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goat chops, tomato water, marjoram; ‘artichoke caponata’*
Categories: Meals at homeThese were quite possibly the most delicious goat chops either of us had ever had. This makes me very happy, because, for what it may be worth, I don’t think either or I have ever been served goat chops outside of our own home. I’m going to share my happiness with Lynn Fleming, the local…
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labneh, garlic, lemon, egg, fenugreek, l’ekama, micro radish
Categories: Meals at homeThis was not our fathers’ Sunday breakfast. It started with the water buffalo labneh (a creamy, tangy Middle Eastern yogurt strained to remove most of its whey) that I had in the refrigerator. While I knew there would be eggs involved, I also knew that there were all kinds of possibilities for improvisation. I actually had…
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fennel-grilled tuna; sautéed cucumber, dill; cherry tomatoes
Categories: Meals at homeIt was very much a summer dinner, and the weather cooperated. Those aren’t zucchini, but ordinary cucumbers. I love cucumbers, in almost every form, including sautéed. This time I restrained myself when it came to deciding on garnishes (in the picture above there’s not a single micro green in sight), but I got a bit…
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buffalo steak, shallot; potato, scallion; radicchio, red onion
Categories: Meals at homeOur dinner Thursday night turned out looking fairly wintry, given its many shades of brown, and the fact that each of its 3 parts included a different allium. In fact however most of the meal was determined by my wanting to include several ingredients that I’d been shifting around the kitchen for a while. The…
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tautog, tomato water, olives, herbs; grilled scapes; tomato
Categories: Meals at homeAfter a week away, yesterday was my first day back at the Greenmarket and last night my return to actually cooking from the ground up, but parts of this meal is actually composed of ingredients I had assembled sometime before our little long weekend. The ‘tomato water‘ I used on the fish was processed from…
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cheese tortelloni, tomato, spring onion, jalapeno, dill flower
Categories: Meals at homeOur first home-cooked meal since last Wednesday! But it wasn’t really about cooking, only assembling, using the simple ingredients indicated in this recipe suggested on the pasta maker’s own site. I chose it because I happened to already have everything it asked for, even though we had been away 4 days. Also, with this meal…
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bass, sorrel, shallot blooms; tomatoes ; asparagus, lovage
Categories: Meals at homeIt looks right, and it tasted very right. I finally managed to prepare a bass filet, a very fresh bass filet (actually 2) in a way that it would show and be enjoyed in its purest form, elegantly minimal, seasoned with salt alone, and with a crispy skin, but I just couldn’t help slipping a…
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crawfish remoulade; sweet beet; tomato, spring red onion
Categories: Meals at homesalad days I went to our neighborhood Lobster Place on Monday because I had learned, from the Union Square Greenmarket app, that our neighborhood fish monger usual to that day would not be there this week. Their booking out gave me an excuse, if one were needed, to pick up a few baby octopuses that had flown…
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grilled octopus; grilled eggplant, mint, pan-warmed tomato
Categories: Meals at homeBaby octopus always makes a good-looking plate, but it also makes a delicious dinner, and last night the vegetables were a particularly colorful, and tasty, supporting cast for one of our favorite leads. four Spanish baby octopuses (a total of 18 ounces, previously frozen) from The Lobster Place, from our neighborhood Lobster Place, marinated in the…
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lemon pork chop; golden beets on lettuce bed, horseradish
Categories: Meals at homeThe pork chop was as superb as it looks, as was the vegetable, which was half root and half green, and both roasted and fresh. The root, which lay on a few leaves of a purple lettuce, amounted to segments of a single beet, but it was a very special, new orange-yellow mild and sweet…