Each time that I find myself grocery shopping for a dinner party, I make sure to pick up a few snacks for cocktail hour. Being a creature of habit, my pre-dinner nibbles are inevitably Marcona almonds and olives. The almonds...
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I've alway thought of making dulce le leche at home as a bit of molecular gastonomy. It's pretty easy, just simmer a can of sweetened condensed milk on your stove top for a few hours and the contents of the...
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The following recipe is from the July 8 edition of our weekly recipe newsletter. To receive this newsletter in your inbox, sign up here! Are there certain items that you see on a menu and just cannot resist ordering? For...
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I'm going to let you in on a little secret: Sautéed clams are one of easiest and most rewarding quick meals that you can make. I think that lots of people are under the assumption that clams, mussels, and oysters...
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Whenever I see patatas bravas on the menu of a tapas place, I smile. My rudimentary knowledge of Spanish immediately translates this dish to "brave potatoes," and images of heroic, life-saving potatoes come to mind—handsome firefighting russets and dashing life...
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The following recipe is from the July 1 edition of our weekly recipe newsletter. To receive this newsletter in your inbox, sign up here! When it comes down to it there are really only two schools of hamburger philosophy. The...
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When I was complaining last week about wanting some kind of egg pie to slice up for dinner, this is exactly and precisely what I meant. Though I've written about a Spanish Tortilla on Serious Eats before, it was...
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Caldo Verde is somewhat similar to a soup I made awhile back called Caldo Gallego. Both hail from similar parts of Europe and are decidedly inexpensive, peasants soups. Both feature dried chorizo prominently, which leaks its richly red oil into...
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Here in Estonia we're finally getting to see episodes of Jamie Oliver's Jamie at Home, the show which features him buzzing around his country house making delicious food and chatting about how fantastic everything in his garden tastes, showing...
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The ingredients for this recipe were purchased at Despaña in Manhattan, which you can read about on Serious Eats: New York. Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil 40-50 spicy cocktail chorizo, about 1 1/2 1-pound packages* 3 medium-large shallots, chopped 2...
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