If I were a gambler, I’d wager you don’t have any preserved limes in the fridge right now and your grocery store doesn’t carry them and the stock boy will look at you funny if you ask about them. What I’m saying is– I know preserved limes are something of a specialty ingredient. But I’m here to tell you that these preserved lime bars will give you all the reason you need to make a batch of your own. Preserved limes provide an unexpected and wonderful blend of tastes and sensations and these bars present them in their fullest. They’re bright and briny, sweet and salty, buttery and bracing. [Read more…]
keeping warm + spiced ginger lemon tea
Last night I feel asleep to an almost comic clanking of the radiators. They’ve been puttering along all winter, but on this particular evening they were hissing at full-throttle. Winter has finally descended on the city. Not the brisk days of December, but the deep freeze of January and February. As if to emphasize the point, snow has been drifting from the sky all day, making our frost-blurred city views just a bit more picturesque. [Read more…]
brussels sprout, sweet lime & avocado salad
As I stumbled through the produce section of our neighborhood grocery store on a recent frigid morning, I was hunting, however groggily, for something special. And then, there they were, sweet limes.
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looking back, moving on + cottage pie
A classic cottage pie recipe made with flavorful parsley root and a host of hearty winter vegetables. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
honey ginger pork braise with kale
Every January, the endless drear of New York City in winter gets to me and I tell Brian I want to move to the country to raise chickens. Afterwards, I usually wander into the kitchen and cook something elaborate like a tart or homemade pasta or a chicken pot pie, and then my yearning for greener surroundings abates and I feel better.
But as this too warm January progresses, there’s a difference. [Read more…]