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Two pizzettas, just off the grill
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Grilled Pizzettas with Fire-roasted Tomatoes and Barolo Salami

As the seasons move from spring towards summer, the very thought of cooking and heating up the house becomes less and less appealing. Grilling is the perfect solution, but you can’t live on hot dogs, burgers and barbecued chicken forever. The answer? Grilled pizzettas. The dough is easy to make; the pizzas are small enough so everyone can have their own, and the toppings need little preparation. Best of all, there’s practically nothing to clean up. Grilled pizzettas are different from regular …

Honey, saffron and vanilla
Appetizers Breads & Baked Goods Desserts Sauces & Condiments

Saffron & Vanilla Infused Honey

Honey, that most natural of sweeteners, holds an important place in every culture of the world. Honeybees, so crucial to the development of flowering plants, thrive in temperate regions around the globe, busily spreading pollen and concentrating the sweet, energy-rich nectar of the flowers that they visit into that prized substance, honey. The flavor of honey varies tremendously, depending on the type of flowers visited by the bees who store the precious honey in the waxy combs of their hive. It seems only …

Lemony Strawberry Shortcake
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Lemony Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry. Just the word itself conjures up visions of warm spring afternoons and the sweet fragrance of gleaming, sun-ripened berries. Strawberries are the most familiar and best loved of berries. Pop one into your mouth whole and taste the succulent juice as you bite in. Fresh strawberries, sliced and stacked in layers between buttery-rich shortcakes, are nothing short of miraculous in their simplicity and homespun goodness. There are a couple of simple tricks to making the best shortcake. Real butter, …

Morel, Fiddlehead & Pancetta Tart, Just Out of the Oven
Appetizers Breads & Baked Goods Meat Mushrooms Wild Foods

Morel, Fiddlehead & Pancetta Tart

Fiddleheads taste like the woodlands in spring time – fresh, green and exuberantly wild. The flavor of fiddleheads is often compared to asparagus, artichokes or green beans, but such comparisons fall short. The truth is, fresh fiddleheads taste like nothing else. Only a few of the many species of ferns are considered to be edible and of those, only two or three are widely consumed. If the best known, and most eaten, is the Eastern fiddlehead, the Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia …

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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. …

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 …

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 …

Breads & Baked Goods Mushrooms Poultry Vegetables Wild Foods

Wild Mushroom & Chicken Pot Pie

  Pot pies are one of those secret guilty pleasures that we’ve all indulged in. I’m referring, of course, to those frozen blocks in the little foil pans from the supermarket freezer case. You don’t have to feel guilty about this pot pie though. Made entirely from scratch, it’s chock full of good, wholesome ingredients, most of which you probably already have in your fridge. It’s likely that the only ingredient you’ll need to buy specially for this recipe are …

Breads & Baked Goods Desserts Mushrooms Wild Foods

Honey Truffle Sponge Pudding Cake with Wild Berries

Mention the word “truffle” in the context of dessert and most people would probably think you were talking about the round, chocolate confections that are so popular on Valentine’s Day.  In this instance, we’re talking about real truffles, the kind that grow underground in association with the roots of certain trees.  While the use of fungus-type truffles is certainly not unheard of in desserts, it’s honestly sometimes a bit of a stretch and frequently not entirely to everyone’s taste.  But there is one little-known …

Huckleberry Crisps
Breads & Baked Goods Desserts Wild Foods

Huckleberry Crisp with Walnut Topping

The wild huckleberry  (Vaccinum membranaceum or Vaccinum deliciosum) is a tasty relative of the blueberry, but it’s much more elusive. In appearance, huckleberries are very nearly identical to blueberries, but they’re smaller and their flavor has an “edge” which is missing in domestic berries. The flavor of wild huckleberries, as is true of many wild things, is more complicated and less obvious than the flavor of their tame cousins.  While a fresh huckleberry may look like a blueberry, it tastes a …