Buttermilk Potato Salad
Potato salad.
It’s a beautiful thing.
Food, Photography and Bons Mots
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A Salad Obsession: Me, Samin Nosrat and Via Carota’s Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
This is a very good vinaigrette. Glorious, in fact. The hot new chef, Samin Nosrat, featured this salad dressing recipe in a recent New York Times Magazine food piece titled “Best Green Salad in the World.” That kind of high praise made me think this…
Mango Royale
An abundance of riches… My mango odyssey continues. I recently let my heart rather than me head guide my purchase of a case of sixteen Manila mangoes at my favorite Vietnamese market. What was I thinking? Sixteen rapidly-ripening mangoes is quite a challenge for a party of…
Mango Lassi Frozen Yogurt
Ever considered making your smoothies in your washing machine? I didn’t think so. Apparently others have. ABP, a Hindi news station in India, has reported instances where Indian smoothies, lassis, have been bulk produced in washing machines. HSBC , the British multinational banking and financial…
Creamy Hummus: A Culinary Whodunnit
Cooking brings people together. Right? Apparently that is not is the case if the food is hummus. The chickpeas themselves don’t seem to be the subject of much debate. It is generally believed that they have been harvested as food since antiquity. Harold McGee, in…
Sweet Corn Chowder (All Sultried Up) and a Hunky Breton Fisherman
I’ve been making (and enjoying) this soup for a very long time. This corn chowder recipe first ran in the Los Angeles Times on September 30, 1998–21 years ago. The Times food section had a “Quick Fix” column at the time and this recipe was…
A Chocolate Guinness Cake and a Little Russian History
Nineteen hundred and twenty two NY Times readers can’t be wrong. That is how many NYT cooks have rated this Guinness cake an average of five stars (out of five stars), some giving the cake rave written reviews sprinkled with praises like “Divine!” and “Insanely…
Filo Phobia and Greek Rag Pie
Do you have filo phobia? Afraid to touch the delicate sheets of filo for fear that they will tear into a million pieces? If so, this recipe is for you. It is called Greek Rag Pie and the recipe actually calls for you to…
Caramelized Pear Upside Down Spice Cake
It’s a beauty! I shared this cake with my friend Gene. He was “baching it” while his wife, Sarah, was having surgery. Cooking is not his thing. Gardening is. The other day he confided in me that he portioned the cake out so that he…
Beyonce and Cream Cheese Banana Bread
We are enjoying the first glorious days of spring here in Southern California. Plants are budding and the sweet little birds are singing their sweet little songs. I have a Black Phoebe in my backyard who is entertaining me and Juliet with swoops and other…
