Grilled salmon tacos with condiments
Sauces & Condiments Seafood

Grilled Salmon Tacos with Mango-Avocado Salsa

Try these healthy, quick and easy fish tacos that the entire family will love, made with smoky-spicy grilled salmon, zesty mango-avocado salsa and low-fat lime mayonnaise. Not only do grilled salmon tacos taste great, they can be good for the environment too. Wild-caught salmon make these tacos a sustainable choice. If you can’t find fresh or frozen wild-caught salmon, choose another U.S. or Canadian wild fish like halibut, striped bass or line-caught cod.  We used salmon steaks because we like …

Porcini-Onion Soup with Jarlsberg Croutons
Cheese Mushrooms Soups & Stews Wild Foods

Porcini-Onion Soup with Jarlsberg Croutons

One look will tell you that this soup is first cousin to the world famous classic, French onion soup. But look more closely (and take a whiff of the heady aroma), and some differences quickly become apparent. Most noticeable is the addition of dried porcini mushrooms, which contribute a profound depth of rich flavor to this soup. Fresh porcini mushrooms (Boletus edulis) have a wonderful savory flavor that becomes even more intense when dried. Little wonder that dried porcini are …

Breads & Baked Goods Desserts Eggs Any Style Tips and Techniques

Meyer Lemon Tartlets with a Scandinavian Cookie Crust

Is it a cookie? Is it a tartlet? It’s both. Inspired by the traditional Scandinavian filled cookie called “sandbakkel,” this crisp, lemony tartlet is just the right size for one. With a filling of tangy-sweet Meyer lemon curd and a baked meringue topping, it looks like a miniature version of a classic lemon meringue tart, but it’s suprisingly easy to make. We’ve broken the recipe down into three parts: the cookie-like dough, the Meyer lemon curd and the whipped meringue. …

Chipotle Molé Wings with chipotle chiles
Appetizers Poultry Rubs and Marinades Sauces & Condiments

Chipotle Molé Wings

Olé for molé! While we never really get tired of original Buffalo-style wings, sometimes it’s fun to break out of the routine and try something new, exciting and deliciously different.  In this recipe, chicken wings get a south-of-the-border makeover; first, marinated with a rub of aromatic & zesty spices, sherry vinegar and garlic, then, after baking, a quick toss with a sweet and savory molé-style sauce made with smoky chipotle chile peppers and deep, dark chocolate.  While the sauce is not a really an authentic …

Spicy Gochujang Pork Puffs
Appetizers Asian Breads & Baked Goods Meat

Spicy Gochujang Pork Puffs

Ah, it’s that time of the year again. The holidays are past, winter is back with a vengeance and the Super Bowl is just around the corner. Sounds like the perfect time to whip up some hot, tasty party food! Over the past few years, we’ve noticed that Super Bowl snacks have gone far beyond the usual guacamole, chili and nachos. You’d almost think that the game was secondary to the increasingly elaborate edibles featured at Super Bowl parties with …

Pozole Rojo (Mexican Pork and Hominy Soup with Chiles)
Meat Sauces & Condiments Soups & Stews

Pozole Rojo (Mexican Pork and Hominy Soup with Chiles)

If you found yourself wishing for a hangover cure this New Year’s Day, you might want to remember this recipe for next year. Pozole, a rich, meaty Mexican stew brimming with hominy and pork, is a dish that is served both on festive occasions and as a humble, ribsticking everyday meal. It’s also touted as a universal remedy for late nights and hangovers, which makes it the perfect dish for the morning after. In Mexico, there is a great national love of …

Crisp Caviar Spoons Wide
Appetizers Breads & Baked Goods Seafood Vegetables

Presenting… Caviar!

Once the symbol of opulence, caviars & roes are still among the ultimate delicacies, in a league shared only with truffles, champagne and saffron. Not so long ago, caviar could only mean ultra-expensive beluga caviar served with a mother-of-pearl spoon. Today, roe options from other types of fish can still offer an over-the-top experience at a much more affordable price.  With excellent domestic farm-raised caviar readily available, we can enjoy a delicacy that was once reserved only for royalty and …

Beverages Desserts

Real Hot Chocolate, From Scratch

The most delicious hot chocolate in the world is not made with cocoa powder, but with chocolate liquor. No, not THAT kind of liquor. “Chocolate liquor” is the term used for the thick paste that results when whole cocoa beans are fermented, roasted, crushed into ‘nibs,’ and lastly, finely ground.  All real chocolate begins with this raw ingredient. This chocolate liquor (also called chocolate mass or paste) consists of 100% cacao – both the cocoa solids and rich, oily cocoa …

Desserts Sauces & Condiments

Chestnut Marmalade (Marmellata di Castagne)

  With fresh American-grown chestnuts now widely available, more and more people are learning how to prepare and enjoy them. True American chestnuts, once common in North America, nearly disappeared following a devastating blight that swept across the eastern U.S. in the early 20th century. By 1940, nearly all American chestnuts were gone. Fortunately, due to the combined efforts of scientists, botanists, and growers, commercially cultivated chestnuts are back. That’s good news for all of us. Chestnuts, it turns out, are not …

Soba Noodles with Roasted Matsutake Mushrooms
Asian Mushrooms Pasta Salads Sauces & Condiments Wild Foods

Soba Noodles with Roasted Matsutake Mushrooms

It’s already November, well into the fall season. Depending on where you live, fresh produce from your home garden may be done until next spring. Thankfully, there are a few hardy radishes and the last scallions to be harvested from our garden which add some crisp texture, fresh flavors and tangy “bite” to this preparation. With the addition of a few foraged wild mushrooms, it’s enough to make a wonderfully earthy dish, featuring hearty Japanese soba noodles. Soba noodles are made with buckwheat, a …