Food and Wine

Slow-Roasted King Salmon, Creamed Cucumbers

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From the NY Times, 28 June 2006 Time: 1 hour 15 minutes 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced 1 large shallot, peeled and sliced 2 English cucumbers, peeled, halved lengthwise and sliced ¼-inch thick Salt and freshly ground white pepper 2½ pounds king salmon fillet, skinned, pin bones removed … Read more

In Search of a Pan That Lets Cooks Forget About Teflon – New York Times

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The New York Times, In Search of a Pan That Lets Cooks Forget About Teflon. How did they know I was looking for just such a replacement…? We’ve got a handful of them now, including a roasting pan, and now I realize they were not good investmenst, nor good gifts to ask for. High heat … Read more

Wines for a Picnic

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Liquid City: Just Add Dixie Cups, in which Corina Zappia of the Village Voice recommends picnic wines. Via Robot Wisdom.

The Oyster Is His World – New York Times

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R.W. Apple writes about John Rowley in The Oyster Is His World, and reading it, for a moment, I wished it was mine too. John Rowley has made a career and a calling of advocating for and raving about oysters, and to me, that’s one of those “Dang, that’s a great job!” jobs. Ah well. ... Read more

Argentina On Two Steaks A Day

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As promised yesterday, Argentina On Two Steaks A Day, from painter and programmer Maciej Ceglowski’s Idle Words blog (“brevity is for the weak”), via Making Light, one of the net’s uberblogs. I’ll use the same pull-quote they did, which opens the piece: *The classic beginner’s mistake in Argentina is to neglect the first steak of … Read more

Cooking (Large Cuts of) Meat – NYT

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I love this kind of article. Matt and Ted Lee explain how and why to roast entire bone-in legs of lamb, untrimmed beef brisket, whole fresh hams. I love well roasted meat. My family has historically roasted whole bone-in legs of lamb, with lots of garlic. This Sunday we’re having a southern-style ham, already smoked, ... Read more

Cedar Plank Salmon and Snow Flurries

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There’s a large fillet of wild-caught salmon smoking on the grill, a very light snow is falling (nothing will stick, but in Atlanta, that’s cool), we’re drinking good red wine, a Gershwin special is on the radio, and we’re going to watch Almodovar’s Talk to Her. I feel rich.

Who Knew a $10 Bill Had Such a Nice Bouquet?

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Who Knew a $10 Bill Had Such a Nice Bouquet? What do they all have in common? None tasted expensive. Each was fairly simple, and yet the flavors of the grapes were allowed to shine through. This NYT article is from last summer, but I wanted to note it here. I like a good inexpensive … Read more

Ellen’s Pumpkin Bundt Cake

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Ellen doesn’t remember where she got this recipe, but every time – every time – somebody tries this, they wig out, it’s so good. I gave it to a friend before Christmas over a year ago, and she still talks about it. Some people moan when they try this the first time.

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