Monthly Archives: June 2011

Chicken Fried Rice

Comfort food brings up all kinds of dishes: macaroni and cheese, meat loaf, casserole, matzo ball soup. French fries, ice cream, chocolate. These foods are comforting for lots of people. But comfort food is so subjective. What comforts someone, might … Continue reading

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Sliced Filet Mignon with Fava Beans and Radishes

This is another recipe is from Epicurious. It is terrific for spring. I’ve modified the recipe a little bit, but kept the primary components. I like to do steak in a pan the Tom Colicchio-way, basting the meat in butter as … Continue reading

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Sliced Egg and Black Truffle Mayonnaise on Toast

My first year of graduate school, I lived down the street from an appallingly awkward airline-themed café. The space was pleasant with floor-to-ceiling windows. It had those lovely columns that fewer and fewer downtown places seem to want to retain. … Continue reading

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Simple Green Salad

This is not really a recipe, but an special welcome extended to season’s first lettuces. It is also a gift from Tomoko, who appears to be drowning in seasonal produce at the moment. She asked if I might be interested … Continue reading

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Penne with Tuna, Basil, and Lemon Zest

This recipe comes from Epicurious. It is a terrific example of how the fewest number of ingredients, and the simplest preparation, can taste really divine. For this, you’re going to want to find some really good tuna. Not the water-packed stuff, … Continue reading

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Egg Salad with Basil on Toast

When people say that so-and-so “can’t boil an egg,” they generally mean to say that the person in question can’t cook. Insofar as idioms go, it’s a pretty silly one; there are a lot of people out there who cook all … Continue reading

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Chicken-Fried Steak with Mashed Potatoes and Pan Gravy

It is a stunning 92.7° outside. 92°. Even after 8PM. It is just barely June. This is almost 20 degrees above the seasonal average. It feels like August. This is so wrong! So what did I decide to cook? Did … Continue reading

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Sautéed Fiddlehead Ferns with Garlic and Lemon

I have a food confession to make: I have been so busy that I haven’t been to the Greenmarket at all this season. Blame it on work, blame it on the incessant rain, blame it on the suffocating heat and … Continue reading

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