Entries tagged with 'Sampler Platter'
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Our weekly contributors on Serious Eats have blogs of their own. If you like them here, you'll like them there. Here's what they've been up to this week. Give 'em your clicks. Accidentally vegetarian: Healthy & Delicious contributor Kristen Swensson makes a meatless shepherd's pie. Keeping it fresh: Our cocktail connoisseur, Paul Clarke, gets the discussion going about storing spirits properly on his blog, the Cocktail Chronicles. Celebrating fall: L.A. contributor Leah Greenstein makes a delicious-looking quince paste that she pairs, over some fresh bread, with gorgonzola. Outdoor wine, while you still can: Serious Grape's Deb Harkness contemplates which bottle she'd pour outdoors as part of last week's Wine Blogging Wednesday. Duck, duck: Dinner Tonight's Blake Royer makes duck rilettes...
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Our weekly contributors on Serious Eats have blogs of their own. If you like them here, you'll like them there. Here's what they've been up to this week. Give 'em your clicks. Great Chicago food finds: Michael Nagrant lists some food-find odds and ends that he hasn't been able to work into one of his columns. He touches on Superior Italian Bakery, Bleu Mont Cheddar, E-San sausage at Ben's Noodle and Rice, and Philly's Best Cheesesteak. Choriz-oh! Dinner Tonight's Nick Kindelsperger makes fresh Mexican sausage at home "Little did I know that making fresh sausage requires very little skill, knowledge, or talent," he says. "And it's unbelievably cheap. Of course, this only applies to fresh sausage." Gettin' vermouthy: Our man...
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Our weekly contributors on Serious Eats have blogs of their own. If you like them here, you'll like them there. Here's what they've been up to this week. Give 'em your clicks. Reunited: It's a reunion of sorts for the Dinner Tonight guys. Blake Royer visits Nick Kindelsperger. Blake goes on a serious eating spree, and Nick sets about pickling cucumbers (with step-by-step photos and how-to). Campsite Cuisine: L.A. correspondent Leah Greenstein says we work too hard and play too little. So what does she do? Goes to work in the kitchen preparing homemade granola bars for her upcoming camping vacation. With recipe! Urban Bellyache: Our man in Chicago Mike Nagrant checks in with an ixnay on Urban Belly, the...
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Our weekly contributors on Serious Eats have blogs of their own. If you like them here, you'll like them there. Here's what they've been up to recently. Give 'em your clicks! The Price of Peanut Oil: Cooking with Kids contributor Matthew Amster-Burton finds that peanut oil prices aren't rising and discovers that it's a great medium for pan-frying. A Weekend in the Capital: Serious Eats New York correspondent Kathy Chan eats her way around D.C. in three blog posts. The Green Fairy: Cocktail man Paul Clarke explores the absinthe cocktails of William Schmidt, a 19th century mixologist, finding one that appeals to modern-day sensibilities. Sweet Corn Ice Cream: L.A. correspondent Leah Greenstein gives tips on choosing corn—abundant at farmers' markets...
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Our weekly contributors on Serious Eats have blogs of their own. If you like them here, you'll like them there. Here's what they've been up to this week. Give 'em your clicks. The Honeymooner Returns: A huge congrats to Dinner Tonight contributor Nick Kindelsperger! Dude got married, went on a honeymoon, and headed back to his new hometown, Chicago, to make a tasty-looking pulled pork sandwich for himself and his wife. With a recipe and step-by-step instructions. You Say Tomato: Our L.A. correspondent Leah Greenstein is obsessed with tomatoes, since, you know, they're in season now. She makes a beautiful heirloom tomato tart and gives the recipe. Bounty Hunter: Serious Grape's Deb Harkness gives the lowdown on Castelnau de Suduiraut,...
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Items you may have missed from the Serious Eats universe.... Leah Greenstein says box wine can be just as good bottled wine, and has a timely box summer wine recommendation of her own. [SpicySaltySweet] Cocktail connoisseur Paul Clarke has a complete wrap-up of drinks consumed and bloggers met at Mixology Monday in New Orleans. [The Cocktail Chronicles] Dinner Tonight contributor Blake Royer had a good time at his Whole Foods charcuterie class, and also updates us that our other DT contributor Nick Kindelsperger got married—congrats! [The Paupered Chef] Jennifer Maiser ponders whether it's possible to eat locally while eating ethnic food. [Life Begins at 30] Chicago correspondent Michael Nagrant loves the delicious, hearty sandwiches at homey Panes Bread Café in...
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Items you may have missed from the Serious Eats universe ... Cocktail connoisseur Paul Clarke had to wrinkle out a few complications for Tales of the Cocktail, but sounds like everything ended up being A-OK in the end. [The Cocktail Chronicles] Chicago correspondent Michael Nagrant embarks on a bluegill fishing trip in Missouri with his dad. [Hungry Mag] Leah Greenstein finds inspiration in a cocktail and cools down with cucumber sorbet. [SpicySaltySweet] Cooking with Kids contributor Matthew Amster-Burton gives us a peek at two new books: Betsy Block's The Dinner Diaries and Chad Ward's An Edge in the Kitchen. [Roots and Grubs]...
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Items you may have missed from the Serious Eats universe ... Cocktail connoisseur Paul Clarke gives us a rundown of day one of the Tales of the Cocktail event. [The Cocktail Chronicles] Sandwich man Zach Brooks looks at how the unlimited Metrocard is changing the way New York office workers eat lunch as they venture out to different areas of the city for an hour. [Midtown Lunch] Leah Greenstein learns to make her grandmother's rugelach—and you can too. [SpicySaltySweet] Chicago correspondent Michael Nagrant pays tribute to Benihana founder Rocky Aoki by re-visiting one: "It may not be authentically Japanese, but it is a true American experience." [Hungry Mag] Cooking with Kids contributor Matthew Amster-Burton goes to a chocolate tasting and...
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Items you may have missed from the Serious Eats universe ... Snapshots from Vietnam contributor Cathy Danh examines the ancestor veneration custom of Vietnamese culture, where much feasting is involved. [Gastronomy] --> Dinner Tonight contributor Blake Royer's patient waiting has paid off, as his garden is now well-stocked with a plethora of vegetables. [The Paupered Chef] Chicago correspondent Michael Nagrant is annoyed by some chefs having their reputation go to their head and acting like culinary rock stars. [Hungry Mag] Leah Greenstein learns to make Jewish Mandel Brot, the biscotti-like nutty "cookies of grandmas," from who else but her very own grandmother. [SpicySaltySweet] Sandwich man Zach Brooks tries the off-the-menu "Special Vegetarian" Blimpie sandwich, finding the combination of crunchy Doritos,...
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Items you may have missed from the Serious Eats universe ... Jennifer Maiser muses over the dilemma of how to eat locally when eating ethnic food. [Life Begins at 30] Leah Greenstein reminds us to keep an open mind and re-try foods that we may dislike, and also shares a perfect hot summer day recipe for cucumber avocado soup. [SpicySaltySweet] Chicago correspondent Michael Nagrant examines the bad rep of soybeans, thanks to being frequently masqueraded around as tasteless fake meat. [Hungry Mag] Cocktail connoisseur Paul Clarke suggests skipping eBay and opting for the high-quality replicas of vintage cocktail books by Mud Puddle Books for you collectors. [The Cocktail Chronicles]...
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