WATER MELON, TOMATO AND FETA SALAD
THE MARKETS ARE OVERFLOWING WITH RIPE HEIRLOOM TOMATOES. I FIND MYSELF MAKING SOMETHING WITH TOMATOES EVERY DAY,
PAPPARDELLE WITH FRESH PORCINI
PORCINI MADE THEIR RARE APPEARANCE AT THE HOLLYWOOD FARMER’S MARKET LAST SUNDAY. EVEN AT $38 A POUND, I COULDN’T RESIST THEM.
STRIPED BASS WITH POACHED MUSSELS
CHANTERELLES AND PARSLEY SALAD
THIS SALAD SHOWBOATS THE CHANTERELLES, PLAYING OFF THEIR HONEY SWEETNESS AGAINST THE BITTER BITE OF PARSLEY. THE TORN BREAD CRUMBS ADD A BIT OF CRUNCH. Click here to [Read More]
CHICKEN WITH CHANTERELLES
CHANTERELLES GO WONDERFULLY WITH VEAL AND PORK AS WELL AS HALIBUT , PASTA OR RISOTTO. HERE, THEY ARE COOKED WITH SHALLOTS, WHITE WINE, CREME FRAICHE AND TARRAGON TO [Read More]
BUCATINI WITH CHANTERELLES AND GREEN GARLIC
SPRING IS THE TIME FOR SPRING ONIONS. ALL OVER THE FARMER’S MARKET YOU SEE BUNCHES OF ONIONS WITH BARELY-FORMED BULBS AND GREEN STEMS — RED ONIONS, BROWN, AND [Read More]
ASPARAGUS AND SNAP PEA SALAD
RICH AND REFRESHING ARE NOT ADJECTIVES I OFTEN USE IN COMBINATION. BUT WHAT COULD BETTER DESCRIBE THE PAIRING OF RAW SUGAR SNAP PEAS, BLANCHED ASPARAGUS, PARMESAN CHEESE AND [Read More]
CHICKEN WITH BLACK TRUMPET MUSHROOMS
THE FRENCH CALL THEM TROMPETTES DE LA MORT (TRUMPETS OF DEATH) AND INDEED THEIR IS SOMETHING OMINOUS IN THEIR BLACK COLOR AND LEATHERY TEXTURE.
CHANTERELLES AND CORN RISOTTO
WHEN I FIRST PUBLISHED THIS RECIPE, IT WAS LATE SUMMER, WHEN BOTH CHANTERELLES AND FRESH CORN WERE IN THE MARKET.