The table was awaiting the guests, but I had forgotten the genial service plates (very large, very shallow, very plain, clear glass) that I had found at a thrift shop long ago. Aside from the fact that this would be one of the first dinners we would be sharing with friends since the epidemic began, …
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swordfish belly; cherry tomatoes, marjoram; red mustard
Somebody else said it, but it totally makes sense: Swordfish belly is to swordfish as pork belly is to pork. Which means it’s absolutely wonderful, and explains why I’ve gone home with some every time I’ve found it in the market. Because it doesn’t show up at our local fish stands very often, this was …
smoked seafood pâté; seared porgy, herbs, lemon; greens
I had bought two packages of smoked fish salad at the Union Square Greenmarket on Saturday, thinking we’d need that much for 4 people, but we only opened one of them that night. The 2 of us would share the contents of the other container on Monday and Tuesday. a composed smoked fish salad, or pâté, …
lemon/parsley-fried butterfish; tiny turnips, mustard greens
Sometimes I decide to cook something partly, maybe mostly, just because I want to see if I can, and to see what it’s like to cook something or to taste something I may not otherwise have a chance to experience. Butterfish was like that the first time it appeared on our table; the second time …
filetti alici; l’eglefino, agrodolce ai funghi di cipolla; gelato
Because it would simplify my work on the entrée when we had guests, leaving me with more time to interact before we sat down to eat, I had hoped to pick up a large striped bass fillet when I headed for the Union Square Greenmarket on Saturday, as in this good dinner. It didn’t happen: …
smoked trout; venison steak; celeriac fries; leaved broccoli
Farmed game. Well, it’s not entirely an oxymoron. It was December 25th, Christmas, so the meal had to be at least a little special. Two forms of wild game would definitely fill the bill, I thought, and that’s what I went for, although without the “wild” part. Unless you fish for trout and hunt deer …
spicy seared salmon; red dandelion; charred yummy pepper
I couldn’t get to the Union Square Greenmarket on Wednesday because there were a lot of workmen coming and going in the apartment, so I did what I have done under similar circumstances if I want to keep it a seafood day: I picked up some wild salmon from our local merchant down the block. …
pig’s face roulade; picanha, rosemary; peppers; tomato
There were going to be three of us for dinner, as we were entertaining a favorite relative. I wanted the meal to be special, but it wasn’t a market day, so there wouldn’t be fish. I also wanted to be able to visit without any major cooking distractions, so I thought of steak. One of my …
duck breast, rosemary; peppers, basil, balsamic; amaranth
Could this actually be ‘seafood’? We eat a lot of fish, but last night’s entrée didn’t fall into that slot, unless we’re thinking of a position adopted, ounce, twice, or more, by the very clever prelates of the Roman church (cf. duck breast, grilled heirloom tomato, wilted lacinato, garlic). A few notes about the cooking itself: …
seared whiting on a basil vinaigrette; sautéed pepper mix
The kitchen was in chaos only moments before I snapped this picture. I had to do some unexpected trimming of the 2 fish filets (brought home as butterflied wholes) and then change my plans on how I was going to cook it, both at the last moment, and it was already late in the evening. …