Beef Satay
This has been one of our favorite grilling recipes for a long time and it’s always one of the first things I make when the weather gets warm. Although Cook’s Illustrated categorizes it as an appetizer (as do most Thai restaurants) I didn’t see why...The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Spanish Fricco
It’s hard to start off a cookbook with a disappointing dish. And this one sounded so promising: layers of thinly-pounded beef, potatoes and onions, laced with butter and cream and baked in water bath for a couple of hours. How could that go wrong? And...
Open-Faced Beef Wellington
I made “real” Beef Wellington once. And it took days. Even without making the puff pastry or the pate from scratch, it was quite a project: a scrumptious and complicated red wine sauce made with oxtails, the Duxelles, the proper cooking of an...
Off Topic: Stir-Fried Thai-Style Beef with Chiles and Shallots
This is one of our favorite stir-fry dishes and if I can only convey one thing to you about this recipe it is this: do NOT fear the fish sauce. Believe me, I’m as adverse to the stuff, in its undiluted form, as anyone. When I’m pouring it out I...Recent Comments
I’m so excited to make this! Do you think orange juice would work in place of the orange liquor? Or…
Cooks illustrated.
Just watched the Cook's Country Video relative to this delightful sounding recipe. In case anyone is interested ... go to…
I used a glass dish and just ran a knife around all the edges and a spatula to loosen the…
I made this tonight and it was awesome. I followed the directions precisely. The sauce was perfect and there's plenty…