This onion, olive, and anchovy topped focaccia is essentially an Italian version of the Provencal dish Pissaladiere. This version is adapted from Nick Malgieri’s book, The Modern Baker. I made half of his recipe, which I baked in a quarter sheet pan (13 x 9). It made 3 servings for us for dinner with a Read More …
We ate this cornbread adapted from Nick Malgieri’s The Modern Baker with bean soup. It was a nice cornbread, which was flavorful without being very spicy despite the chilies. We made a half recipe in an 8-inch cake pan (6 servings as a side dish) rather than the full recipe (amounts below – in a Read More …
I spotted a recipe in Taste of Home for Meatball Parmigiana, which sounded like a good example of Italian-American comfort food. It took about an hour and will serve 8 people 3 cheesy meatballs each. We ate them for dinner with fresh pasta and with some extra red sauce on the side. 2 lbs. 80/20 Read More …
When I was about 10 years old (around 1965), my siblings and I visited our grandmother in Paterson, NJ and we spent a day sightseeing in Manhattan. Lunch was at an Automat, a restaurant which was like a giant vending machine with tables. Customers put money in coin slots in a wall of little glass Read More …
I made a mistake when I recently tried to make Refrigerator Rolls. I misread the recipe and instead of including ¼ cup of water I included a full cup. When I looked at the dough it was clearly way too wet, and after considering just throwing it out and starting over, I instead I increased Read More …
For the past week I have been making several pepperoni rolls and kolaches using Refrigerator Rolls v2. Here is my approach for a sausage and cheese kolache like the ones in the phone. For each kolache 2 oz. piece of dough from Refrigerator Rolls v2 Half of a smoked sausage link (such as Johnsonville smoked Read More …
There are lots of dishes which combine pasta, a meat sauce, and bechamel sauce, such as the Greek pastitsio (One Pot Pastistio) and the Egyptian Macarona Bechamel. In this group is the Italian-American Million Dollar Spaghetti, which was recently touted by SeriousEats. Here is how I made it based on their recipe. This takes less Read More …
As a very special treat to celebrate Alyssa’s 40th birthday (and New Year’s Day) we made Steak Oscar based on Steaks with Friends at Home with Rick Tramonto. We made it in a deconstructed way since we weren’t sure everyone wanted crab and asparagus with their grilled steak. In this post I will not provide Read More …
Crab Imperial is a rather old-fashioned dish, which is now very expensive due to the very high price of crabmeat these days. This version is adapted from The Williamsburg Cookbook, and made 2 servings which we enjoyed on New Year’s Eve with Sourdough Baguettes with Keto Flour , salad, and champagne. It took about 45 Read More …
Raw kale is very tough, but it can be made much softer and more enjoyable to eat if the kale is handled the right way. Following the guidance in J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s book The Food Lab, the tough stems should be removed, the leaves cut into ribbons and then massaged with olive oil and salt Read More …