Please take me at my word: this vegetarian spread, lush with toasted hazelnuts and heady apple brandy is every bit as luxurious as any true liver pate. Big, meaty nuances are imparted by the inclusion of barley miso and umeboshi paste. With liberties, I’ve adapted this recipe from the walnut-lentil pate in the Angelica Home [...]
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Cookbook Gestation
July 10, 2008 – 6:49 am
When project Symon Says…Live To Cook is finished, I’m going to be suffering some serious post-partum. Keftedes (Mom’s little meatballs) Yield: approximately 20 keftedes Adapted from Chef Michael Symon 1/2 cup minced or grated onion 1 clove garlic, smashed beneath the flat side of a knife and roughly chopped Canola oil for pan frying 1 [...]
How Green Was My Guacamole
April 1, 2008 – 6:00 pm
Crunchy, creamy, tangy, spicy. A small celebration in vernal shades of green. Consider this not so much a recipe, but a mere suggestion of what to do when your avocado is dead ripe, a craving for guacamole strikes, and you are missing some key traditional ingredients. Necessity is truly the mother of invention AND inspiration. [...]
First-Wok Wings
March 10, 2008 – 9:12 pm
I have something to confess. I’m a rat. At least according to the Chinese zodiac I am, and apparently this rodent is not such a bad thing to be: “In Chinese, the Rat is respected and considered a courageous, enterprising person. People born in the Year of Rat are clever and bright, sociable and family-minded. [...]
