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Rhubarb pie (filling) recipe

Posted by Duckwise, June 6, 2008 at 2:19 PM

After finally finding a crust I like (thank you Mark Bittman), I'm ready to branch out from my typical sour-cherry pie filling (also, I have the hardest time finding sour cherries--canned or frozen--in NYC. So annoying). My husband, I know, would love a strawberry rhubarb pie--but I need a good recipe recommendation. We like things tart (but not too tart!) and not too mushy. I'm willing to branch out from strawberries too. (And I'm totally trying that pie-in-a-jar thing. Best invention ever.) I'd love to hear suggestions you brilliant folks might have!

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Rhubarb pie (filling) recipe

Thank you all! These are all wonderful suggestions.

Duckwise at 5:14PM on 06/09/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Ticket Giveaway: Japanese Food and Drink Demo and Tasting

"Yuba Shabu tofu cord cooked in a earthware pot"--a bittersweet favorite as it is no longer offered at Yakitori Totto, the only place I've personally had the delight of experiencing it. And what delight! Wonderful, thin strips of yuba cooked in a bubbling pot filled with a magical concoction (soy something perhaps) then eaten, always, just a little too hot. Alas, it is no longer on the menu--quite possibly because of diners like me, who accidentally caused a small eruption after not tending the pot. Forgive!

Duckwise at 6:32PM on 03/31/08

From Required Eating

Size Matters

What a timely article! My husband and I love the little cocktail glasses Pegu Club, Little Branch and the like (despite the $14 price) and have been searching for them for ages. We like to experiment with mixology at home (because, again, $14!) and we wanted little glasses because they're more fun to drink from, you drink less (or more, depending!), and we have a minuscule apartment with cabinets that, frankly, won't fit your average sized martini glasses. We narrowed down our search to small champagne coupes--figuring they would be easier to find than the small, curved martini glasses at Pegu or even small, v-shaped martini glasses--but couldn't even find them (save for one or two at Housing Works and crystal ones at Bergdorf's). But, I hit gold last weekend in...Paris. 4 1/2 ounce champagne coupes--very Nick and Nora--12 for 15 Euro. I carried them back on the plane along with my macarons. In any event, another good reason to go to Paris. (If any one is interested, I found them at A. Simon at 48 rue Montmartre not too far from E. Dehillerin.) They work beautifully for cocktails--although we've not yet tried them with champagne!

Duckwise at 2:26PM on 01/24/08

From Talk

HELP! Our oven is broken...

There are marvelous desserts you can do on the stove. For dessert, you could poach some pears or quince (I once used Japanese plum wine and it worked well) and serve with creme anglaise and maybe pomegranate seeds if the color worked. Toasted nuts (in a pan or the toaster oven) always seem to make holidays feel more holiday-ish, I think, and can be worked in with salads or any winter vegetable roasted in the toaster oven (brussels sprouts, cubes of butternut squash, etc.) For snacks, you could make some candied pecans--toss with some corn syrup and, if you want a kick, cayenne pepper, and throw in the toaster. As for the beef, I would be very excited to be fed the Beef Bourguignon other posters have mentioned!

Duckwise at 10:39AM on 12/18/07

From Required Eating

Frozen Guilty (Hot) Pleasures: What Are Yours?

My friend and I spent a weekend in Vermont living solely on items culled from the "Big Y" frozen foods section (ok, we may have also purchased a crudite platter). Hands down, the taquitos won. Her husband was horrified. And recently, the most popular items at our office holiday party, other than homemade lasagna, were microwaved vegetarian corn dogs that had been cut up into bite-sized pieces and served with mustard packets. Go figure.

Duckwise at 10:15AM on 12/18/07

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From Serious Eats: New York

Ticket Giveaway: Japanese Food and Drink Demo and Tasting

Congrats to our winner, yrrab! We'll be emailing you shortly with all the details. Thanks to everyone for playing along.

Alaina Browne at 6:06PM on 04/04/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Ticket Giveaway: Japanese Food and Drink Demo and Tasting

Slow poached, massaged octopus. So tender. Wow.

em at 1:37PM on 04/04/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Ticket Giveaway: Japanese Food and Drink Demo and Tasting

This question is like asking to choose between children!

If I had to choose just one dish as my favorite in all Japanese cuisine, it would be the pairing of hot, steamy salted edamame with a cold quality sake. That would be perfection.

Amandarama at 11:00AM on 04/03/08

From Serious Eats: New York