A food blog by Carolyn Cope
From the category archives:
When harpoon-caught swordfish appears at the market, Umami Girl gets back in the swordfish game after a seven-year abstinence, despite lingering concerns over glowing-green irises and metallic taste buds. After a meal of grilled swordfish, eggplant and potato salad, ohhhh yeah, she’s glad she did.
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What’s a cucuzza? I thought I was a competent Italian-American, but then I saw my first cucuzza at the not-so-tender age of 33, and suddenly I knew. I have a LOT to learn. Do you know from cucuzza? Learn more, and get a tasty, family-friendly recipe for baked cucuzza “fries.”
In the second chapter of Lily Acunzo’s new column City Limits, the mercury rises, a Food Coop board member goes AWOL, and the world is saved by an unlikely hero: the salad.
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Easy, flexible recipe (more like a formula, really) for a healthy, delicious grain salad that uses up all your leftover and misfit veggies.
A simple, real-food recipe for skillet greens with bacon and feta cheese, plus the winner of In Defense of Food and a recap of all your wonderful suggestions on small steps toward sustainability.
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Quick recipe for grilled spring onions.
Recipe for a beautiful springtime salad of dandelion greens, strawberries and balsamic-caramelized onions.
Easy recipe for marinated, grilled asparagus with buttery toasted breadcrumbs.
Recipe for homemade Caesar dressing you can shake up in a jar and store in the fridge for a week.
Easy recipe for braised red cabbage with apples, apple cider and cider vinegar.
Easy recipe for mushrooms flambéed in brandy cream sauce.
Is it a crisper or a mailbox? This week in the crisper, a letter from the law offices of Brussels, Sprout and Cruciferg, and a recipe for luscious cream-braised brussels sprouts adapted from Molly Stevens by way of Molly Wizenberg. Recipe here.
Easy recipe for chili-dusted roasted cauliflower with cilantro-lime dressing.
Recipe for a variation on Salad Lyonnaise made with crispy prosciutto and shallot-butter vinaigrette. Adapted from Gourmet Magazine and submitted to Gourmet Unbound.
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Recipe for a salad of winter greens (escarole, chicory and Belgian endive) with an olive vinaigrette and warm marinated goat cheese croutons.
Easy no-cook recipe for a Mexican-inspired salad of jicama, black beans, corn and avocado. A great buffet offering or healthy weeknight meal.
In the crisper this week, a classic French cooking technique demystified. Glazing is a quick and easy way to turn your humble root vegetables from rags to riches. Recipe here.
People, broccoli stems are meant to be eaten. Recipe for a coarse purée of Long-Cooked Broccoli adapted from Alice Waters’ The Art of Simple Food.
Now that Sweet Potato is a sophomore in college, she’s not all marshmallows and syrup anymore. Easy recipe here.
Fast, easy and highly addictive recipe for broiled fingerling potatoes with salt and vinegar adapted from Martha Stewart Living.
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The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats this week features a divine Radicchio Salad from the Zuni Cafe Cookbook.
This week on The Crisper Whisperer, a shrimp, spinach and Swiss cheese wrap sandwich inspired by the now defunct but eternally curious FOOD 3663 in Hoboken, NJ.
This week in The Crisper Whisperer, a riff on the classic French remoulade salad using kohlrabi. Like the vegetable itself, it’s just a touch assertive.
A healthy and delicious raw beet salad with goat cheese and walnuts is a recipe for a more productive day and a longer life. For a Kennedy-quality legacy, you’re on your own.
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I am very excited to announce the debut of my new column The Crisper Whisperer on Serious Eats. Every Tuesday, I’ll help you cook through seasonal veggie surplus—or make the most of off-season vegetal monotony—with ease. This week, an introduction, and zucchini-corn fritters. Recipe here.
A pair of recipes for your passive-aggressive oven: Chard Gratin and Blueberry Crisp.
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Recipe for farro salad with baby beets, beet greens, caramelized onions and feta cheese.
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Recipe for grilled cheese with bacon and arugula in honor of National Grilled Cheese Month.
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Recipe for a special sandwich of shredded chicken, provolone cheese, cabbage slaw, sliced avocado, tomatoes and chipotle aioli.
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Easy recipe for panzanella (Italian bread salad) with chickpeas, with or without a bounty of vegetables.
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Recipe for a satisfying side dish of red cabbage and apples braised in apple cider and vinegar.
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A pair of bean salad recipes: White Bean Salad with Green Olives adapted from Joy of Cooking and Jerry Traunfeld’s Indian-spiced Chickpea Salad with Yogurt and Herbs, adapted from The Herbfarm via Food & Wine Magazine.
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Recipe for a light summer supper of sautéed beet greens and fava beans with pan-fried Halloumi cheese.
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Recipes for Warm Cilantro Potato Salad and Cilantro Sauce, which makes an excellent condiment for a variety of foods.
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Recipe for Melon Salad with Mint and Basil Vinaigrette by Giada deLaurentiis, via foodnetwork.com.
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