GRILLED LITTLE GEMS WITH BURRATA AND KUMQUATS
BURRATA IS MOZZARELLA WRAPPED AROUND MASCARPONE. WHEN SUMMER TOMATOES ARE AT THEIR PEAK, FEW DISHES RIVAL A MEDLEY OF HEIRLOOMS PILLOWED WITH FRESH BURRATA, DRIZZLED WITH A PEPPERY [Read More]
MELON AND PROSCUITTO SALAD
I WOULD HAVE POSTED THIS LAST WEEK, BUT FORGOT TO PHOTOGRAPH IT. LAST WEEK’S GUESTS WERE SO PLEASED WITH THE SALAD, HOWEVER, THAT I MADE IT AGAIN LAST [Read More]
LITTLE GEMS WITH APRICOTS AND FETA
STONE FRUIT HAVE HIT THE FARMERS’ MARKETS, THE FIRST SIGN OF SUMMER. STANDS ARE PILED HIGH WITH YELLOW PEACHES, WHITE NECTARINES AND APRICOTS. ANY OF THEM WILL GO [Read More]
GRILLED TUNA WITH ARUGULA AND AIOLI
WINTER WON’T LAST FOREVER. THE SNOW WILL MELT ON THE EAST COAST AND THE RAINS WILL CEASE ON THE WEST. SALADS, GRILLED MEAT AND FISH WILL REPLACE SOUPS [Read More]
CHICKEN SALAD
I LOVE CHICKEN SALAD. USUALLY, I STRIP THE MEAT FROM WHAT’S LEFT OF A LEFTOVER ROAST CHICKEN, BECAUSE I LIKE THE MIX OF WHITE AND DARK MEAT. THIS [Read More]
FRENCH POTATO SALAD
EVERYBODY’S GOT A RECIPE FOR POTATO SALAD. SOME LIKE IT MIXED WITH MAYONNAISE OR TOSSED WITH ONIONS, RELISH OR CHOPPED PICKLES. MY FAVORITE IS FRENCH POTATO SALAD OR [Read More]
PURSLANE SALAD
PURSLANE HAS GREY-GREEN, TEAR-SHAPED, SUCCULENT LEAVES, WHICH ARE CRUNCHY TO THE BITE, RELEASING A PLEASANTLY SOUR JUICE. THEY ARE COMMON IN ARMENIAN AND LEBANESE RESTAURANTS, FOUND ALWAYS IN FATTOUSH SALAD. [Read More]
SMOKED TROUT AND ENDIVE SALAD
THIS IS A LOVELY FIRST COURSE. OR, ON A WARM DAY, YOU MIGHT DOUBLE THE RECIPE AND SERVE IT FOR LUNCH WITH A CRUSTY BAGUETTE. SMOKED TROUT, WHICH [Read More]
SHRIMP SALAD “LA TULIPE”
LA TULIPE WAS THE LOVE CHILD OF SALLY AND JOHN DARR, WHO OPENED THEIR RESTAURANT IN 1979 AT 104 WEST 13th STREET IN MANHATTAN. JOHN HAD BEEN THE HEAD [Read More]
LEAF LETTUCES WITH CHEVRE DRESSING
WHEN YOU APPROACH THE GARDEN OF CHU ON THE NW CORNER OF IVAR AND HOLLYWOOD BLVD IN THE SUNDAY FARMERS MARKET, YOU MIGHT THINK AT FIRST IT’S A FLOWER SHOP, [Read More]
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