How can a one-pot meal of chicken with Marsala, olives and blood oranges not be good? I like blood oranges and can’t have enough of them.…
Chocolate/ Levain & Yeast Hybrid/ modernist/ my favorites
Chocolate Cherry Sourdough Bread in “Modernist Bread”
The chocolate cherry sourdough bread recipe is published in the New York Times article, “slicing through the myths to rethink bread.” The article reviews the new…
Grill/ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall/ modernist/ Salad/ Seafood
Grilled Octopus Salad in a Lemongrass Ginger Dressing | The Joy of Sous Vide Cooking
I often wonder why octopuses served in sushi restaurants are tender to the bite without being chewy. So I asked a sushi chef how the texture…
Artisan bread/ Crack/ David Lebovitz/ French/ modernist/ my favorites/ Salad
Bacon, Sous-Vide Eggs, Garlic Toasts and Escarole Salad – Salade Lyonnaise
Salade Lyonnaise is universally beloved across France, but not in America. You would think any breakfast-like dishes that answer the early morning cravings for salty…
Berry/ Cream/ Dairy free/ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall/ modernist/ Pantry essentials
Vegan Eton Mess with Berries, Aquafaba Meringue & Cream
This is a classic dessert recipe that can be found in the repertoire of every British celebrity chef. Combining raspberries, strawberries, meringue cookies and cream makes…
Smoothies of any flavor, berries, tropical or greens, are among the best and easy eats that I like to make when I have fresh fruits…
Gluten free/ Healthful Eats/ modernist/ Sweet
Mango Black Rice Pudding: Dairy- and Refined-Sugar-Free Dessert
Green veggies have long been hailed as healthful foods that are good for us. Less well known is that dark fruits, vegetables and grains are nutritional…
There are masculine dishes as there are feminine dishes. Farrotto, or farro risotto, is the masculine equivalence to arborio rice risotto. If I’ve lost you for…
Twice-baked brioche, or bostock, tastes like a cross between a frangipane croissant and a softer biscotti. It is a perfect pastry to enjoy with a cup…
This version of bostock, a Nancy Silverton’s recipe from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Julia, is made from brioche bread soaked in an orange syrup, spread with…
Meyer lemons are used in this curd I started using the sous vide technique before I ventured into cooking and baking. It must have something…
Berry/ breakfast/ Fruit/ modernist/ Pantry essentials/ Sweet
Strawberries and Homemade Cream with a Whipping Siphon
What do strawberries and cream and forty-love have in common? Yes, it’s the Wimbledon. Wimbledon is the oldest and the most prestigious tennis Grand Slam…
Sous vide mollet eggs Florentine Mollet, means soft in French, refers to eggs that are soft boiled in water to the texture when the yolks…
Would you consider it fast food if a dish can be prepared in less than 20 minutes? Is it possible this is also a fancy…