Posted by Lucy Baker, April 22, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Sometimes a few simple ingredients come together to create something spectacular. The individual elements compliment each other so well that, when combined, the results are so delicious they border on magical. Think bacon and eggs; chocolate and strawberries; hot dogs, ketchup, and mustard.
To my mind, few dishes are as effortlessly flawless as a classic caprese salad composed of tart tomatoes, creamy mozzarella, and fragrant basil. And while I wouldn't normally mess with perfection, I was intrigued by a recipe in the May issue of Bon Appetit that replaced the tomatoes with slices of fresh mango, and added radicchio to the mix.
A caprese salad with tropical and bitter flavors? I had to try it out for this week's magazine recipe review.
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Posted by Ed Levine, December 29, 2007 at 9:36 AM
In honor of the superlong holiday weekend and the multiple brunch possibilities contained therein I am going to post the Serious Eats Sunday Brunch recipe suggestion today. I'm a grilled cheese fanatic for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner, so when I came across this Mario Batali recipe for an Italian-style grilled cheese sandwich, Mozzarella in Carozza, I knew what I was going to be making for Will and Vicky sometime this weekend.
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Posted by Ed Levine, September 2, 2007 at 3:27 PM
This dish, from my favorite grilling book, The Thrill of the Grill, by Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby, is great to make for friends or family on Labor Day. If you can't find sopressata any good-quality Italian salami or pepperoni you can buy by the piece will suffice. Italian food purists will certainly say this dish would not be found in Italy, and they are probably right, but I say delicious trumps authenticity any day.
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