Much of our hunting, reading and testing at the moment is inspired by the idea of optimal eating – meals that are equally delicious, easy to make, and scientifically proven to be magically life-extending. A few of the recipes published here show this inspiration – the cioppino for instance, and the blueberry chutney are both [...]
The ROI on this luscious appetizer is just incredible. It’s in that secret-weapon category of dish that’s dead easy to make and has an appeal that’s practically universal. Who doesn’t like smoked salmon and miniature pancakes? Who won’t be surprised by the mingling of fragrance and pungency in this gorgeously unctuous cream?
We’ve served this as [...]
In reviewing our mental index of dishes we’ve ‘always’ wanted to make but for some reason never have, the legendary whole fish in a salt crust leapt suddenly out and begged to be blogged this weekend. The decision of what to cook is usually not an easy one, sometimes involving coercion or bribery, but this [...]
The great thing about ice cream – aside from how happy it universally seems to make people – is how marvelous a canvas it is for culinary creativity. Over the holidays at a friend’s house we found an issue of Fine Cooking we’d somehow missed (June/July 2009) that featured an inspiring spread on flavour combinations [...]