Roasted garlic is easy to make and is useful in many recipes. This batch was made for the Roasted Garlic Focaccia , which includes a whole head of roasted garlic pressed into the puffed dough before baking. (It is really good.) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Tear off a piece of aluminum foil about Read More …
This chewy and flavorful loaf is what all those mediocre supermarket and restaurant focaccias are aspiring to be. It takes about 24 hours of elapsed time, but little work time. This recipe is adapted from SeriousEats.com. Because I have some 1:1 sourdough starter in the refrigerator, I used 6 oz. of it in the recipe Read More …
This is an adaptation of the best-selling meatball sold by The Meatball Shop, and is a winner in spaghetti and meatballs. (We are serving them with Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce ) An advantage of this recipe is that the meatballs are roasted, rather than fried, which is a much less messy process. 2 Tbs. olive Read More …
These bars have been popular at pot luck dinners. The recipe is adapted from barefootcontessa.com. Like all simple dishes, quality ingredients make a difference! ½ lb. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature ¾ cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract 2-1/3 cups all-purpose flour ½ tsp. kosher salt 12 oz. raspberry jam 2/3 cup granola Read More …
This is a variation of the classic Greek dish Garides Santorini (Baked Shrimp and Feta Santorini style) , adapted for Richard, a pescetarian who does not like celery. The adaptations were to replace the celery with chopped onion, and to make a shrimp-shell broth to replace the chicken broth. This trick of making a broth Read More …
This is a Mexican classic, traditionally made with red snapper, which is easy to get on the Gulf of Mexico. In Richmond, it is not as common, so I used cod loins, which turned out well. This is one of those dishes which can be as spicy or mild as you like. I used about Read More …
When we lived in Japan, fresh clams were easily available, and this was one of my favorite dishes, served with a good crusty bread, salad, and white wine. In the US, fresh clams are harder to get, but our local Wegmans sells good quality clams in 50 count bags. In Portugal these are cooked in Read More …
Gyoza are Japanese pork and cabbage dumplings which are cooked through a combination of pan frying and steaming, very much like Chinese potstickers. This version is an adaptation of a recipe in Japanese Soul Cooking by Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat. Garlic chives are thicker than standard chives and are available at Asian grocery stores, Read More …
This very easy dish is one of our Thai favorites, which we have made many times over the years. For people concerned about such matters, it is notable that this dish has no oil in the dressing and almost no carbohydrates. This is a dish in which everything is really to taste, so what I Read More …
This tasty dish is popular in SF Bay area Vietnamese restaurants, according to the Mercury News. This recipe is an adaptation of recipe by Andrea Nguyen in her “Vietnamese Food Any Day: Simple Recipes for True Fresh Flavors.” It consists of stir-fried beef on a bed of lightly dressed greens. Due to the very light Read More …