Sea salt caramels aside, Americans have been slow to warm to the idea of combining savory and sweet. There are occasional exceptions, like fruit-based salsas, or honey-mustard combinations, and of course sweet molasses-y barbecue sauces. But whenever I talk about things like, say, the classic French noisettes de porc aux prunes, which is an out-of-this-world [...]
Also tagged apples, cauliflowerLeftover salad is an unlovely thing. What was sprightly and crisp, distinct and resilient becomes soft and tired, limp and worn. If you have dressed the salad, especially, you can expect to find it the next morning in a swamp of its own juices, sodden and dispiriting. The temptation is to just compost the lot [...]
Also tagged leftovers, saladsOh, I took photos. But would they really express the satisfaction, a long day of writing behind me, an evening’s worth still to go, of spending a half an hour in the kitchen with the cool crispness of bok choy and cucumbers and scallions? Would they convey the sizzle of the tofu hitting the hot [...]
Also tagged black beans, bok choy, cucumber, garlic, home cooking, leafy greens, stir-fry, tofu, wednesday's supperThe shrimp at the Asian supermarket this morning were nice, and the price was good, so I bought some. I had been hoping for mussels, but the mussels were not happy. So shrimp it was, a foundation for what ended up being a shrimp-centric meal. I shelled the shrimp and stir-fried them, in a riff [...]
Also tagged ginger, greens, pickles, pork, scallions, shrimp