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soft shell crab; spring garlic cucumber sauté, mint; tomato
Categories: Meals at homeIt was the eve of Barry’s birthday, so it had to be special! I had great luck in the Greenmarket that afternoon, and because the fish seller had a huge supply, they were marked down in price. The reader doesn’t have to be told how I transitioned 4 very alive local blue crabs (callinectes sapidus) onto our…
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raie meunière with mushrooms, spruce tips; spinach, garlic
Categories: Meals at homeI’m a fan. Fish. At this point, I think I can say that for me the only remaining problematic thing about cooking fish may be the part when you have to turn it over inside a pan. I did pretty well this time, in spite of the size of the skate wings, thanks to the…
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marinated goat ribs; roasted potatoes; asparagus, ramps
Categories: Meals at home‘ribs’ I grew up in the upper Midwest, where I’m pretty sure the practice of cooking outdoors on a real fire was called a cookout, at least it was way back then. A barbeque, or more often, bar-b-q, was something cowboys had, or at least something that happened in the Southwest. To me it was certainly…
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roasted monkfish, potatoes, bay, olives; fava greens, mint
Categories: Meals at homeIt’s one of our favorite dishes. Last night I tweeted that it was the definition of savory. I think the pictures show us why. The one below is of the potatoes just before they went into the oven, preceding the black olives and the monkfish by 20 minutes or so. twelve or 14 ounces of…
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swordfish, roasted tomatoes, kale, cake/ice cream/rhubarb
Categories: Meals at homeThe meal was designed for guests: We were entertaining two new friends visiting from Berlin, so new that we had never met them before (they were good friends of good friends), and I hoped to not be distracted from conversation. We enjoyed snacks (breadsticks and taralli from Buon Italia) and a sparkling wine before the…
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bacon/eggs, thyme/dandelion, L’ekama, lettuce/tomato
Categories: Meals at homeIt was a good as it looks. otherwise, what it was, was 6 very fresh eggs from pastured chickens and 4 slices of bacon from pastured pigs, all from Millport Dairy Farm, the fried eggs seasoned with local Long Island sea salt from P.E. & D.D. Seafood, freshly ground black pepper, a couple pinches of…
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a bachelor/midnight/10-minute dinner, post-theater
Categories: Meals at homeThis is sort of an American bachelor’s dinner, or midnight pasta, and with a dash of Iberia instead of Italia. Without the need to wait for water to boil, it’s even faster than the classic Italian modes. Another thing in its favor is that it’s open-ended; it welcomes improvisation, probably even more the pasta equivalents (if there’s…
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smoked fish pâté; mackerel, tomato salsa; new potatoes
Categories: Meals at homeThere were two courses, and it was a two fish meal, maybe more than two. The first course might have included more than one species of white fish.. a composed smoked fish salad, or pâté, using local fish caught by Phil Karlin of P.E. & D.D. Seafood Company, whose wife, Dolores is the one who…
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orecchiette, guanciale, felce, porri selvatici, parmigiano
Categories: Meals at homeThere was a time when I used guanciale much more often than I do now, and sure enough, there it was when I looked on my own blog to see what I’d done in the past with fiddleheads in pasta. That post, and that meal, was from 3 years back. Today I’d say that cured pork…
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marinated dolphin; potato, garlic mustard; herbed tomato
Categories: Meals at homeThey were the last 2 dolphin fillets at the fisherman’s stand yesterday, and just the right size for the two of us. I would go home with them of course, not just because they’re so scarce, on that day, sure, but in the local market generally, but because we love this fish. Some people might…