GEORGE BLANC’S G-7 CHICKEN
IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR CHOLESTEROL, DON’T READ THIS RECIPE. GEORGE BLANC INVENTED THE DISH FOR A G-7 CONFERENCE AND ADDED IT TO THE MENU AT HIS 3-STAR [Read More]
More DetailsIF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR CHOLESTEROL, DON’T READ THIS RECIPE. GEORGE BLANC INVENTED THE DISH FOR A G-7 CONFERENCE AND ADDED IT TO THE MENU AT HIS 3-STAR [Read More]
More DetailsMY MOTHER, A CHILD OF THE DEPRESSION, HATED WASTE. OUR ICE BOX, AS SHE CALLED IT, WAS A TREASURE TROVE OF PLASTIC CONTAINERS AND SARAN-WRAPPED PLATES. NOTHING GAVE [Read More]
More DetailsI USE A LOT OF PARMESAN CHEESE IN MY COOKING. IN SALADS, PASTAS, RISOTTO, AND GRATED OVER SOUP. I ALWAYS BUY HIGH QUALITY IMPORTED PARMESAN, PREFERABLY RED COW [Read More]
More DetailsTHE MYTH ABOUT RISOTTO IS THAT YOU HAVE TO STAND AT THE STOVE AND STIR IT CONSTANTLY FOR 45 MINUTES, ADDING HALF A CUP OF BROTH AT A [Read More]
More DetailsLAMB SHANKS, LIKE PORK BELLY AND SHORT RIBS, HAVE BECOME A FIXTURE ON RESTAURANT MENUS. NOT WITHOUT REASON. ALL ARE CHEAP CUTS WHICH LEND THEMSELVES TO SLOW COOKING. [Read More]
More DetailsI ALWAYS HAVE A JAR OF PRESERVED LEMONS IN MY FRIDGE. THEY’RE A CINCH TO MAKE, THEY KEEP FOREVER AND THEIR INTENSE SALTY-SOUR BITE CAN BE USED TO [Read More]
More DetailsTHE WORLD IS DIVIDED INTO TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE: THOSE WHO LOVE CALF’S LIVER AND THEMS THAT DON’T. CLEARLY, I’M IN THE FORMER CAMP. IN FACT, I WILL [Read More]
More DetailsTHERE’S A WORKING-CLASS RESTAURANT IN ROME CALLED MACCHERONI, WHERE THE PASTA CHEF STANDS IN A GLASS-ENCLOSED KITCHEN NEAR THE STAIRS TO THE RESTROOMS, FILLING ORDERS FOR CARBONARA, PUTTANESCA, [Read More]
More DetailsALTHOUGH A CUM LAUDE GRADUATE OF BROWN UNIVERSITY WITH HONORS IN ENGLISH, I HAD NEVER ENCOUNTERED THE WORD “AUTOCHTHONOUS” UNTIL I READ LOU AMDUR’S DESCRIPTION OF THE FRAPPATO [Read More]
More DetailsON MY FIRST TRIP TO PARIS IN 1961, MY AUNT MABEL JOINED ME FOR TWO WEEKS. MABEL HAD LIVED IN PARIS FROM 1922 TO 1928. SHE HAD HOBNOBBED [Read More]
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