Corn chowder is a classic American soup, and a great representative of one of America’s biggest crops. This is a more exotic version of corn chowder, brilliantly flavored with cumin, turmeric, ginger, and jalapeño. The recipe is from Union Square Café in New York City.
Corn and mushrooms go particularly well together, especially combined with some cream. This recipe refines that pairing to make it even more appealing, using delicious chanterelle mushrooms, and adding a splash of bourbon.
This roasted eggplant dish is very representative of Provençal cooking. Eggplant, tomato, and onion is an age-old trinity of flavors of the Southern French region. Slices of garlic and a scatter of parsley finish it off. This is a rustic dish, quick to prepare, and full of summer flavor.
This delicious salmon recipe is from the New York restaurant The Red Cat. The pan-seared salmon is adorned with a rich corn puree and a garnish of snap peas and shiitake mushrooms. The smooth puree matches the buttery texture of the fish, while whole kernels mixed in add some contrast. The earthy mushrooms are a [...]
Duck, like pork, goes very well with fruit and other sweet ingredients. In this dish, duck breast is sautéed and served with an apple juice-flavored brown sauce and a garnish of butter-sautéed apple slices. The sautéed apples are also an excellent garnish for pork. Duck breast has quite a lot of fat, which is rendered [...]
Peperonata is an Italian pepper stew or sauce which can take many different forms. It can be a pasta sauce, garnish for meat or poultry, or condiment to serve with crostini. The key ingredient is delicious roasted or sweated peppers. This version of peperonata is a very humble, rustic pepper stew with potatoes, from the [...]
Last Novemeber, Conde Nast stopped publishing Gourmet magazine, and sent Bon Appetit to its nearly one million subscribers until their subscriptions ended. This was the end of the venerable magazine’s over 70-year run – until now. The Gourmet name has been given new life as Gourmet Live, a free weekly application for the Apple iPad, [...]
Eggplant, tomato, and onion is a classic flavor combination much enjoyed in Mediterranean France and Italy. In this dish, the humble vegetables are given a rich treatment by a swirl of beaten egg added at the end, off the heat. The heat of the vegetables cooks the egg slightly while leaving it runny, similar to [...]
Corn relish is a delicious, colorful side dish for a summer dinner or picnic, and the easiest thing to prepare. Here is a quick corn relish recipe from Saveur Magazine. This recipe is just one version of corn relish; there are many possible variations on this classic condiment.
Here is a simple, Italian country bean soup with escarole. The beans are cooked, the escarole is wilted, and garlic, celery, and parsley are sauteed and added. Halved cherry tomatoes add color and a burst of summer flavor, and their acid brings out more flavor from the escarole and the beans. A good quality olive [...]
