Bienerstück By George Greenstein Bienerstück, known as beehive cake, is a yeast-raised coffee cake topped with caramelized honey and nuts and filled with cream custard. This is a lovely German coffee cake, at one time very popular but unusual now. A delight to old-generation Europeans, it waits its turn to be discovered all over again.… Read More →
Devour London A global hub of history, finance, fashion and food, London is incredibly accessible, reliable and popular for tourists. As England’s capital grows increasingly diverse, so do the culinary offerings. From high-end Michelin-rated tasting menus and an influx of chef-driven gastropubs to roaming food trucks and amazing ethnic food from around the globe, there… Read More →
Sign this Petition! Hey friends, thanks to many of you for signing my petition regarding Unilever (Hellmann’s/Best Foods) bullying start-up sustainable food company Hampton Creek. Because of you, Unilever dropped the frivolous lawsuit. Thank you! Here’s the crazy update though. According to an exposé by The Guardian, the United States Department of Agriculture conspired (likely illegally)… Read More →
Pear Tarte Tatin By Samantha Seneviratne If you have trepidations about pie crust, let this tarte tatin ease your mind. From France, tarte tatin is a simple upside-down caramelized fruit tart. No matter what you do, however, it slumps and curves, and whatever bubbles up, the dessert is always beautiful. Rustic and lovely. Legend has… Read More →
A Better Way to Incorporate Apples & Honey for the New Year By Andrew Zimmern Rosh Hashanah means one thing in my house, sweet apples and honey for a new year. Here I put it through a different prism so that those important ingredients could be used to accent duck in a main course that I can… Read More →
Catch me on EVINE Live, September 8 at 11am & 4pm ET. I’m teaming up with New York City’s all-star butcher and meat purveyor Pat LaFrieda to offer a curated selection of meats and sausages for EVINE Live. From custom-blend beef burgers and tomahawk pork chops, to harissa-infused Merguez lamb sausages, you won’t be able to find… Read More →
Salt & Pepper Caramel Brownies By Samantha Seneviratne They say that freshly ground black pepper wakes up the salivary glands and enhances our ability to taste food. Who wouldn’t want to taste their brownies more completely? Black pepper also adds an unexpected smoky, floral note to the classic treat, making them complex and irresistible. The… Read More →
I received a lot of questions about this pickle picture on Instagram last week, so here’s the low down. For those of you who want to try it at home, I’ll walk you through my process. I put 15 pounds of washed and dried small pickling cukes—the average size was a little bit bigger than my… Read More →
Grilled Sweet Onion Salad By Andrew Zimmern This summery grilled sweet onion salad not only looks beautiful, but it’s also a cinch to put together—especially if you already have the grill fired up for a backyard barbecue.
Citrus-Spiked Negroni By Valerie Aikman-Smith & Victoria Pearson Devilishly refreshing and so pretty, this combination of sweet, bright orange Page tangerine juice and deep red, pleasantly bitter Campari sings out. Make this as soon as possible for your new sundowner. Recipe from Citrus by Valerie Aikman-Smith and Victoria Pearson. Order your copy here.
Tangerine Sticky Ribs By Valerie Aikman-Smith & Victoria Pearson Except for the time in the oven, everything for this quick-and-easy recipe happens in a blender. And don’t miss the freshly chopped tangerine peel garnish to zest things up. These ribs are so finger-lickin’ good that they enticed Victoria to eat meat again! Recipe from Citrus by… Read More →
Partners. Be aware of what you cook tomatoes with. The high acid content of the tomato slows down the cooking process of some other foods. Dried beans cooked with tomatoes can take up to twenty percent more cooking time than beans without tomatoes. If you have some unusually highly acidic tomatoes and you want a… Read More →
Chilled Potato & Leek Soup By Andrew Zimmern What can I say, I love chilled soups in the summer and always have a pitcher of gazpacho or vichyssoise on hand for snacking. This recipe is a classic, smooth-and-creamy potato-leek soup that works well as an appetizer or main course on a hot summer night.
Make this dessert before summer ends. By Andrew Zimmern This dessert is a bit of a hybrid—somewhere between a classic trifle and a fool. Light and airy angel food cake is layered with fresh berries and a mascarpone-and-custard-infused whipped cream for the ultimate summertime treat. Like this recipe? Save it on Pinterest!
Growing Food, Growing Leaders, Growing Community Food and music go hand-in-hand at Cultivate, the Chipotle-sponsored touring food festival in Loring Park this Saturday (p.s. it’s FREE). There’s more than burritos to be had, with a craft beer-laden tasting hall, cooking demos from celebrity chefs like Richard Blais, Jim Christiansen, Gavin Kaysen, Erik Anderson, Jamie Malone… Read More →
The State Fair is my favorite Minnesota food celebration, hands down. I adore the Minnesota State Fair so much that I try to go all 12 days. Every year there’s a list of new food booths, but I dig on the classics…. Sweet Martha’s Cookies, Speedy’s About a Foot Long Hot Dog, the Gizmo (an Italian… Read More →
Devour Amsterdam Amsterdam is a quirky enclave of bikes, boats and old world charm that draws visitors from all over the world. In a city that defies easy description, tourists flock there for the forbidden (“coffee shops” and the infamous Red Light District) as much as they do for the renowned architecture, museums and culture. And… Read More →
Cooking Pasta in My Kitchen Everyone loves a good noodle. It’s a quick, easy and economical way to eat. It can also be as elegant as you care to make it, and is universally beloved in every country I can think of. These are some fun tips to keep in mind next time you are… Read More →
Rigatoni Carbonara By Andrew Zimmern When it comes to carbonara, I think the whole food world cooks what’s called the Barbara Lynch style: no cream, pasta water, adding pecorino off the fire in batches, plenty of yolks and so forth. I have been cooking mine that way for a while, and I was surprised that… Read More →
Kimchi Fried Rice By Andrew Zimmern There are so many great homemade kimchis available these days (even the local supermarket brands are pretty awesome), that rather than tell you how to make it, I thought it might be more fun to tell you what I do with it most often: eat it from the jar… Read More →
Devour Dublin Few modern European cities can match Dublin’s mix of rough spirit and hip energy. Rife with old-school pubs and scratchy-voiced musicians, there has been a recent influx of young entrepreneurial-types who have been fostering a place where creativity and contemporary ideas can flourish. With this unique meshing of history and modernity, there is… Read More →
Grilled Chili Shrimp By Andrew Zimmern
Devour Rome One of the cradles of Western civilization, Rome is a city full of globally influential art, culture and architecture. Over 4 million tourists flock to the Italian capital every year, visiting ancient Roman ruins, hoping to catch a glimpse of the pope in Vatican City, and, often times, binging on Italian gelato, pizza… Read More →
Uncompromisingly Committed to His Craft A 2011 James Beard Award Winner for Best Chef Northeast and Food & Wine Best New Chef in 2005, Tony Maws is the owner of Boston’s acclaimed Craigie on Main and the newer, more casual Kirkland Tap & Trotter. An immensely talented chef with ruthless expectations of himself and his staff,… Read More →
I got this email from Tamra C. McCraw yesterday. It’s reprinted in its exact form because I couldn’t put it any better… please read it, make the links your mission for today and lets help kids get the food they need during the summer months and beyond. I need you to call/email/tweet/urge your Senators to get active on this piece of legislation. Thanks, AZ Andrew it… Read More →
Baked Ricotta with Cherry Tomatoes & Pignoli Granola By Matthew Accarrino
Chef Accarrino Shares San Francisco Favorites After graduating from the CIA in New York and working for top tier chefs around the country (including Thomas Keller at Per Se and Tom Colicchio at Craft Los Angeles), chef Matthew Accarrino moved to San Francisco in 2009 to take over the SPQR kitchen. At the intimate Fillmore neighborhood restaurant, Accarrino takes traditional,… Read More →
Classic Philippine Rib Recipe By Andrew Zimmern This is a classic Philippine rib recipe that will be impossible for you to resist making again and again. The vinegar in this dish is a holdover from the first wave of Spanish cookery that influenced much of Pinoy (Filipino) food culture. I first started doing this with… Read More →
Tomato Sauce Sous Vide-Style By Madeleine Hill Look, I’m not Andrew Zimmern, but I do work for him (both a blessing and a curse). I love to cook, but I didn’t go to culinary school. Three years ago, I turned a hobby into a job when I started testing Andrew’s recipes for Food & Wine magazine and andrewzimmern.com,… Read More →
Squid with Tomato & Mint By Andrew Zimmern When I got home from Rome last December, I wanted to make a tripa a la Romana but had no audience at home for the dish. So, I tried it with veal breast and with chicken—both were superb low and slow long-time braised affairs. Then I made this… Read More →
