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fennel/chili grilled tuna, fennel/tomato/olive mix, lacinato
Categories: Meals at homeThe best part of this meal was the company (and the food itself was really good). We had invited an American friend visiting New York from his home in Berlin, along with his non-Berlin brother, who was staying with him while he was here. I’d been at the Union Square Greenmarket earlier in the day…
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ragù of braised goat, fresh pappardelle, pecorino, parsley
Categories: Meals at homeI don’t think I would ever cook a ragout (ragù/ragoute) from scratch in order to create a pasta sauce (I’m not sure anyone does, because of the nature of the thing), but after cooking and serving a goat leg last week, I thought that, with all the leftovers, the makings for one had fallen into…
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baked cod and smoked chili potatoes; flowering white kale
Categories: Meals at homeIt was cold and raining while I stood in front of the fish stall in the Greenmarket; I slacked the partner, who was at work, sending him a pic of the menu board, and asked for a suggestion; the answer came back almost immediately, “given the weather, one of the fish and potatoes [recipes]”. Here…
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a faustian meal of slow braised goat, white turnips; collards
Categories: Meals at homeWe do eat meat occasionally, but we don’t eat like this very often, and I definitely don’t cook like this very often. Roasts, stews, and long slow braises however do have their satisfactions, especially in colder realms in and colder months, like, well, parts of New York, this month. One of the other pleasures of…
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bacon, eggs, garlic mustard, chicory, ramps, great toast
Categories: Meals at homeThere were no tomatoes this time, and there was a minimum number of little herb or spice condiments, but – wonderful to relate – it was still really enjoyable, in the assembling and in the eating. The very special tender spring garlic mustard was the guest performer, but the great eggs, bacon, and one small…
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pasta trumpets, purple radish, greens, garlic, breadcrumbs
Categories: Meals at homeDinner almost had to be a radish pasta. I was surprised (embarrassed) to learn earlier in the evening that when I had recently bought some radishes, there were still some sitting inside the crisper. I think that was a first for me, but at least the they had arrived in 2 very different colors. I…
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grilled scallops, lemon, garlic mustard; tomato; asparagus
Categories: Meals at homeBecause it introduced almost nothing that was new into the food conversation on this blog, I wasn’t going to bother doing a post about this meal, but there was that ephemeral garlic mustard part, so I changed my mind. sixteen sea scallops (14 ounces) from Pura Vida Seafood, rinsed, dried very thoroughly, seasoned with sea salt…
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rigatone, spring garlic, fiddleheads, chestnut mushrooms
Categories: Meals at homeI had all this spring stuff, and I thought I shouldn’t really let it just lie around any longer, so I found a way to put it all together with some great pasta. six or 7 ounces of fiddlehead ferns from Tamarack Hollow Farm, washed vigorously in several changes of water until the brown chaff…
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grilled merlot steak, ramp butter; roasted fingerlings; rabe
Categories: Meals at homeI’ve definitely never cooked a merlot steak, and now after engaging it one on one, I can’t remember whether I had even heard of it before last Saturday. We’d just left an art fair that afternoon, when I realized that while we would be guests at a dinner that evening, we hadn’t yet decided what…
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sautéed sea bass; chestnut mushrooms, chilis; purple kale
Categories: Meals at homeI’m still not used to my forays with some of the finer kinds of white fish ending up as splendidly as lately they sometimes have. This was one of the very best. It all started in the Union Square Greenmarket, as always. That image is of only one of the 3 or 4 reservoirs of…