Cranberry Sauce with Cider and Cinnamon

Cranberry Sauce with Cider and Cinnamon

by | Jan 3, 2016 | Miscellaneous recipes

For my daughter this is the undisputed highlight of our Christmas dinner and one of her all-time favorite foods.  I have been making it for years from a photocopy from a cookbook whose title had been cut off from the copy (or “Xerox” as we used to call...
Dry-Brined Turkey

Dry-Brined Turkey

by | Dec 26, 2015 | Miscellaneous recipes

Photo: Evan Sung for the New York Times I think I’m done searching for the be-all and end-all turkey.  Right here, this is it.  Probably the best turkey I’ve ever made and I’ve made a few.  I was a devotee of Cook’s Illustrated’s wet...
The Food Lab

The Food Lab

by | Dec 13, 2015 | Featured, The Food Lab

Sometimes the hardest part of all of this is choosing a worthwhile book to review.  Why?  Well, frankly there’s a lot of merde out there.  From a cursory Amazon search of 7,663 [actual number not a re-enactment] cookbooks published in the last 90 days the vast...
Ultimate Sugar Cookies

Ultimate Sugar Cookies

by | Dec 6, 2015 | Bon Appetit Magazine, Featured

Even though I have a perfectly fine recipe for sugar cookies, I’m always open to try a new one.  Because resisting new things makes you old and gives you frown lines and age spots and turkey neck.  True story. This one is from the December 2013 issue of Bon...
Grilled Shrimp and Vegetables with Pearl Couscous

Grilled Shrimp and Vegetables with Pearl Couscous

by | Dec 2, 2015 | Featured, Gourmet

I made this dish a long time ago and then forgot to tell you about it.  Forgive me. It has been one of my favorite summer meals for a long time because it’s got so much going for it.  It’s healthy, it’s quick, and it’s a self-contained complete...