From a distance.
While they aren’t local, buying fresh ingredients, like avocados, while they are in season where they are harvested results in fresher, more delicious cooking.
Jonathan Bardzik
I needed another recipe.
Asparagus Piccata – lemon butter sauce with capers – was the simple, delicious answer to needing one more asparagus recipe for spring’s overflowing harvest.
Hail Mary!
Saturday, July 30, 2011 was well in the 90’s, hot and humid here in Washington, DC. Standing on a patch of dirt, without a tent, I gave my first live cooking demo. That was the easy part. I came back the next week and cooked again, excited by the success […]
The kindest cut.
Last month I hosted a Chopped-style cooking competition at an apartment building here in Washington, DC. The residents broke up into teams of four or five and, using a palate of fresh, seasonal ingredients and a diverse pantry prepared a dish. The ranged from good to downright delightful and each […]
There’s nothing remotely Mongolian about this eggplant
This Mongolian eggplant may have its roots in Taiwan restaurants of the 50’s rather than Mongolia, but it is delicious!
Rhymes with orange
You know the old trick that nothing rhymes with orange, right? (Go ahead and try it out. I’ll wait.) Well, this recipe is just the opposite. I can think of few vegetables that would not be delicious roasted to develop their natural sugars and then glazed with sweet-floral honey, and […]
Seth’s favorite.
My friend Seth hates cilantro. He also hates Strauss waltzes and anything with a vibraslap (you’ve got to look this up!) However, one morning he came to see me doing a cooking demonstration at Eastern Market here in Washington, DC. I was preparing a cilantro and red onion salsa. It’s […]
Jason’s turn.
Tomato dal with cilantro raita For dal: 4 tbs butter 1 onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tbs cumin seed, whole 1 tbs mustard seed, whole 1 tbs coriander seed, whole 1 tsp turmeric 1 tap ground ginger 2 cups red lentils (see note at end of recipe) 1 tsp salt 3 […]
Boooooring!
Skirt steak with a red wine pan sauce. Is your Tuesday night dinner boring? Dress it up with a quick and simple pan sauce.
Mom’s Fish
Greek compound butter – butter mixed with lemon zest, capers, olives, mint and dill used as a sauce for baked whitefish.
