Colorful recipes with seasonal food
I’ve been making scallion pancakes the same way for years using a recipe I got from one of my chef friends, but recently I tried a different recipe based on a recommendation from the same friend and discovered this one makes just as good, if not better scallion pancakes in a lot less time! One…
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When I first found out that the summer collaboration star ingredient was going to be tomatoes, I envisioned a really photogenic heirloom tomato pizza or shakshuka, but the more I thought about it, the more my mind kept going back to this homely, homey dish. It will never win awards for its looks, but it’s…
I first wrote up my mom’s hua juan recipe almost 9 years ago so I figured it’s time to give a little update. You can use this recipe to make regular steamed mantou, or fill them to make different types of baozi, but my favorite is still hua juan, which is just the regular bao…
I was first introduced to slow-roasted salmon when the Food52 Cookbook Club was going through Samin Nosrat’s Salt Fat Acid Heat back in September. I tried the citrus version with lemon vinaigrette first and was absolutely smitten. As incredible as the citrus and vinaigrette were, I think it was the salt and slow-roasting that made…
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This is another post that started with a picture on Instagram. I saw Sarah Jampel’s picture of kubaneh from the Breaking Breads cookbook and was utterly transfixed. Then it showed up again on the Food52 feed in a picture for their store’s twine holder, but all anyone wanted to know was what the beautiful, crazy,…
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What’s the point in making tikka masala if you don’t have any naan to swipe up the leftover sauce? If I had known how easy it was to make naan on the stovetop, I would’ve made it a long time ago! Since I had some garlic and scallions lying around, I decided to make the…
One of my friends posted a picture of some steamed fish she made on Facebook, and it looked so good I had to ask for the recipe. Turns out the fish isn’t so much steamed as baked in the oven, but it’s so moist and tender, it might as well have been steamed! First you…
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I’ve been traveling for work a lot recently, and while I definitely can’t complain about being able to expense all my meals, sometimes I just want something simple. Comforting. That I made myself. This morning I woke up and had a craving for dan bing, a Taiwanese breakfast dish that’s basically a thin crepe with…
I still make hot crash potatoes almost every time I get small, waxy potatoes from Boston Organics, but this time, I wanted something with a little more kick. So I made a quick sriracha mayonnaise and drizzled it on the finished potatoes along with a sprinkle of chopped scallions, and tada! Hotter crash potatoes! I…
Last week I received a head of cabbage in my Boston Organics delivery and didn’t really know what to do with it until I remembered that it’s a main ingredient in okonomiyaki. I’d never had it before, so I’m not sure if what I made is particularly authentic or not, but it’s a perfectly delicious…
