I love tartar sauce. Don’t get me wrong, this mahi mahi had plenty going on of its own. It was liberally coated with spices (Cajun, Mexican, Indian, darned if I can remember!) and benefited from a squeeze of lemon, too. I even tore up the leftovers and used them in a Thai soup, shown in a previous … Continue reading
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Turkey Chili
I recently bought ground turkey at Trader Joe’s. It was shockingly lean, so I had to add olive oil, and then add a little more, as I browned it with the vegetables to make this chili. Which is fine, of course, I’d rather add olive oil than have a lot of poultry fat in the dish. I … Continue reading
Linguine alle vongole
I forgot to add red pepper. And the only parsley I had was dried. No matter, my impromptu dinner of linguine with clam sauce turned out just fine, thank you. I realized I had all the makings for this in my cupboard: little cans of chopped and whole clams, and clam broth. I sautéed garlic … Continue reading
Asian Chicken Salad
This was an impromptu worknight salad that worked out better than I expected. So well, in fact, that I made a similar version later that week, adding some fresh NJ peaches, for a pot luck office event. It all started, as so many things do, at Trader Joe’s, where I purchased something I rarely deign … Continue reading
Cherry Walnut Quinoa Salad
I keep meaning to share the recipe below for the delicious quinoa salad (left in photo) from the Suppers Program, which I wrote about in the Packet in June. The carrot salad (right side of photo) recipe is in that column, but I culdn’t fit the quinoa receipe in. I also wrote about their oven-fried eggplant in … Continue reading
Bobolink Veal
Not that this delicious veal chop from Bobolink Dairy‘s grassfed herd needed any help with flavor, but I’ve been on this anchovy and caper binge, and that seemed a perfect touch for this dish, since I didn’t have an outside grill to lend it a charry flavor. So I broiled the chops inside on an evening slightly less … Continue reading
Crab Gratin
A few weeks ago, before this terrible heat wave started, I paid a crabby visit to McCaffrey’s Market in Princeton. No, I wasn’t feeling crabby, but had crab meat on my mind. I headed right to the ice case in front of their seafood counter. There’s always something interesting nestled in those ice chips. For starters, I bought … Continue reading
Jersey Fresh Scallops
No matter what other preparation I try, this is still my hands down favorite scallop dish. It’s the one where I delgaze the pan with a squeeze of lemon juice and a teaspoon or two of smoked maple syrup. Snatch it right off the heat and pour all that goodness over the cooked scallops on toasted bread. … Continue reading
Cajeta
This is the happy result of having heavy cream in my refrigerator I needed to use up. I made cajeta! Yes, it’s usually made with goat milk and, frankly, not with cream. So I mixed some milk in with my post-expiration-date heavy cream, which I had never opened and which smelled fine. I added the tiny … Continue reading
Canal House Cooking Volume No. 4
Each new volume from Canal House Cooking thrills me. Number 4 is all about the bounty from farm markets and gardens, and you’ll find so many lovely, and often elegantly simple, recipes that you’ll almost wish this hot and humid summer would never end. I’ve sent gift subscriptions (there are three volumes each year) to a … Continue reading
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