Very Fresh Spring Pea Soup
Fresh Pea Soup By Andrew Zimmern This fresh pea soup is a celebration of spring in a bowl. You can use frozen peas if you must, but shelling your own peas is worth the extra step.
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Spring Vegetable Barigoule
Artichoke & Asparagus Barigoule By Andrew Zimmern Barigoule is classic, it’s French and it’s the perfect time of year for it. IT’S SPRING! You can put on some great music, open the kitchen window and have a great dish to snack on all week long. I usually double this recipe because it goes so fast… Read More →
Green Chile & Pork Chili
Green Chile Chili By Andrew Zimmern There are a hundred ways to make chili, but this is one of my favorites. I could eat roasted Hatch chiles on anything—on burgers New Mexico-style, in salsa, and especially in chili alongside pork shoulder, poblanos and white beans. And yes, go through the extra steps of roasting the… Read More →
Culinary Literacy, Korea: Iced Noodles with Chiles & Poached Beef
Cold Korean Noodle Soup By Andrew Zimmern Korean mul naengmyun (also called mul naengmyeon) has it all—it’s tart and earthy, beefy and cold, all on a field of chewy noodles and slushy broth studded with green onion and pickled radish. Naengmyun means “cold noodles” in English, and refers to chilled Korean dishes made of long,… Read More →
Chinese Spicy, Sweet & Sour Lamb Chops
Chinese Lamb Chops By Andrew Zimmern Here I’ve combined two of my favorites—Chinese food and lamb—in one easy recipe. And who doesn’t love lamb racks cut into easy-to-eat mini caveman chops?
The Zahav Lamb Shoulder
The Zahav Lamb Shoulder By Michael Solomonov Next to our hummus, this is the dish that put Zahav on the map. We brine a whole lamb shoulder and smoke it over hardwood for a couple of hours. Then we braise it in pomegranate molasses until the meat is tender enough to eat with a spoon.… Read More →
Potato and Leek Soup
A Favorite Fall Soup By Andrew Zimmern Potato and leek soup was what Louis Diat cooked one cold summer morning at the Ritz in NYC over a century ago because he had a lot of it as a child. The soup was left in the fridge all day, spun, strained, creamed and turned into vichyssoise. It… Read More →
Classic Vichyssoise
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.
Kitchen Experiments: Sous Vide Beef Tenderloin
Sous Vide Cooking at Home 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. Two years ago, I turned a hobby into a salaried job when I started testing Andrew’s recipes for Food & Wine… Read More →
Grilled Lobster with Coconut-Rum Glaze & Dried Shrimp Salsa
Grilled “Chicken of the Sea” with Dried Shrimp Salsa By Andrew Zimmern In Cuba for the last 50 years, serving lobster was illegal in restaurants or home kitchens taking in guests. Locals found a way around the law by calling them chicken of the sea on menus.
Roast Leg of Lamb with Lemony Dill Sauce
My Favorite Summertime Meat By Andrew Zimmern Nothing beats roasting a whole leg of lamb. While this recipe is best in the oven, it’s easily adaptable for the grill, cooking over medium indirect heat. The best tool in the world for home cooks working with bone-in meats is a meat thermometer. There is no substitute… Read More →
Menietti in Vegetable Soup
Ligurian Dumpling Soup By Andrew Zimmern These little menietti dumplings are my new favorite recipe. I can’t stop making them. About a year ago my pal Jenn Louis, F&W 10 best designee and chef/owner of Lincoln in Portland, Oregon, sent me the ratio for the dumplings themselves. These little gems are from Liguria and are… Read More →
Jenn Louis’ Ricotta Gnocchetti
Soft, Tender & Rich with Ricotta By Jenn Louis In the fall, I dress these gnocchetti with sautéed squash and sage brown butter. In the winter, I serve them with a meat ragù. In the summer, it must be pesto! Recipe from Jenn Louis’ Pasta By Hand. Order your copy here.
Risotto Alla Milanese
Mastering the Art of Risotto By Marc Vetri This dish is forever linked to the centuries-old Duomo cathedral in Milan. Apparently, in 1574, a master glassmaker who was in charge of making stained glass for the cathedral enlisted an able disciple who was given the nickname Zafferano because he used saffron to color the glass.… Read More →
Spring Paella with Shrimp, Peas & Morels
Celebrate spring with this delicious and easy Spanish classic. By Andrew Zimmern I love paella. It’s easy and more forgiving than risotto for the home cook. Paella is typically cooked over an open fire. I often do mine on my grill, over cherry and hickory hardwood coals. The crust develops superbly, while the aroma and flavor… Read More →
Abalone with Black Bean Sauce & Sticky Rice
Abalone with Black Bean Sauce By Andrew Zimmern Abalone are simple to prepare and profoundly delicious. You can take the meat out of the shell, slice thin, and eat raw. If you prefer your sea snails cooked, try throwing them on the grill for a few minutes and you’ll find it has takes on sweetness… Read More →
Garganelli with Prosciutto & Peas
Garganelli with Prosciutto & Peas By Thomas McNaughton Especially if you swap out store-bought penne for the garganelli, this recipe can come together in a matter of minutes. In the restaurant, I like to add in arugula at the end of cooking so that it wilts in the pan, and then garnish the finished plate… Read More →
Ma Po Eggplant in Garlic Sauce
Silky Ma Po Eggplant By Andrew Zimmern This is one of my favorite dishes, made easy for the home cook. If you like a bolder, funkier flavor just add a little more toban djan (chile bean sauce). This superb all-in-one meal is a great way to use a small amount of meat to accent a… Read More →
Radicchio & Pumpkin Risotto
Radicchio & Pumpkin Risotto By Jennifer McLagan I love the winey hue that radicchio gives the rice in this dish, and the way its bitterness balances the pumpkin’s sweetness. Now I know that using the word pumpkin reveals my birthplace, but I just can’t get my head around “squash.” However, so I don’t confuse you,… Read More →
Beef Cheeks and Wine Tamales
Nose-To-Tail Tamales By Alice Guadalupe Tapp For me, beef cheeks are simple and sublime, and this recipe makes them so. It is almost like making a stew or an easy version of boeuf bourguignon. Make this even simpler by using a slow cooker or pressure cooker. Recipe from Alice Guadalupe Tapp’s new cookbook Tamales. Order… Read More →
5 Questions: Melissa Joulwan
Eat Clean. Live Loud. Melissa Joulwan is a badass. A retired Texas Rollergirl, Mel J has a serious thing for friendly competition, the band Social Disortion and cooking up a storm. In 2008, she launched her blog, Clothes Make the Girl, which kinda started out as a lifestyle/style site and eventually became one of the… Read More →
David Lebovitz’s Top Picks for Paris
Our Favorite American in Paris A veteran pastry chef who spent more than a decade working at Chez Panisse before moving to Paris and launching a wildly successful blog, David Lebovitz is our go-to guru for Parisian food and cooking. He’s written several cookbooks, including The Perfect Scoop, his best-selling guide to homemade ice cream,… Read More →
Lobster with Artichokes & Curry
A Tangy, Sweet and Luscious Combination By Andrew Zimmern When I entertain, my guests won’t stand for me making every dish ahead of time. Friends love to gather in the kitchen and watch me pull something together. This easy recipe is a great compromise: the components can be prepped ahead of time, plus the final… Read More →
Corned Beef Brisket with Bourbon & Molasses Glaze
An Irish Staple By Andrew Zimmern What’s a St. Paddy’s Day celebration without corned beef brisket? This recipe is one of my favorites, the sticky bourbon-molasses glaze gives the meat an irresistible touch of sweetness that balances out the brine. Once the beef is in the oven, bring remaining beef poaching liquid to boil, and… Read More →
Ivan Orkin’s Eggplant Mazemen
An Ivan Ramen Specialty By Ivan Orkin This eggplant mazemen, like many other dishes at Ivan Ramen, employs a decidedly Latin cooking technique and component: the sofrito.
5 Questions: Ivan Orkin
For the Love of Ramen Ivan Orkin’s path to culinary greatness is somewhat like folklore. A Jewish guy from Long Island falls in love with Japanese culture and cuisine, marries a Japanese woman and moves to Tokyo. In 2007, he opens a ramen shop as a gaijin (foreigner) in a city where residents are passionately… Read More →
Japanese Soul Cooking: Retro Curry
Old-School Japanese Curry By Tadashi Ono & Harris Salat Let’s dial it back to where it all began: old-school Japanese curry. Sweet-savory, fragrant, rich—and irresistible—this dish calls for the classic Japanese curry ingredients, that is, root vegetables, apple, and beef. And you thicken it using an old-fashioned roux, a French-style thickening agent for sauces made… Read More →
Curry-Glazed Carrots
A Quick Braise & Glaze By Andrew Zimmern Trying a healthier diet? This simple recipe is a good place to start. The flavor combination of carrots, curry, orange and ginger is amazing, not to mention incredibly nutritious.
5 Questions: Judith Choate
Celebrating Family and Food A multiple James Beard Award winning writer, chef and pioneer of American food, Judith Choate’s impressive culinary career spans more than 50 years and 100 cookbooks. Choate’s latest book, An American Family Cooks, is a prolific volume of recipes and kitchen memories from the Choate family archive. Below, Choate talks about… Read More →
Fried Kingclip in Hot & Spicy Tofu & Pork Bean Sauce
Mabo Royale By Nate Uri This recipe for fried kingclip with tofu and pork bean sauce is from Nate Uri, kombucha brewer at Verdant Tea and creator of Hot Date with Nate. The dish was a course in a special dinner Nate prepared at Verdant Tea that featured tea as an ingredient in each course.… Read More →