Culinary Remedy for Fatigue
Sarah and I have a tradition of going to Aladdin’s on the way home after a vacation. We’re generally worn out from the trip and feeling a bit out of it, and Aladdin’s food always makes us feel better. […]
Archive for November, 2007
Sunday Dinner: Beef Bourguignon, Rosemary Focaccia and Hazelnut Gelato
Ben and I have always had a Sunday night tradition of making something a little more fancy than we would normally make during the week. Below are the recipes we made for this Sunday’s dinner. I made the […]
Ben’s Sunday Night Recipes
The bread was very basic. It’s technically not rosemary focaccia, but all you’d have to do for that is add a few tablespoons olive oil and some rosemary to the dough while kneading it. 1 1/4 cups […]
Beer Battered Turkey
Thanksgiving leftovers are infamous for the headaches they cause. Slate has an excellent essay on why we should forsake the tradition of using up leftover turkey and another article which concludes that cooking chicken would […]
No Knead Bread
For Thanksgiving this year we are headed to my folks house, but I have offered to bake some bread. I am making Mark Bittman’s New York Times No Knead Bread, which was posted last year. For those […]
Chicken, pt. 2
I’m starting to reconsider my quick judgment on the chicken. I made Bön Appetit’s Lemon Tarragon Chicken Salad with the leftovers today, and I’m sure it was improved by the fennel and thyme in the original […]
On Chicken and Salt
I made the Amateur Gourmet’s Roast Chicken tonight. It was quite good on the whole: the chicken was perfectly done and the fresh thyme added nice aromatic elements. I used our oven’s probe to get the […]