[Photograph: Kerry Saretsky] Read more about this recipe here. - makes about 2/3 cup - Ingredients 1 clove garlic 1/4 cup toasted blanched and slivered almonds 2 2-ounce cans flat anchovy filets in olive oil, drained 1 teaspoon lemon...
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Note: Throughout October, Kerry's secret ingredient is liquid smoke. [Photographs: Kerry Saretsky] Previously Smoky Bison Sandwiches » All Secret Ingredient coverage » My inspiration for experimenting with liquid smoke came from a dish I had in a restaurant once, which...
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Note: Throughout October, Kerry's secret ingredient is liquid smoke. [Photographs: Kerry Saretsky] Previously Black Bean Soup with Smoked Sour Cream » All Secret Ingredient coverage » Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of liquid smoke is how it's made. It may...
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Note: Throughout October, Kerry's secret ingredient is liquid smoke. [Photographs: Kerry Saretsky] Liquid smoke has long held my fascination, but I was a novice before experimenting with it for this column. My first impressions? It costs only a couple of...
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"The harissa adds a punch; there's a pause when you first bite into the salade cuite, then you swallow and it just starts to burn." [Photographs: Kerry Saretsky] Previously Harissa-Fried Scallops » Harissa-Honey Glazed Roasted Salmon » All Secret Ingredient...
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"Ranging from paste in-a-tube to sauce in-a-jar, from fiesty to fiery, harissa varies by origin and destination." [Photographs: Kerry Saretsky] Previously Harissa-Honey Glazed Roasted Salmon » All Secret Ingredient coverage » North African food is known for its fragrant floral...
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Note: Each week this month, Kerry will highlight a different recipe involving harissa. Take it away, Kerry! [Photographs: Kerry Saretsky] I am personally delighted to introduce this month's Secret Ingredient because I grew up on it. Harissa is Moroccan ketchup,...
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"Squid ink is thick. Pastas and risotto rices wear it like a dark and briny coat." Nero di Seppia is Italian for squid ink. [Flickr: Rakka] When I graduated from college in 2005, my mother and stepfather took me on...
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When I was a girl, I had three little girlfriends: Kristen, Sarah, and Alexandra. Alexandra's mother was called Medusa--at least figuratively. Every time I stood quaking before her towering frame in her frigid marble kitchen, I turned to stone....
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Note: This recipe is part of Kerry Saretsky's series The Secret Ingredient. This month's featured ingredient is rose water. Kerry also gives recipes that use rose water for Melon and Mozzarella Salad with Rose Water Vinaigrette and Crisp Prosciutto and...
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