CORN, POTATO, AND BACON CHOWDER
This recipe is adapted from Marian Burros wonderful recipe in the book credited below. She says that, if you like this, you can thank Madeleine Kamman, the brilliant French cooking teacher. She came...
View ArticleCHEDDAR CHEESE SOUP
Regularly, I receive requests for a cheese soup recipe – usually cheddar – because everyone seems to love it, especially when the weather is cold and blustery. In the book called “Comfort Foods” (by...
View ArticleCARROT SOUP WITH CHÈVRE
Here’s an easy and quick carrot soup that’s also complex enough to serve to your most discerning guests. In this version, sweet young carrots are paired with slightly salty goat cheese and tangy...
View ArticleBEEF AND BARLEY SOUP
Why this recipe works: To build a flavorful base for this simple but comforting soup in a slow cooker, the folks at America’s Test Kitchen (associated with Cook’s Illustrated magazine) said that they...
View Article*ISRAELI JELLY DOUGHNUTS FOR CHANUKAH
The word sufganiya, a modern Hebrew word, comes from the Greek sufgan, meaning “puffed and fried.” Every bakery in Jerusalem, no matter the ethnic origin of the baker, makes these jelly doughnuts for...
View Article*CURRIED SWEET POTATO LATKES
The New Prospect Café, a health-oriented restaurant and catering company in Park Slope, Brooklyn, includes these curried sweet potato fritters on their Hanukkah menu. Add some fresh grated ginger to...
View Article**CRISPY TRADITIONAL POTATO PANCAKES
Well-respected food writer Joan Nathan tells the story of her preference for this traditional Hanukkah dish: “Ever since I visited a tiny French village in the Ardeche where I tasted a ‘craque,’ an...
View Article07b. POPOVERS AND YORKSHIRE PUDDING
Seems like lots of you are planning on Prime Rib for a holiday dinner this year – and Yorkshire pudding is a delicious and elegant accompaniment. (It’s not really a pudding, of course – more like a...
View Article07. PRIME RIB ROASTED TWO WAYS
500 DEGREE METHOD Bring the prime rib roast to room temperature by removing it from the refrigerator, and allowing it to stand in a cool place, wrapped in its butcher-paper wrapping, for one to four...
View Article06. CHRISTMAS GOOSE
Here is an unusual stuffing in a traditional Charles Dickens-style holiday bird. The tart cranberries and kumquats balance in flavor and texture with the pork sausage and crunchy pistachios. An...
View Article05. NUTS!
Everyone loves roasted, sugared, or spicy nuts – often served warm as friends stop in. (Freshly roasted nuts hold their heat for a surprisingly long time if served in a heavy, pre-warmed dish!)...
View Article03. MULLED WINE – MULLED CIDER – HOT BUTTERED RUM
Here are three hot drinks, fragrant and comforting, for cool fall and winter evenings. The mulled wine and cider recipes are for party-size amounts (ladle into small mugs or punch cups from a big pot...
View Article02. MAGIC HOLIDAY GROG
This is my idea of the most delicious hot beverage for the cold weather and holidays. You can keep it in a pot on the back of the stove for ladling out – or use a crock pot to keep it warm. Leave out...
View Article01. THE EGGNOG COLLECTION
Here is virtually every possible way to make and serve this rich and festive beverage. There’s a single-serving recipe for making as-needed, a party recipe, a recipe without raw eggs (even though the...
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