasty-looking cake on
the cover of <b>LE PETIT PARIS</b> is
called a Canelé, which Wikipedia describes as “a French pastry with a soft and
tender custard center and a dark, thick caramelized crust.” It’s distinctive
shape—“a small, striated cylinder approximately two inches in height, is a
specialty of the Bordeaux region of France.” Canelé are a relative novelty to
the U.S., though I saw them on display in many pâstisserie shops in Paris this
past April. Recipes are very hard to find (probably because you need special
molds to bake them in), and I thumbed through many cookbooks in my library of
nearly 1,000 volumes, and could only find one recipe. They are not mentioned in
Julia Child’s cookbooks, nor in Madeleine Kamen’s encyclopedic <i>The New Making of a Cook</i> and not in the
baking books of Dorie Greenspan, Maida Heatter, Nick Malgieri and others. I am going on at length here because there is
no recipe for a Canelé in LE PETIT PARIS. So why is there a photo of one on the
cover of the book? Wouldn’t it have made
more sense to use one of the photographed recipes inside? It's a pity as my cookbook collection clearly proved, we're in need recipes for this pastry. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Taking a closer look at <b>LE PETIT
PARIS</b> brought out the sourpuss in me. Who among us is going to make very small <i>Foie Gras Burgers</i>, using hamburger buns made from
scratch? The recipe for classic <i>Celeriac
Remoulade</i> is served on tiny plates. It is a common-enough recipe (as are
all of the recipes here) that appears in many books—French or otherwise. But
the height of absurdity is a recipe for <i>Crème
Brûlée</i>, which is served on small spoons, sprinkled with brown sugar and
blow-torched to a candied glaze! That’s right, folks—one bite for all this
effort. This is the sort of thing you might find charming in a little pâtisserie,
but a pain in the neck at home. That doesn't mean the recipes are bad, but aside from those of who prefer little plates, what is the point? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>GREAT PUB FOOD</b>
is more Australian gastro-pub and than American pub and quite a bit of this
kind of cooking is probably not available in your neighborhood pub—but then
again, your pub food probably wouldn’t translate well in Australia. Still I
don’t anticipate making <i>Greek Lamb and
Haloumi Burgers</i> (Haloumi requires a special trip to your specialty cheese
store—it’s not widely available). Nor am I a big exponent of deep frying at
home, so while I would be delighted to encounter Tempura Fish Burgers with
Wasabi Mayo at a restaurant, I’m not smelling up my house doing this at home.
Getting rid of the used oil always drives me nuts anyway. There is a nice selection of
British-style pies—<i>Steak and Mushroom</i>,
<i>Beef and Guiness</i>, and <i>Vegie Curry</i> all sound interesting. The <i>Smoked Fish Pie</i> was an irksome recipe
because the fish it calls for are not available here (what the heck are Blue
Eye or Trevally?). At least suggest alternatives.
I’m not being jingoistic. Most home cooks are going to see those ingredients
and move on. There’s a main course chapter that features food I associate with ethnic or more upscale restaurant dining. <i>Steak Diane</i> is pure bistro—even old-school Continental cooking. <i>Eggplant Parmigiana</i> and <i>Chicken Parmigiana</i> and <i>Ricotta and Spinach Cannelloni</i> come
from traditional Italian red-sauce joints, while <i>Chicken Kiev, Beef Wellington, Veal Saltimbocca, Mushroom Risotto</i>,
and <i>Maple and Mustard-Glazed Pork Cutlets
with Roasted Apple Sauce</i>, belong more to the higher-end gastro-pub. The
next chapter’s fare from <i>Buttermilk Fried
Chicken with Chipotle Mayonnaise, Prawn and Chorizo Paella, Rabbit Cacciatore</i>
to <i>Moroccan Spiced Lamb Shanks with Date
and Roasted Almond Couscous</i> and <i>Osso
Bucco</i>, are simply not pub food at all.
So much of this food is very sophisticated. I love <i>Fattoush</i>, a Lebanese salad of stale, toasted pita with tomatoes,
cucumbers, onions, and other vegetables, feta and a dressing of lemon, sumac
and garlic. But it’s hardly pub food. Even desserts are primarily from Down
Under or across the pond: <i>Chocolate Stout Puddings</i>, <i>Lime Delicious</i>, <i>Sticky Date Pudding</i>, <i>Bakewell
Tart</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Was <b>GREAT PUB FOOD</b> originally intended for the American market? Not sure. Maybe an editor decided to try because there are both metric and liquid and solid measurements
used here). There is no Introduction from the author to establish the point of
her concept, and none of the recipes have headers which could have explained
her choices as pub food, or their appeal to her. In the end, the book didn’t work for me. We
certainly have more sophisticated pubs that go well beyond serving a solid
burger or pile of nachos. Here in south east Portland, Oregon, we need only to look at Sunshine Tavern to see a neighborhood
restaurant that serves sophisticated, well-made food. I guess I’d rather have a
pub cookbook featuring recipes that reflect what I can easily find locally. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">I don't know about you, but
I hate spending money on crackers. They're so expensive! But before you write
me off as a cheapskate, Ivy Manning perfectly articulates the problem in her clever and
tasty new </span><b style="font-size: 16pt;">CRACKERS AND DIPS*: More Than 50 Handmade Snacks</b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">
(Chronicle Books: $19.95; ISBN: 978-1-4521-0950-3). "The average box of
crackers can cost as much as a good cheese, but turn that box around and look
at the ingredients list, and you'll find they're all made with the same simple,
inexpensive ingredients: flour, oil, and salt." How right Ivy is. In this her third cookbook, the Portland, Oregon-based food writer has given us a terrific collection of crackers that go
with anything you want to put on them, and has thoughtfully added a group of her favorite "dips, spreads, and schemers" to give your homemade
crackers the adornment they deserve." There are no preservatives,
increased fat, sodium, and sugar in these crackers and every recipe is well
within the skills of the average home cook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">*Familiar
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">*Healthful
snacks and wheat-free crackers, i.e., </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">Spelt Pretzel Rounds</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> and </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">Seeded
Quinoa Crackers</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">*Crackers
that can be made in minutes--<i>Frico with Basil</i> and <i>Pappadams Three
Ways and Perfect </i></span><i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Crostini</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">*Dessert
crackers for the sweet tooth--<i>Animal Crackers with Zesty Lemon Frosting</i>,
<i>Rosemary </i></span><i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Graham Crackers with S'Mores Accoutrements</span></i><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> and <i>Cinnamon Pistachio Baklava Crisps</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">There is an equal
specialness to the dips, spreads, and schemers. <i>Fresh Artichoke Dip</i>,
<i>Smoked Salmon Crème Fraîche Dip</i>, and <i>Wasabi Edamame Schmear</i>,
would be three nice new additions to your snack or cocktail fare. Ivy says the <i>Bacon
and Caramelized Onion Jam</i> "yields enough jam to share." Yeah
sure--like I'm going to part with this fabulous recipe. Make your own!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">Take <b>CRACKERS AND DIPS</b> with you when you're next in need of a creative hostess gift for your favorite cook. It is
handsomely bound in a textured hardcover with Jennifer Altman's distinctive
photographs, and is my favorite single-subject cookbook of the year. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>“Everything”
Flatbread Crackers </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt;">My favorite morning treat is an “everything”
bagel festooned with onion, garlic, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, and caraway; I’m
hooked on their intriguing mix of flavors and textures. These elegant little
crackers are an homage to those bagels, with all the delicious bagel
decorations parked on top of flaky, tangy crackers made with crème fraîche. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Everything” Flatbread Crackers are great
smeared with any creamy dip: the Cervelle de Canut (page 119) and the Smoked
Salmon Crème FraÎche Dip (page 118) come immediately to mind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">MAKES 24
CRACKERS <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 tbsp fried
shallots or dried onion flakes <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 tsp dried
minced garlic <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 tsp sesame
seeds <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 tsp poppy
seeds <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 tsp
caraway seeds <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 tsp sel
gris, or other granular sea salt <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 cups/255 g
unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 tsp light
brown sugar <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1/2 tsp
baking soda <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1/2 tsp fine
sea salt <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1/4 cup/60
ml crème fraîche, or sour cream <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2 tbsp
extra-virgin olive oil <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6 tbsp/90 ml
water <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1 egg beaten
with 1 tbsp water <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt;">Preheat the
oven to 350°F/180°C/ gas 4. Line two baking sheets with silicone baking mats or
parchment paper. In a small bowl, combine the shallots, garlic, sesame seeds,
poppy seeds, caraway seeds, and sel gris; set aside. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In a food processor or large bowl, combine
the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and fine sea salt and pulse or whisk to
combine. In a small bowl, whisk together the crème fraîche, olive oil, and
water. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and pulse or stir with a
wooden spoon until the dough comes together. Knead the dough by hand on a
lightly floured surface until smooth, about 10 strokes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Divide the
dough into two balls, cover with plastic wrap, and let the dough rest for 30
minutes. Pat one ball into a small rectangle and roll it out on a lightly
floured surface until the dough is </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Gothic"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">⅟₁₆</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> in/2 mm thick, picking up the dough occasionally and rotating it
to make sure it’s not sticking to the work surface. Alternatively, use a pasta
maker following the method on page 13 until the dough is </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "MS Gothic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Gothic"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">⅟₁₆</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> in/2 mm thick, the number 5 setting on most machines. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Using a
pastry wheel or pizza cutter, trim any irregular edges (save the scraps). Cut
the dough into rectangles measuring 2 by 4 in/5 by 10 cm and transfer them to
the baking sheet, spacing them very close together. Repeat the rolling and
cutting process with the remaining ball of dough and scraps, using a second
baking sheet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt;">Brush the
crackers lightly with the beaten egg and sprinkle them with the shallot
mixture. Using a flat-bottomed measuring cup, gently tamp down the toppings
into the dough to adhere. Prick each cracker 4 or 5 times with a fork or comb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt;">Bake until the crackers are golden brown and crisp, 15 minutes, rotating the baking sheets once from top to bottom and from back to front while baking. Cool on racks and store in an airtight container for up to 5 days. </span></div>
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I've recently gotten back to my blog. Working on the creation of <i>The Oregonian Cookbook</i> put me out of the habit of writing about other cookbooks and I've been really rusty of late. Some great cookbooks got overlooked, and one of them is my good buddy Diane Rossen Worthington's <b>SERIOUSLY SIMPLE PARTIES</b>, published last fall. My bad--but I'm hoping you'll notice that we're entering the biggest time of year for parties. If any one planner/organizer/blueprint/elf-on-your-shoulder-cookbook can get you through the rigorous party, from simple to the elaborate, this cookbook takes care of every contingency.<br />
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As far as entertaining is concerned, Diane is not about stress at all, which is why she created her <i>Seriously Simple </i>series. The latest in this expanding library is <b>SERIOUSLY SIMPLE PARTIES: Recipes, Menus and Advice for Effortless Entertaining </b>(Chronicle Books; $24.95; ISBN: 978-0-8118-7257-7). Like <i>Seriously Simple</i> and <i>Seriously Simple Holidays</i>, this new cookbook is meant "show you how to pull together a festive meal for a small or large group that is tasty and beautifully presented, but doesn't require hours of preparation." Diane's formula really is seriously simple and if you plan any type of social event with food from a sit-down dinner, a family-style event, a buffet or potluck gathering to an outdoor party, Diane provides attainable solutions.<br />
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Once you've decided what kind of event you'll want to host, follow the <b>SERIOUSLY SIMPLE PARTIES</b> blueprint: choose your menu; select your beverages; check and replenish your pantry; make those lists; prep your kitchen a week or two before the party. "The Seriously Simple Party Pantry is all about having straightforward, uncomplicated ingredients on hand that can make a bold impact," writes Diane. "Even when you are putting together only a few simple dishes for an impromptu get-together." From syrups, broths, flour, pastas and marinades to olive oils, preserved meats, soy sauce, sugar, vanilla extract and various vinegars, here is everything you'll need to have on hand. With that out of the way, Diane gives advice on the kinds of plates, glasses, linens, serving pieces, and lots of other important details that count. Stocking the bar is essential to ensure a successful event--the more done in advance, the less anxiety in the execution. <br />
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There are twenty four menus in <b>SERIOUSLY SIMPLE PARTIES</b> with helpful sidebars on such things as crudités, doubling recipes, or serving cheese, with mix and match menus for other events such as birthday parties, a vegetarian dinner, a seafood menu for six, a birthday shower or luncheon or a dessert party for twelve or twenty-four. Then there are Diane's <i>Seriously Simple</i> recipes. Today's artisanal cocktails often mean having way too much going on in the glass. The <i>Red Carpet Cocktail</i> has three ingredients and it's delicious. The <i>Mini-Corn and Crab Cakes with Grilled Tomato Aioli,</i> pair beautifully here. Or in season how about the <i>Prosciutto-Wrapped Figs with Burrata, Port and Balsamic Syrup</i>? <i>Cucumber, Pea and Mint Soup</i> served in cups, is a good choice for a buffet. Diane's entrees always include a spectacular baked pasta dish, and this time, it's <i>Baked Greek Pasta, </i>which features lamb, eggplant, red wine, and the fragrant addition of cinnamon. <i>Oven-Baked Paella</i>, means no last-minute stirring on top of the stove. A <i>Butterflied Dry-Brine Turkey with Maple Butter </i>is a tenderizing way to ensure moist breast meat with crisp skin. <i>Grilled Tri-Tip of Beef with Herb Rub</i>, will feed a crowd for a barbecue. The cold leftovers are just as delicious.<br />
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Most of the recipes come with <i>party prep</i>--savvy advice, such as when to prepare a recipe--even if it requires advance multiple steps, how to store, etc. As in all of Diane's <i>Seriously Simple</i> cookbooks, many of the recipes also feature "The Clever Cook Could," tricks which are loaded with ingredient substitutions, advice on doubling the amount of a recipe, ideas for ingredients that enhance a basic recipe, serving hints, or tasty accompaniments, as well as presentation tips.<br />
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There is section on lighter entrees, which make for more casual events. Side-dishes, such as <i>Israeli Couscous with Caramelized Leeks, Carrots and Zucchini </i>and <i>Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Winter Squash</i>, offer fresh ideas for this category. For a party finale, every good host needs a grand chocolate cake in their rep, and Diane has found it with the <i>Mocha Celebration Cake</i>. The cake and the frosting are easy to prepare and make a stunning presentation. Basics such as <i>Roasted Tomato Jam</i>, <i>Romsesco Sauce</i>, and <i>Seriously Simple Seasoning Salt </i>make excellent pantry staples.<br />
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<b>SERIOUSLY SIMPLE PARTIES</b> ought be the go-to guide we all need to make our fantasies of entertaining a reality this season.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Light;">My dear friend Denny Luria shared
this recipe with me, and now it has become our family tradition for many
celebrations. This cake consists of one large round layer, which makes it easy
to frost and serve. It looks beautiful sitting on a large cake platter. I have
also served it for summer buffet luncheons and at dessert parties. You will
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">/</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4 </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">cup
baker’s or ultrafine sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">/</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4 </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">cup
whipping cream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">5 ounces good-quality unsweetened
chocolate, cut into pieces<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">/</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4 </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">cup
strong coffee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut
into small cubes and chilled<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Light;"><b>Cake</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">2 cups all-purpose flour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">1 teaspoon baking powder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">1 teaspoon baking soda<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">/</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4 </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">teaspoon
salt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">1 cup plus 3 tablespoons good quality
unsweetened cocoa powder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">1 cup boiling coffee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">3 large eggs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">2 cups baker’s or ultrafine sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">1 </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">/</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2 </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">sticks
(</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">/</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4 </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">1 cup buttermilk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Medium;">Chocolate-covered espresso beans
for garnish<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Light;">1. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">To make the ganache frosting: Combine
the sugar and cream in a large<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">saucepan over medium-high heat, stir
to combine, and bring to a boil. Reduce<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">the heat to medium-low and simmer for
3 minutes. Remove from the heat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">Add the chocolate, coffee, vanilla,
and butter and blend together, stirring<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">constantly until the chocolate and
butter are completely melted. Let cool<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">and then cover. Refrigerate until the
frosting has thickened, at least 1 hour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Light;">2. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">To make the cake: Preheat the oven to
350°F. Grease and flour a 12-inch round<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">cake pan. Line the edges of a 14-inch
round platter with 3-inch-wide strips of wax<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">paper, which you will remove after
frosting the cake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Light;">3. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">Sift the flour, baking powder, baking
soda, and salt into a medium bowl. Sift the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">cocoa into a small bowl so it has no lumps, and then transfer to
a heat-proof 2-cup measuring cup. Pour the boiling coffee over the cocoa and
stir to dissolve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Light;">4. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">In the bowl of an electric mixer,
combine the eggs and sugar and beat on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">medium speed until the sugar is
dissolved, about 2 minutes. Add the butter and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">beat for another 1 minute, until
blended. Add the buttermilk and vanilla and blend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">again for 1 minute. Add the cocoa
mixture and beat until incorporated and no streaks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">remain, about 1 minute. Add the flour
mixture and mix until blended, about 1 minute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Light;">5. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">Pour the batter into the prepared
cake pan and bake for about 40 minutes, or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">until a cake tester comes out clean.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Light;">6. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">Let the cake cool completely in the
pan on a rack and then invert it onto the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">serving platter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Light;">7. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">With a metal spatula, frost the top
and sides of the cake very thickly with half<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">of the ganache frosting. Let sit for
10 minutes to firm up, and then frost with the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">remaining ganache. Remove the strips
of wax paper and use a damp paper towel to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">remove any excess frosting from the
platter. Let the frosting set. Arrange a pretty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">design of chocolate espresso beans on
the cake, and serve at room temperature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Raleway-Thin;"><b>Party prep:</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">The cake may be prepared up to 1 day
ahead, loosely covered, and left at room<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;">temperature.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Whitney-Book;"><br /></span></div>
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Every once in a while, a cookbook comes along that just strikes you as something you've needed for a very long time. <b>THE KITCHEN PANTRY COOKBOOK: Make Your Own Condiments and Essentials</b> (Quarry Books; July 2013; ISBN: 978-1-59253-843-0) arrived on my doorstep at the perfect moment. My garden is raining tomatoes, and I have been so wanting to make my own homemade red wine vinegar. Erin Coopey, a chef, writer and food photographer based in Seattle, has created an excellent collection of recipes for all kinds of condiments, nut butters and spreads, ketchup and mustards, salad dressings, stocks, relishes and refrigerator pickles, and chips, dips and dunks.<br />
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Sure you can buy most of these condiments and our refrigerators are stuffed to overflowing with commercially processed mustard's, ketchup's, barbecue, Worcestershire, cocktail, and steak sauces, lemon curds, bottled salad dressings, relishes, pickles, salsas and hummus. But so many of them are really easy to make, if you know how. Homemade tastes better--I guarantee it, and is lot healthier too. In this attractive and well-photographed cookbook, Chef Coopey tells you how.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Homemade vinegar from THE KITCHEN PANTRY COOKBOOK aging in a dark and warm space</span></b></div>
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I tried to make red wine vinegar without a "mother" when I first moved to my Portland home four years ago. I followed instructions perfectly, but it never became vinegar, and after six months of looking at the wine, which refused to ferment, I tossed it out. I purchased a mother (from a local store specializing in canning supplies), and I hope to have my own vinegar in a few short months. It's time to make pickles, and the recipe for <i>Nell's Mustard Pickles </i>looks so easy. So does the <i>Corn Relish</i>, which I will make this weekend. I like the idea of making my own mayonnaise for special occasions and instead of having a lot of unused <i>Mayonnaise</i>, Chef Coopey's version makes one cup. Whatever isn't used, can serve as the basis for her excellent <i>Tarter Sauce</i>, which is vastly superior to any commercial version. There are seven different recipes for mustard, and homemade <i>Ketchup</i> is made vibrant with cinnamon, cloves, allspice and black pepper and dispenses entirely with corn syrup that is found in its commercial alternative. While it has a shorter shelf life, you'll want to have it on hand for those backyard barbecue socials featuring your favorite burgers.<br />
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In our time-stressed lives, we all rely on canned and cartoned meat and vegetable broths for cooking. But stocks from scratch are full of flavor. The chapter on stocks, including flavor boosters such as <i>Chicken </i>and <i>Beef Glace</i> is very well organized and clearly written.<br />
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Finally, salsas and dips have a fresher taste and appeal than those bought at your local supermarket. <i>French Onion Dip</i>, <i>Scallion Dip</i>, <i>Herb Dip</i>, <i>Blue Cheese Dip</i> and <i>Clam Dip</i>, were created to be scooped up with <i>Homemade Potato Chips</i>, <i>Sweet Potato Chips</i>, <i>Root Vegetable Chips</i>, and <i>Pita Chips</i>--all of them are included here. There are <i>Tomatilla</i> and <i>Roasted Tomato Salsas</i>, along with Middle Easter favorites, such as <i>Hummus</i>, <i>Baba Ghanoush</i> and <i>Moroccan-Spiced Bean Dip</i>.<br />
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Nearly every recipe has it's own gorgeous color photo, and the flexible binding of the book makes it easy to lay opened. In fact this highly attractive cookbook would make a very fine hostess gift.<br />
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I have a section of my extensive cookbook collection for favorite cookbooks I use all the time. This new volume will now join that elite group. Everybody love condiments, and <b>THE KITCHEN PANTRY COOKBOOK</b> is the perfect and practical guide to the category.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Easy Relishes and Pickles from THE KITCHEN PANTRY COOKBOOK</span></b></div>
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<span class="A4"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Place the cucumbers, red pepper, and onion into a
food processor and pulse until the vegetables are evenly chopped and a fine
relish consistency. For a coarser consistency, you can dice the vegetables
small by hand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="A4"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In a medium-size nonreactive mixing bowl, combine
the finely chopped vegetables, salt, and boiling water. Let stand for 1 hour.
Drain well before using.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="A4"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Place the drained vegetables and remaining
ingredients in a medium-size, nonreactive saucepan. Bring to a boil over high
heat and then lower the heat and simmer, uncovered, until the mixture is
thickened and most of the liquid has evaporated, about 20 to 30 minutes. Stir
occasionally. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="A4"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When the relish has finished cooking, transfer it
into a sterilized pint (475 ml) jar,</span></span><span class="A4"><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Mrs Eaves Italic"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></i></span><span class="A4"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">refrigerate
until cool, and then cover. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="A4"><b><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Note:
</span></i></b></span><span class="A4"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For a true sweet pickle relish consistency, I prefer to chop by hand,
but using the food processor definitely saves time</span></span><!--EndFragment-->
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<span class="A4"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="A4"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>Recipe courtesy of Quarry Books</i></span></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I had a blast reading <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RESTAURANT
MAN</b> (Viking; $27.95), Joe Bastianich’s raucous, deeply personal and entertaining
memoir of growing up in the family business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The son of successful restaurateurs, Lidia and Felice Bastianich, young
Joe grew up as an entitled punk in Queens, New York. While his parents were
running their first restaurant in Queens, and later as Lidia launched her own
fabled restaurant and publishing success in Manhattan, young Joe was avoiding
the family business, eventually going to college and landing a job on Wall
Street. Unhappy in the world of investment banking, went to Italy instead and
learned about food and especially Italian wine. It was Italian wine in
particular (he owns his own vineyards in Italy, where he makes excellent
wines) that drew Joe back to the family business. When he returned to New
York, Joe was ready to open his own restaurant. Becco, was his first venture,
and in partnership with his mother, Becco became a success, a great deal of that success was the Becco wine list, with all of the very drinkable wines priced at an affordable $15 a bottle. Bastianich would innovate the concept of wines in his restaurants for the rest of his career. In a few short
years, Joe and Mario Batali, then a hot young chef with his own restaurant and
a TV show on the Food Network, teamed up to create Babbo, their brilliantly successful
Greenwich Village modern Italian restaurant. It would be the start of a
fabulous partnership with a string of legendary restaurants in New York City,
Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Eataly, a multi-million-dollar Italian culinary
retail and restaurant enterprise in the heart of Manhattan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>RESTAURANT MAN</b> has often been compared to Anthony Bourdain’s
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kitchen Confidential</i>, and the similarities
are apt. Joe curses and struts up a storm like a sweaty stevedore but above all he is very funny. Some have been put off by the crude language, the confidence, swagger and style he employs to tell his story. The restaurant business is a rough and tumble world and Joe gives it all the color it deserves. He captures all the magic, hard work and the headaches that go with
running an incredibly detailed restaurant empire with a portfolio of
multi-starred, critically acclaimed businesses that are the envy of the
restaurant world. Joe also settles scores with grandstanding food critics,
greedy landlords, and business associations that went bad. He’s been criticized
for his salty language and the score settling he indulges in this book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More power to him. We have all worked with
people we didn’t like or found to be dishonest, or worse, mean-spirited. Getting
even always feels good, or as I like to say, "Schadenfreude, baby!" Joe Bastianich is not above giving as good as he gets. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I had a few quibbles. Joe claims it was Babbo that started
the popularity of eating at the bar in restaurants in Manhattan. Danny Meyer’s
Union Square Café was serving regulars with style, great food and wine years
before Babbo opened. I’m still not sure why Joe decided to share his Bill
Clinton story, which I felt was a tad bit petty, rather than illuminating.
Those are minor stumbles in a remarkable success story in the cutthroat world. Joe is incredibly generous in
laying out his own formula for success from finding a location, creating the vision
for the kind of restaurants that Batali and he innovated, hiring the teams of
designers and contractors that created their vision, as well as the chefs,
kitchen and front-of-house waiters, busboys and managers who helped keep his restaurants humming day in and day out. He’s very detailed about the sort of pitfalls to be aware
of and to avoid. <b>RESTAURANT MAN</b> is a true, first-generation story of a young
man formed from his parent’s immigrant experience, and their success in the new
world. Joe Bastianich is articulate and respectful about his parents
hard work, and his own rejection and embracement of their traditions as he
created his own path. One of the best truisms from Bastianich is his belief that male chefs cook competitively and females cook to nurture--a truly wise statement. He acknowledges both his mother and his father’s own unique
contributions to his success. And in true Bourdain style, Joe keeps you turning
the pages. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My work on <i>The Oregonian Cookbook </i>has kept me away from my blog. That doesn't mean I ignored all the splendid cookbooks that continued to arrive at my door, and in the next few weeks, I'm going to be writing about a lot of them under the heading of...YOU OUGHT TO HAVE THIS COOKBOOK IN YOUR COLLECTION (and give it to a friend for Christmas as well!). I'm starting with perhaps my favorite cookbook of 2012. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There is a whole new world to explore beyond such popular root vegetables as potatoes, carrots, beets, turnips, radishes and ginger. Now there's a stupendous resource to this fabulous category with the publication of <b>ROOTS: The Definitive Compendium with More than 225 Recipes </b>by Portland-based cookbook author, Diane Morgan<b> </b>(Chronicle Books; $40.00). Everything about this new work signals the arrival of something special and significant. Deborah Madison, a great cookbook writer about most-things-vegetable, has written the Foreword. Antonis Achilleos' museum-quality color photos have a physicality and a beauty that is breath-taking. Chronicle Books has generously loaded the book with lots of these photos, and given the whole book a package that gives these gifts from the ground the kind of tribute they have always deserved. Best of all, Diane Morgan has provided delicious, exciting and creative recipes that show off their versatility and deep flavors.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Even five years ago, it would be unthinkable to find burdock root, crosne, galangal, malanga, salsify, and turmeric in supermarkets. Ethnic and farmers markets helped us find our way back to them. Diane Morgan introduces these along with more common varieties, each to its own chapter, covering history and lore, varieties, nutritional information, seasonality, storage, basic uses and preparation. She then immerses the reader in recipes using each vegetable, some familiar, but more often in surprising and interesting variations.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I don't think I've ever seen wasabi root in my local markets (not that I've ever made much of an effort to find it), but it's a beautiful rhizome and I'm going to investigate further because I love W<i>asabi Mayonnaise</i> (recipe provided here), and will even consider making <i>Salmon Hand Rolls with Fresh Wasabi</i>--something I've entrusted entirely to my local favorite sushi chef. I've often ordered <i>Wasabi Mashed Potatoes </i>at New York's popular Union Square Cafe, and now I can make them locally here in Portland.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Like beet tops, I'm no longer tossing out those pretty green radish tops, which make a spicy and satisfying soup (Morgan suggests using them as soup shots for a "fun and unexpected appetizer"). <i>Smashed Parsley Roots and Potatoes with Crème FraÎche</i>, is both rustic and rich. <i>Brown Sugar-Ginger Ice Cream</i> is an intriguing new flavor to add to my repertoire, and<i> Jewel Sweet Potato Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter Sauce</i> has already made its way to my table (admittedly I'm lazy and used won ton wrappers for these voluptuous pasta pockets). I know dried ground turmeric turns rice yellow and has a mild flavor. Fresh turmeric is used in "Indian, Thai, Cambodian and other Southeast Asian cuisines," writes Diane Morgan, but the fresh stuff can infuse "classic Punjab recipe" of <i>Indian Spiced Cauliflower Potatoes and Peas</i>. We get a lot of halibut in Oregon, so <i>Turmeric-Braised Halibut Steaks with Garlic</i>, is an aromatically impressive use for turmeric and this popular fish.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Of course root vegetables have always been with us, but all too often we forget (and limit our regular use to the same familiar choices) what Europeans, Asians and Latin Americans have always known about these wonderful vegetables. The relatively new revival of the farmers market in cities and towns everywhere has brought many of these forgotten edibles back to us. ROOTS restores them to their rightful place in our kitchen, and I'm grateful to Diane for rescuing them in a book that is both delightful to read as it is to cook from. This is an absolute must have for all serious cookbook collections. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05332004826858722559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636052745097099039.post-90614158595135645682012-03-21T12:10:00.002-07:002012-03-21T12:10:40.740-07:00CHEF COOKBOOKS: The Agony and the Ecstacy<br />
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I’m almost never a fan of cookbooks written by chefs. Too many are invariably glossy and full of color photographs which distract you
from the fact that all too often the recipes don’t work. Full of luxury
ingredients they often seem out of touch with their readers. It seems to me is
the whole point of going out to a restaurant is to eat things you’d never try
at home. Chefs are used to cooking for
large numbers of people and it requires a special skill to translate those
recipes down to manageable dishes serving four to six. There is clearly an art
to writing a recipe that is not always in sync with one’s ability to create a
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Let me share some of my chef cookbook experiences. For a Christmas feast for an Italian family
of friends, I prepared an elaborate and preposterously caloric <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gatto Napoletano</i> from Mario Batali’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Holiday Food.</i> This dense and rich potato cake was baked in
a springform pan. While it was baking, we all suddenly saw smoke billowing out
of the kitchen. The butter had leaked
out of the relatively new springform pan, hit the floor of the oven causing a
smoke cloud which set off fire alarms. I knew immediately how to rectify the
disaster and chased everyone (including the host) out of the kitchen. I quickly
wiped up the bottom of the oven with wet paper towels and wrapped the spring
form in a double thickness of aluminum foil to prevent further smoking. Problem
solved. Another Mario Batali story. A friend and I purchased his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Italian Grill</i> cookbook at the same time.
He told me he was going to make the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spit-Roasted
Turkey Breast Porchetta-Style</i>, a recipe that I had already decided I had to
do. My friend told me the stuffing couldn’t be contained within the boneless
turkey breast as the recipe instructed, and it fell apart in his spit. Having
experience with Batali’s recipes, I too thought the instructions for tying the
stuffed roast were a bit vague, and I ended up tying it horizontally and
vertically to contain the stuffing without it falling apart. Last fall, I saw
Batali recreate the recipe on his TV show to be cooked in an oven. I think Batali is a genius chef, but he’s often one of the sloppiest cooks on TV, and he had difficulty assembling this recipe
with stuffing falling all over the place in the pan and surrounding counter. He may have created a delicious recipe, but
his technique for its success showed a distinctive lack of caring what the home
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Which brings me to two recent cookbooks published by celebrated
chefs. One I liked a lot. The
shortcomings of the other book made me angry.
Let’s start with the book I didn’t like. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE FAMILY MEAL: Home
Cooking</b> with Ferran Adria (Phaidon Press; $29.95; ISBN: 978-0-7148-6253-8)
confuses on many levels. It is a collection
of staff meals prepared at the legendary and now shuttered elBulli restaurant
in Spain. Ferran Adria, is of course,
one of the most celebrated chefs in the world. A reservation at the Michelin
3-star elBulli might take months of stealth planning to secure. Adria’s
revolutionary molecular gastronomy captivated diners, chefs, and most of all,
an enchanted food press who fell all over themselves extolling the virtue and
creativity of his kitchen. He probably deserved it. Showered with stars and awards, elBulli won
the title of World’s Best Restaurant five years running. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m not saying <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE
FAMILY MEA</b>L is a bad book, merely a sloppy one. The components of each of the three-course menus
is within the reach of a good home cook but only in possession of a serious <i>batterie de cuisine. </i> As I began to read, so many
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<li>In the front matter of the book, there are photographs of
essential and elective kitchen equipment the book recommends. Pots, pans,
spatulas, a pepper mill, knives, wood spoons, measuring cups are of course,
necessary for the basic kitchen, but how many kitchens also sport a pasta
machine, a mandolin, a pressure cooker, and electric fruit and vegetable
juicer, a hand-held blender, a kitchen blowtorch and electric juicer, whipped
cream and soda siphons, elective as these items are and often necessary to the
recipes in this book?</li>
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<li>In the very first menu, there is no instruction for the size
of the pan to bake the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Santiago Cake </i>in,
a real no-no for American bakers. The
recipe for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chocolate Cake</i> does
specify the right pan to use, so a sloppy oversight.</li>
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<li>The first menu (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Caesar
Salad</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cheeseburger & Potato
Chips</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Santiago Cake</i>) begins with
photos of each item in a column on one page. Opposite are the names of the
three recipes. The next page after that is a double-spread of each recipe’s
ingredients arranged mis-en-place-style. To the left is a section on what you
will need to buy fresh and what you will need from the pantry and the fridge
(presuming you already have them). Then on the right side of this spread are
tips for organizing each menu as well as a time line. Flip the page, and you have tips for the
recipes, and a box highlighting the ingredients and their amounts, with columns
for serving two, six, twenty and seventy-five persons. This begs the question
about the audience for this book: are we
a home cook, a restaurant chef or a caterer? Frankly this menu with cheese in the salad,
cheese for the hamburger is way too heavy-handed on protein when you include
the meat and added carbs for croutons in the salad, bread in the burgers, and
cake for dessert.</li>
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<li>Each recipe has an overly generous number of photos of the
steps of the recipe. Is it necessary to have two photographs showing how to
sprinkle cheese on the salad or two photos scattering croutons? There are two
photos each for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pasta Bolognese</i> showing
the uncooked pasta tumbling into the pot of boiling water and two photos of
pasta being drained. </li>
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<li>For a dish of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lamb
with Mustard and Mint</i>, necks are used.
I’ve never seen lamb necks in a supermarket, let alone a butcher shop in
the U.S.</li>
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<li>In a recipe for pork loin it is also listed as thin cut
pork-loin steaks, a cut not known in the U.S. Thinly cut center cut pork chops
is what is called for in this recipe at least in the U.S.</li>
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<li>In order to make the recipe for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Yogurt Foam with Strawberries</i>, you must have a syphon with chargers
for whipped cream. Ditto the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Caramel Foam</i>. You’ll need a chinois for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Almond Soup with Ice Cream.</i></li>
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<li>I think I would have enjoyed staff meals at elBulli with
their generous ingredients, for there are two recipes here for duck breast, one
for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">osso buco</i>, another using veal
cheeks, a stew with crab, and another featuring quail. I checked with a chef friend
just to make sure I was correct. He said
he had never eaten a staff meal using these higher end ingredients. “Pasta” is an overwhelming choice in the staff
meals I’ve eaten,” he replied dryly. To be fair, there are lots of
budget-conscious recipes here.</li>
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<li>No size or weight is given for eggplant in one recipe, yet
another recipe calling for eggplant is specific about its size. </li>
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<li>There are 28 photos showing how to make a dish called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Noodles with</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shiitake & Ginger</i>. Dry shiitake mushrooms can be see floating
in water in three of them. Is it really necessary to our understanding of how
to assemble this dish with separate photos showing oyster sauce, soy sauce and
Shaoxing oil added to a bowl? Better
there should have been more care taken with other details listed above. In general there is an excess of photos here and the quality of them isn't very good either. </li>
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<li>Under the heading of personal preference, there are some bizarre combinations here or some I would
classify as old school: a potato salad
with sliced frankfurters, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cauliflower
with Béchamel</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bread with Chocolate
and Oliver Oil, Sweet Potato with Honey and Cream </i>for dessert. </li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE FAMILY MEAL</b>
does have some virtues. It can be instructive to see the steps in making <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chocolate Truffles</i> but overkill when illustrating every single step. I liked recipes for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Beans with Clams,</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Salt Cod
and Vegetable Stew</i>, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Potato Chip
Omelet</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Catalon Turkey</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Almond Cookies</i>, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mexican Style-Slow-Cooked Pork</i>. I also like the fish recipes, but
most of them (whiting, fresh sardines, Japanese-style bream) are not easily available
in my part of the Pacific Northwest. Do we really need a recipe from a Spanish chef for cheeseburgers, especially using bread in the meat mixture, which is
more suited to a meatball or a meat loaf.
But I wonder why Adria with his cutting-edge reputation for creating
some of the most exciting and exacting food in the world would want to take a step backward,
offering something that is hardly new, and rather ho-hum in its execution. A
more careful edit and some restraint in the use of photos might have helped. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WHAT TO COOK AND HOW TO COOK IT</b> by Jane Hornby (also published by
Phaidon) should have been the prototype for the kind of cookbook,
which artfully combines photos and text to create a cookbook for those wanting
a visual course on the subject. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">THE
FAMILY MEAL’s</b> design is also a letdown being neither glossy nor appealing,
despite the inclusion of a staggering 1500 color photos. By trying to be all things to all everyone it ends
up pleasing nobody.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Ferran Adria</span></b><br />
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On the other hand, Anita Lo’s admirable <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">COOKING
WITHOUT BORDERS</b> (Stewart, Tabori and Chang; $35.00; ISBN:
978-1-58479-892-7) has been at the top of my stack of cookbooks to review since
late November. I’ve read it cover to cover, dipped into its recipes often, but
felt myself feeling guilty. Anita Lo is
one of Manhattan’s most admired chefs. She has fused her multi-cultural
background and education with spectacular results. The chef-owner of the Michelin
star-rated restaurant Annisa, has combined her love for travel, and the foods
she has encountered to create superb meals that have kept her restaurant very busy. Here was another restaurant cookbook—the kind I’ve been ignoring.</div>
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Charlotte Druckman is her attentive writer partner here and
together they present recipes that are clearly written, alternate between being
challenging and simple, and contain their fair share of luxury ingredients. Yet
for every time-consuming or high-ticket-ingredient recipe, such as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rillettes, Terrine of Foie Gras with Plum
Wine</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ragout of Lobster Steamer Clams
and Corn with Chanterelles and Tarragon</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grilled Lamb Tenderloins with Curried Golden Raisins </i>and a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spinach Timbale of Duck with Raisins and
Mustard-Seed Caviar</i>, there is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kimchi
Gazpacho with Shrimp</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ceviche
of Tilefish with Fig</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Anchovy, and
Pistachio</i> (yowza, this is simplicity itself!), <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crisp Silken Tofu with Black Beans and Ginger,</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spicy Grilled Eggplant with Yogurt and Lentils</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grilled Shrimp with Tamarind</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Roasted Pepper, and Chile, Steamed Fish with
Scallions and Ginger</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Slow Cooked
Salmon with Smoked Paprika and Savoy Cabbage</i> (which requires a simple but fascinating technique for cooking salmon), <i>Sauteed Fillet of Skate with Caramelized Apples and Chicken Liver</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chicken Wings with Korean Chile, Kohlrabi and Flank Steak Stir-Fry</i>,
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My Mother’s BBQ Spareribs</i>. These recipes amply display Lo’s infinite
range as a chef but keep home cooks grounded and delirious over her magical
flavor palette. Every once in a while,
Lo offers something I’d rather eat in a restaurant, such as<i> Poppy-Seed
Bread-and-Butter Pudding with Meyer Lemon</i>. But she tells you the candied Meyer
Lemon Chips are optional, thus becoming a good choice to make at home. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Anita Lo frankly admits she enjoys chef cookbooks, but she
has created a cookbook to be appreciated by both the competitive home chef who lives
for a challenge and has the deep pockets for luxury ingredients, as well as the flavor seekers who want to sample something different and delicious
and just off their normal culinary path. Women chefs are generally
better cookbook writers in my experience and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">COOKNG WITHOUT BORDERS</b> belongs in the same company as SUNDAY
SUPPERS AT LUQUES by Suzanne Goin (Knopf), THE ZUNI CAFÉ COOKBOOK by Judy
Rodgers (Norton) and OLIVES & ORANGES by Sara Jenkins and Mindy Fox
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)—exceptional cookbooks by three exceptional chefs. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Try these writers who consistently create wonderful cookbooks for home cooks, including the enormously gifted and visionary Jamie Oliver, the brilliant Deborah Madison, Jacques Pepin--a master and a great teacher, and the sublime and compulsively watchable Lidia Bastianich. </div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a; font-size: 16pt;">Sautéed Fillet of Skate with Caramelized
Apples and Chicken Liver<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">My introduction to
skate took place when I was a child, during a summer spent on Cape Cod, where,
with my older brother and sister, I ran into a fisherman. </span><span style="color: black;">He was an old salt, his
arms deeply tanned and wrinkled from the sun, his beard scraggly and speckled
with dried seawater. We asked what he had been catching. “Skate,” he replied.
Not familiar with the fish, we inquired further and he told us, “In New England
we call skate poor man’s scallops.” He explained that “back in the day,” people
on the cape would cut out rounds of the meat as a substitute for scallops
because the species shared a common sweetness. What he didn’t tell us is that
skate is notoriously difficult to work with when whole. I learned that lesson
the hard way and, at the same time, realized the true value of the fish. In the
fall of 1999 I had a lot of free time on my hands. </span><i><span style="color: black;">Annisa </span></i><span style="color: black;">wasn’t open yet and I
was just learning the art of angling. My other half at the time, Jen, and I had
driven all the way from Manhattan to Shinnecock Canal on Long Island because we
heard that striper fishing was particularly good there. After a few hours, and
a rough time of it, I landed my skate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I am by no means
squeamish, but this fish broke me. None of my extensive culinary training
prepared me for what followed. It was the skate that would not die. It took
hours; multiple gashes in the head; a three-and-a-half-hour airless trunk ride
from Long Island back home to Manhattan, and a drag-out struggle on the cutting
board. We gave up the good fight and decided to let the skate die while we
watched TV in the next room. Since that traumatic experience, I have not
personally killed another skate, but it’s often on the menu at </span><i><span style="color: black;">annisa</span></i><span style="color: black;">. It is robust and,
yes, sweet-flavored, but to call it “poor man’s scallop” is inaccurate and
doesn’t do justice to the distinct character of the fish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">For the sauce:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">4 1/2 tablespoons
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">1 onion, finely
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">3 tablespoons
brandy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">3/4 cup chicken
stock<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">1/2 teaspoon salt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">Black pepper to
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">For the apples:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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neutral-flavored vegetable oil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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butter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">1½ cup finely diced
Granny Smith apple<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">2. tablespoons
sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">For the chicken
livers and skate:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">4 tablespoons
neutral-flavored vegetable oil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">1 tablespoon butter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">6 ounces chicken
livers, finely diced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fillets skate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">Wondra flour<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">Make the sauce: </span><span style="color: black;">Heat a saucepan over
high heat. Add 3 tablespoons of the butter and swirl. Add the onion and lower
the heat to medium. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. Add the
brandy, then the stock, and bring to a boil. Cook until reduced by one third,
then swirl in the remaining 1 ½ tablespoons butter. Season with the salt and
pepper and keep warm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">Make the apples: </span><span style="color: black;">Heat a saute pan over high
heat and add the oil. When just smoking, add the butter and apples and saute
for about a minute. Add the sugar and salt and cook until caramelized. Remove
to a warm plate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b949a;">Make the chicken
livers and skate: </span><span style="color: black;">Heat two large saute pans over high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil and
the butter to one pan and 3 tablespoons oil to the other. On a plate, season
the livers and skate with salt and pepper and dust lightly with Wondra. When
the oil in the pans is smoking, add the livers to the pan with the butter and
the skate, whitest side down, to the other pan. Lower the heat to medium-high
and cook until golden brown.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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finish cooking on the other side. Squeeze lemon juice over the fish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the sauce, topped with the chicken livers, apples, and chives.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><b>from COOKING WITHOUT BORDERS by Anita Lo with Charlotte Druckman, photo by Lucy Schaeffer, published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang (2001)</b></span></div>
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<b>CANAL HOUSE COOKING</b> has just published their seventh cookbook. It's called <b>La Dole Vita</b> (Distributed by Andrews McMeel Publishing; January 2012; $19.95). Canal House Cooking is the creation of Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer. A little background: When I was a young man, I had a long-time subscription to <i>Metropolitan Home</i> magazine. Ms. Hirscheimer was familiar to me as the food and design editor. Her work as a founding editor and her wonderful pictures for <i>Saveur</i> magazine in its first decade, made me more familiar with her superb skills. Her vivid photographs of food have always captured my imagination. Melissa Hamilton co-founded Hamilton's Grill Room in Lambertville, New Jersey, where she served as executive chef. She has also held positions at <i>Martha Stewart Living</i>, <i>Cook's Illustrated</i>, and at <i>Saveur</i> as the food editor.<br />
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Melissa and Christopher escaped the frenetic world magazine publishing world for a more measured and less stressful existence, living on opposite sides of the Delaware River. Now they cook together each weekday in their rustically attractive New Jersey studio. They have two apartment-sized old school stoves which are set next to each other and this is where all the gorgeous dishes you see in the books are cooked. Each of these jewel-like cookbooks are devoted to seasonal cooking using fresh ingredients, and are designed for cooks at every level of expertise. Their six previously published Canal House cookbbooks have received ridiculously extravagant praise from all areas of the culinary world. This isn't hype. You will want each of these lovely volumes in your collection and in a few years, you're going to find out this is one of the most collectible series ever. <br />
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<b>La Dolce Vita</b> came about over a lunch of cannelloni. "We'd gotten into a long conversation about why Italian food tastes so damn delicious," the authors write in their Introduction. Even though they were adept at cooking Italian food, a decision was made. "We rented a farmhouse in Tuscany--a remote, rustic old stucco and stone house at the end of a gravel road, deep in the folds of vine-covered hills. It had a stone terrace with a long table for dinners outside, a grape arbor, and apple and fig trees loaded with fruit in the garden. There was no phone, TV, or Internet service, just a record player and shelves and shelves of books. It had a spare, simple kitchen with classic waist-high fireplace with a grill. It was all we had hoped for. It was our Casa Canale for a month." They would start their meals and writing in the mornings, then set the table for dinner and head out to look for a place to have lunch. How many of us have imagined doing just this? Reading about it here is almost as fun as their living it one day at a time in Italy. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>communed for one month about the their latest Canal House cookbook. </b></span></div>
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The recipes are simple. Using ingredients of impeccable freshness and quality, you'll find <i>tramezzini and panini</i> (sandwiches), <i>suppli al telefono</i> (fried rice balls), <i>prosciutto and figs</i> to start the meal, or for a light bite. There are good soups here, such as <i>Capon broth with Anolini</i> (small stuffed pasta from Parma), then pastas (<i>Spinach Tagliatelle with Simple Tomato Sauce</i> and <i>Ricotta or Gnocchi Verdi</i>, or <i>Risotto Milanese)</i>. A <i>Tummala Di Risotto E Spinachi </i>can best be described as an igloo of rice molded around a savory combination of sausage, spinach and pecorino and baked. It is then un-molded and served in wedges--an impressive as well as delicious presentation whose culinary roots stretch back to the aristocracy of the Italian Renaissance. Fish follows with a sensual <i>Oil-Poached Swordfish</i> and <i>Branzino with Shrimp and Fennel</i>, or the sublimely easy <i>Squid and Potatoes</i>. The emphasis with Hamilton and Hirscheimer is always on the integrity of the ingredients. Keeping it simple pays off in huge flavor dividends.<br />
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<b>La Dolce Vita</b> continues with sections on poultry (glorious Capon, two ways), <i>Braised Rabbit with Capers and Pancetta</i>, then meat--<i>Braised Lamb and Green Beans</i>, <i>Meatballs with Mint Parsley</i>, some vegetable sides--<i>Peppers in Agrodolche </i>(sweet and sour), and <i>Stuffed Onions Piedmontese</i>. The final pages of this culinary diary of life lived well in Italy are devoted to a few outstanding desserts such as <i>Cheesecake from Rome's Jewish Quarter</i>, and <i>Gelato di Gianduia</i> (the divine combination of toasted hazelnut and chocolate from Turin). The photos of the recipes and Italy are expectedly gorgeous. This and the other books are small--some 124 pages, and while I have many Italian cookbooks in my collection, I've come to the conclusion there is always room for another Italian cookbook. <br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Grilled squid may conjure up images of Sardinia’s sun-drenched
Costa Smeralda for some, but it’s a dish we prepare all year long. The Franklin
wood-burning stove at the Canal House studio is outfitted with a removable
grill that swivels and cantilevers over the fire, so when it gets cold outside,
we grill inside, over wood coals. Patty Curtan, our Northern California friend,
the exquisite printer, designer, and wonderful cook, grills tender squid from
nearby Monterey Bay outside on her Tuscan grill. It’s from her that we learned
the art of skewering squid. Instead of using two skewers to keep the squid from
spinning around when they’re turned over, she just threads each one crosswise
through the wide top of the body, lining them up on the same skewer like
laundry drying on a clothesline. Leave it to Patty—so logical, so simple, so
beautifully done.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1½ cups extra-virgin olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the red pepper flakes, and some salt and pepper. Cover and marinate at room
temperature for at least 1 hour and up to 8 hours in the refrigerator. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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heat. Add the onions and the remaining garlic, and arrange the potatoes on top.
Pour <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Cover and cook until the onions are soft and the potatoes are tender, about 30
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Most of the other books in the series have a fabulous chapter called "It's always five o'clock somewhere...", with an appealing mix of cocktails for every season. The books are seasonal with appealing and simple recipes for every time of the year. Hamilton and Hirschheimer's style is spare and unfussy. Volume six concentrates on foods Hamilton and Hirscheimer find in markets and how that dictates what they will cook. Personable, casual, unpretentious and all delicious, Canal House Cooking has earned its own section in my cookbook library. I can't wait to add more volumes.<br />
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You will want to have all the books in this series. I'm thinking Canal House Cookbooks will be as collectible as the Time-Life cooking series was, or the splendid series of lifestyle cookbooks by Lee Bailey, published in the 80s and early 90s. All are available wherever cookbooks are sold, on Amazon. com, B&N.com, etc.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">On just about every page you turn to, the eye is seduced by one tantalizing vegetable recipe after another. This is definitely not your mother's organic veggie cookbook. Let's start drooling with the cover image. <i>Eggplant with buttermilk sauce</i> seems simple enough. The halved eggplants are baked with some olive oil. Then the tops are slathered with a tangy sauce of buttermilk, Greek yogurt, salt and olive oil and then adorned with tart, jewel-like pomegranate. Zing. The Arabic fattoush salad (one of my favorites) is deconstructed for a <i>Quinoa and grilled sourdough salad</i>. Ottolenghi uses sourdough bread instead of pitas. and while it is bulked it up with quinoa, the grain is still delicate. I drool some more. With spinach, cumin and finely sliced green chilies and onions <i>Green pancakes with lime butter, </i>would perk up any brunch. I love edamame and keep bags of it in my freezer for when I need it for...<i>Warm glass noodles and edamame</i>. Plenty of great Asian flavors are here. Another stunning and creative combination is <i>Fried lima beans with feta, sorrel and sumac. </i>Or <i>Roasted parsnips and sweet potatoes with caper vinaigrette. </i>PLENTY is organized by categories, such as root vegetables, mushrooms, zucchini and other squashes, grains, and pasta, polenta and couscous. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I can't help myself. I just saw the <i>Surprise tatin</i> photo again. Caramelized potatoes take on more color from low-roasted cherry tomatoes, a little goat cheese, oregano, sugar, and puffed pastry. I can't wait to make this. Another eye-catcher is a savory <i>Mushroom ragout with poached duck egg</i>. Often a recipe is as simple as it is beautiful, such as <i>Crusted pumpkin wedges with sour cream.</i> Bread crumbs and Parmesan give this dish its crunch. I'll stop now. For really delicious vegetables dishes, I've always turned to Lidia Bastianich, Deborah Madison, or Jamie Oliver, but Yotam Ottolenghi brings a terrific eye to a culinary category of infinite variety and flavors and turns it inside out. There is a lot of very exciting food in this beautiful book.</span><br />
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Filling a tart with potatoes is a real treat for potato lovers. Serve it with a green salad and you don't need much else. You can use commercial sun-dried tomatoes in oil to save yourself making the oven-dried tomatoes. </div>
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</b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have always had the ambition to make rilletes, an irresistible French meat spread that is perfect for parties or for casual snaking with a glass of wine. Rillettes are milder than pate. There are as many recipes for rillettes as one can imagine and the steps vary greatly, which is why I've resisted making them, until now. The classic rillettes is made from pork and pork fat and little else (a few aromatics, some chicken broth) and requires a long soft simmer in a heavy pot while you go about your business (some recipes call for duck, some for uncured bacon, and other cuts of pork--it can be come very elaborate). I read through all of my French cookbooks (<i>I Know How to Cook, French Farmhouse Cooking, Around my French Table</i>, <i>Glorious French Food</i>, Jacques Pepin's new <i>Essential Pepin</i>, my all-purpose cookbooks (<i>Gourmet Today, How to Cook Everything). </i>I consulted Julia Child's <i>Mastering the Art of French Cooking</i> (both volumes) and <i>From Julia Child's Kitchen</i>. Surprisingly, she makes no mention of rillettes at all. So I probably have at least thirty recipes for this heavenly spread. But the easiest, most efficient, least fussy was<b> FROM THE GROUND UP: Hundreds of Amazing Recipes from Around the World for Ground Meats, including Beef Chicken, Pork, Seafood, and More</b> by James Villas (Wiley), which was published this fall. I've already reviewed it, and it has a place in my best-of lists. Villas' mastery makes sense. When you count Beard, Child, Craig Claiborne, Jacques Pepin, Pierre Franey and other cooking legends as friends, you're bound to pick up a tip or two. In this case, Mr. Villas has distilled the essence of this spread. My first batch (I'm making two) produced two impressive pints, which are going under the Christmas tree and traveling to a few parties this season. This is one of those recipes you might incorporate into your season plans, and who doesn't love getting a crock of this silky stuff as a gift. Best of all--you made it. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>French pork rillettes </b>are one of the most glorious appetizers ever conceived, and I’ve never served a crock or ramekin that wasn’t wiped clean by guests. Traditionally, rillettes are made by shredding the cooked, tender, unctuous meats with two forks, but so long as you don’t over-grind, they can be prepared quickly in a food processor. Packed into small ramekins, the rillettes could be served as individual appetizers, but I prefer simply to place a large crock with a big basket of toasted French bread rounds in the middle of the table and let guests help themselves. Do try to make the rillettes a day in advance and place in the refrigerator to allow the flavors to meld.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2 pounds boneless pork shoulder<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3/4 pound fresh pork fat<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1 medium onion, minced<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1 garlic clove, minced<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Herb bouquet (1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, 2 bay leaves, 3 whole cloves, and 2 parsley sprigs tied in cheesecloth)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2 cups chicken broth<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1 cup dry white wine<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1. Trim off any skin on the pork shoulder and cut the meat and fat into 2-inch chunks. Place the meat, fat, onion, garlic, herb bouquet, and salt and pepper in a casserole or large saucepan. Add the broth, wine, and enough water to cover by 1 inch, bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer till the meat is very tender, about 3 hours, skimming from time to time. Uncover the casserole and continue simmering till the liquid has evaporated and the meat is cooking in the fat, about 1 hour.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2. Transfer the meat to a heavy bowl and let the fat cool to room temperature in the casserole. Shred the meat with two heavy forks (or grind coarsely in a food processor), add the cooled fat, and continue working with the fork till the mixture is smooth and silky—almost a heavy paste. Taste for salt and pepper, pack the rillettes in small ramekins or a large crock, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 24 hours. Serve with small rounds of toasted French bread.</span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Was there a big trend in cookbooks in 2011? Not that I could see, though meat was a big single subject item with at least six or so coming across my desk. I got a slew of single subject books (more bacon, more cupcakes, even a pie-baked-in-jars collection, which I think are called cutie pies). There were also some thundering disappointments which I'll skip over because they came from sources that I've admired and written about extensively (nobody hits a home run with every book, and cookbook writers are no exception). But there were a bunch of fine cookbooks published this year, some which took me by surprise, while others, long anticipated, lived up to expectations.</span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I couldn't wait for the American edition of Nigel Slater's <b>TENDER: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch</b> (10 Speed Press; $40.00), because I so much enjoyed <i>The Kitchen Diaries</i>, his previous work. While that book dealt with a seasonal approach to cooking around the year, TENDER is about something I suspect many city dwellers often long for--a garden patch of their own. Since 2000 Slater, one of Great Britain's most admired food writers, has planted vegetables in the small, forty-foot back yard of his London home. In the process of sowing and creating meals with his own lettuces, potatoes, carrots, etc., Slater shares with the reader the thrill of watching something grow, tending to his garden patch with devotion and awe. In all he writes with glowing affection and respect about twenty-nine different vegetables, from seeds to finished dishes. Slater is a wonderful creator of recipes. <i>A Gratin of White Cabbage, Cheese and Mustard</i> is a good example. He smartly points out that "the 'white' cabbages that sit on supermarket shelves like rock-hard footballs can be put to good use in a gratin." I think of celery in tuna fish or potato salad, or as my mother used to do, a celery stalk slathered with peanut butter. Slater gives us a lovely and simple soup of celery and blue cheese or another satisfying gratin of celery napped in a bechamel, Parmesan and breadcrumbs. Here is that rare cookbook that belongs on the nightstand or armchair table, to be dipped into over and over again. But don't forget to whisk it into the kitchen. Kudos to 10 Speed Press for making this outstanding book available to American readers and cooks. Have I already said this is my favorite cookbook of 2011?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I became an enthusiastic member of the Food52.com website run Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs. Presiding over a community of stylish home cooks, Hesser and Stubbs have found like-minded food lovers who share their recipes, suggestions, time-saving tips, selected genius recipes from some of the finest cookbook writers, and contests where members are asked for their best recipes for spinach or holiday cookies, etc. I confess that I've cooked more recipes from this site and now <b>THE FOOD52 COOKBOOK: 140 Winning Recipes from Exceptional Home Cooks</b> (William Morrow; $35.00) by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs and the Food52 community, than any other book or source this year. All the recipes seem fresh, contemporary and even old favorites seem reborn. The book represents "a year's worth of contests--every recipe comes from one of our members and was chosen as a winner by his or her peers," Hesser and Stubbs write in the book's Introduction. Each recipe is accompanied by comments from members, a few words about the or by the cook, and tips and techniques. In my review a few weeks ago, I called it one of my favorite cookbooks of the year. Two recipes from the book appeared on my Thanksgiving table, including <i>Lazy Mary's Lemon Tart</i>, an ethereal creation that uses Meyer lemons--rind and all--with sugar, eggs and butter poured into a pre-baked tart dough and given a thirty minute setting in the oven. I also adapted their recipe for <i>Luciana's Porchetta</i>, using a turkey breast instead of a butterflied pork shoulder. The substitution worked perfectly, and I didn't have to stare at a pile of leftover turkey. I've already raved about <i>Daddy's Carbonara</i>, a fantastic <i>Wishbone Roast Chicken with Herb Butter, </i>and especially <i>Simple Summer Peach Cake</i>. We've all got cookbooks with one or two really good recipes that we hang on to, but <b>THE FOOD52 COOKBOOK</b> is loaded with lots of recipes you'll want to use over and over again. The bonus is the website great cooking ideas, recipes, and community come together every week of the year. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The twelve states that comprise the Midwest received a valentine in the form of <b>HEARTLAND: The Cookbook</b> (Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC; $35.00), Judith Fertig's magnificent tribute to the rich culinary traditions of this area of the country. A wonderfully contemporary collection of recipes, historic anecdotes, profiles of food purveyors, and farmers <b>HEARTLAND</b> also soars because of the superb location and food photography of Jonathan Chester and Ben Pieper. Page after page of images of communal dinners, livestock, covered barns, farmlands, gorgeous produce, and homemade foods, provide ample evidence of the sophistication, pride and sheer goodness of the food available in the very center of the United States. A single recipe for <i>No-Knead Clover Honey Dough</i> provides the wide application of <i>Clover Honey Boules</i>, <i>Clover Honey Challah</i>, <i>Farmhouse Yeast Rolls</i>, <i>Cider-Glazed Cinnamon Rolls</i>, <i>Apricot-Cream Cheese Strudel</i>, and <i>Berry Pickin' Coffee Cake. </i>I made a batch of <i>Rosy Rhubarb Syrup </i>last spring, and which was a delightful syrup for pancakes, and a delicious component for <i>Rosy Margaritas</i> and <i>Porch Swing Lemonade</i>. And it freezes beautifully to be enjoyed all year long. Mindful of the seasons, you'll find an inspired <i>Prairie Panzanella</i> that takes advantage of summer's garden bounty, and a rich <i>Butternut Squash, Morel, and Sage Brown Butter Lasagna</i> for an elegant fall dinner party. <b>HEARTLAND</b> reminds us that America's culinary heart is right in the middle of the left and right coasts!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In 1993, the culinary world found it's best stand-up comedian/cookbook writer since Peg Bracken with the publication of <i>Beat This!</i> and two years later, <i>Beat That!</i> Not only is Ann Hodgman funny, she's a brazen kitchen wizard who immodestly declares her recipes for apple pies, hot chocolate, macaroni & cheese, brownies, french toast, roast turkey and strawberry short cake are the best of the best! And dammit, she's right! Nearly twenty years later, it was time to give those recipes a second look. Some were dropped, others improved, as if gilding the lily were needed. In </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>BEAT THIS! COOKBOOK: Absolutely Unbeatable Knock-'em-Dead Recipes for the Very Best Dishes</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; $14.95), </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hodgman not only gussied up a collection that will brook no arguments she upped the ante by adding fifty new entries. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Now that's crust for you. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When a writer comes up with a line like, "Might as well start liking goat cheese--it's not going to go away," I pay attention. That's funny. Or the opening to <i>World's Best Bread</i>: "I've stolen this recipe from myself; it first appeared in <i>One Bite Won't Kill You</i> (which she wrote)" I howled when I came across this confession: The first time I dropped the poor thing (the lobster, I mean) into the steaming pot, I inadvertently shrieked out, 'God have mercy!'" And She knows a prime example of the emperor's new clothes: "Why are people always so proud of their brownie recipes?" she wonders. "Katharine Hepburn, for example. If there's anything I'm sick of--besides the way she always says she's a regular person and not an actress--it's reading about how sinful her brownies are. Actually, Hepburn's is the dullest brownie formula there is, and one of the most common." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But amongst all the merriment, you'll find the skill of a master home cook. Ann Hodman's <i>Powerfully Better Than Any Other Pot Roast</i>, is exactly that. She uses first-cut beef brisket, because it is superior to such supermarket manicured cuts as "Yankee pot roast." In <i>Perfect Fudge (If You're Lucky)</i>, she admits, "You do have a chance of screwing up this recipe, alas. Because it has more chocolate and more butterfat than most fudges, its temperamental. Even with superfine sugar, which helps ward off crystallizing, it still might crystallize. But if you treat it very respectfully and don't overbeat it and don't make it on a damp day and don't let the chocolate scorch and don't scrape the pan when you're pouring the fudge and don't do all the other things that make fudge cranky, you'll find this fudge sublime (to use a food writerly-word)." At least she gives you the bad news before you attempt it, unlike other books that insist in making it your fault by not warning you. Make Ann's <i>Pesto Torta (Best Cocktail Party Cheese Thing)</i>. I made this recipe to get over a bad culinary memory. I had bought a large wedge of something similar in name at Balducci's in New York years ago for a holiday party. It was very expensive and tasted just awful. Every ingredient in this oily, cheesy mess tasted way beyond its sell-by date. But Ann's recipe is fresh, elegant and festive and proves that it's better homemade. No wonder she's so proprietary about it (you'll just have to read the book to know what I mean). These recipes are not to be beat, and really, how many cookbooks do you know that have as many "best" recipes or great comedic one-liners as BEAT THIS!? This book could be your most inspired stocking stuffer yet.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And speaking of James Villas, I thought he had written the definitive book on <i>Pig</i> in 2010 and <i>Bacon</i> in 2007. As a writer, I am seldom careful with the word definitive and toss it around far too many times. It always comes around to bite me later on, as it did late this summer when <b>THE WHOLE HOG COOKBOOK: Chops, Loin, Shoulder, Bacon, and All that Great Stuff</b> (Rizzoli; $30.00) arrived. Libbie Summers, who is currently the culinary producer for Paul Deen's network show and the senior food editor for Paul Deen Enterprises, produces here a stylish and totally complimentary cookbook to Villas's efforts. The organization of this book is very appealing, with each part of the pig receiving it's own chapters. I'm one of those people who needs a picture or a diagram to locate or define details for me. I now really understand the difference between baby back and spare ribs, or Boston shoulder and picnic shoulder. I know now how to render leaf lard, wet-cure bacon or carve a fresh ham. And I have a new batch of terrific recipes. The first thing I made from the book was <i>Grilled Tenderloin and Fingerling Potato Salad</i>, which I've made at least twice since then. There's a crowd-pleasing <i>Cuban Pork Roast</i> with <i>Sweet Cilantro Rice</i> that can feed eight. <i>Spicy Meatballs and Simple Sunday Red Sauce</i> could change the way you think about using pork instead of beef. <i>Porkovers</i> and <i>Bacon and Cheese Puffers </i>make me want to have friends over for cocktails. Nothing is definitive. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lesson learned.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have come to the Claudia Roden party a bit late. <i>Arabesque</i> is one of the most gorgeous cookbooks I've ever seen and the recipes are superb. So are many of the other ten cookbooks she has authored, including <i>The Book of Jewish Food</i> and <i>The New Book of Middle Eastern Food</i>. Born in Cairo, she has long made the Middle East her culinary beat. But she has also written extensively about Mediterranean cuisine. When I bought a copy of THE <b>FOOD OF SPAIN</b> (Ecco; $39.95), I thought Ms. Roden had wandered off her usual path, but as she explains, her Grandmother was a descendant of Sephardi Jews expelled from Spain in 1492, the year Columbus set sail for the Americas. So it makes much sense that Ms. Rodin would deliver an impressive survey of Spanish food by region in gorgeously illustrated cookbook that you shouldn't miss. Spanish food has been hot, hot, hot for the past decade. I'm sure to catch hell about this, but during my lone visit to Spain in 1999, I found myself very disappointed in most of the food I encountered in Madrid and Barcelona. It's not that I ate badly, nor did I think my usually good food radar was off. But overall, I found the bread to be flat. The food had a musty old-world feel to it and seemed to lack the creativity and variety of French and Italian cuisine. This was a few years before the country seemed to undergo a huge culinary reversal as Spain emerged from the repressive Franco era. Ms. Roden points out that San Sebastian, in the Basque Country, has become the culinary capital of Europe with "the greatest concentration of Michelin three-star restaurants in Spain." And who can ignore the intense food media focus on the work of Ferran Adria, the iconic master chef of molecular gastronomy who packed them in to his celebrated restaurant, El Bulli in the Catalonian city of Roses (now closed). Adria has influenced chefs globally, and he delivers the cover blur on front of the jacket cover. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You won't find Adria's culinary thumbprint on this book. Ms. Roden notes "Throughout the country, there is a palpable feeling of nostalgia for the old rural life that was too quickly swept away by the booming tourist economy. It has translated into a new found passion for regional cooking and products," she continues. Like Italy, Spain is made up of many different communities, each divided into provinces, and each has its own cooking traditions. In the 200 recipes, Ms. Roden explores this diversity in rich detail. Of course there are recipes for <i>paella</i>, the Spanish national dish, and <i>Salsa De Romesco</i>, which American chefs have recently rediscovered and re-popularized. There are also many dishes that ought to be far better known such as <i>Fried Goat Cheese with Honey </i>and <i>Scrambled Eggs with Asparagus and Shrimp</i> from Andalusia, <i>Angelita's Tuna Pie</i> from Galicia, <i>Mushroom Flan</i> from Navarre. <i>"Wrinkled" Potatoes with Red and Green Sauces</i> from the Canary Islands, Roast Pork Belly with Baked Apples from Asturias, <i>Orange Flan </i>from Valencia and Murcia, <i>Chocolate and Almond Cake from Catalonia</i>, and <i>Puff Pastry Filled with Almond Custard</i> from Navarre and the Basque Country. Ms. Roden explores all these regions and more, while describing the food products each region is famous for . There are detailed sidebars on Spanish kitchen utensils, discussions of olives and olive oil, cheese, various pimenton (paprika), Spains's celbrated cured hams, almonds, safron, and bacalao (dried codfish), which have given Spain its distinctive dishes, as well as profiles of food personalities and chefs she met during the research for this cookbook. </span><br />
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<div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I think India may be the only other world cuisine that matches Chinese cooking in sheer variety and exotic splendor. The works of Julie Sahni and Madhur Jaffrey have long dominated U.S. cookbook shelves when it comes to Indian cuisine. But lately they've been joined by <i>660 Curries</i>, Raghavan Iyer's huge exploration on that particular dish, and Suvir Saran's <i>Indian Home Cooking </i>and <i>American Marsala</i>. Good as those books are, they can't begin to define the enormous range and completeness of the <b>INDIA COOKBOOK</b> (Phaidon; November, 2010; $49.95). Pushpesh Pant, renowned Indian food expert and cookbook author has produced a rich immersion in this astonishingly varied and easy-to-master cuisine with 1,000 recipes. The book is lavishly illustrated with 200 color photographs and is to India what <i>Joy of Cooking</i> is to the U.S. or <i>The Silver Spoon</i> is to Italy.</span></div><div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Vegetables in Indian cookery attain the level of genius and my eye immediately was struck by a recipe for <i>Cauliflower with Oranges</i>. I love cauliflower and I'm always looking for new ways to cook it. Start here with this heady mix of cauliflower, potatoes, turmeric, bay leaf, ground fresh ginger, onions, chili powder, cumin, green chilies and orange slices. Easy to put together and with plenty of simmering while you prepare other parts of your meal. A good use for the popular home deep fryer would be <i>Cauliflower Fritters </i>(I'm purposely using the recipe titles in English). With nine other cauliflower recipes, you begin to see the range of and creativity of Indian cookery for this single vegetable. But I'm digressing.</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Open the <b>INDIA COOKBOOK</b> and get caught up in its encyclopedic charms. Professor Pant offers a history of Indian cooking by region with lots of fascinating details about feasts, food traditions, and spices and the vital role they play. If you have one Indian cookbook to buy this year, this one pretty much covers the whole field. </span></div><br />
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