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Easy dinner recipes: Moroccan chicken soup and more!

2013-05-17 07:00:00

Soup. It's the perfect one-dish meal. A little of this, a little of that -- before you know it, dinner is served. It's simple. But perhaps the best thing? Soup always seems to taste best the next day, after the flavors have really had a chance to marry....

So many ways to chill

2013-05-13 10:42:00

Who doesn't love a cucumber? Picklers, slicers, green or yellow, smooth or bumpy, thin- or thick-skinned, chubby Kirbys, little cornichons, English, Japanese, Persian. Good thing then that with the impending heat comes cucumber season. They peak with...

Recipe: Basque-style chicken

2013-05-09 13:14:00

� Chicken breasts have a bad reputation -- too often they're considered nothing but diet food, and dried-out diet food at that. But that's the fault of the cook, not the ingredient. The challenge of a chicken breast is that it's uneven, fat on one end...

Recipe: Roast turkey with wild mushrooms

2013-05-09 13:14:00

� Total time: 1 hour, 10 minutes, plus roasting and reheating time Servings: 8 to 10 1 (8- to 10-pound) turkey 1 lemon, halved 1 cup olive oil, divided, plus more for basting 3 garlic cloves, chopped 1 1/2 teaspoons ground red chile pepper 1...

Recipe: Braised chicken with capers

2013-05-09 13:14:00

Total time: 55 minutes Servings: 4 1 pound new potatoes 8 skinless, bone-in chicken thighs (6 to 7 ounces each) Salt Freshly ground black pepper 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 shallot, finely chopped 1/4 cup salt-packed capers, rinsed and coarsely...

Recipe: Le vrai coq au vin

2013-05-09 13:14:00

� Total time: 2 1/2 hours, plus marinating time Servings: 6 to 8 Note: Adapted from "The Country Cooking of France" 1 onion, sliced 1 carrot, sliced 2 celery stalks, sliced 3 garlic cloves, divided 1 teaspoon peppercorns 1 (750-ml) bottle red...

A few ideas for glazed vegetables

2013-05-04 00:00:00

Glazing vegetables is so simple it doesn't really require a recipe. But here are some ideas for flavor combinations that you can explore. Remember, this technique is incredibly flexible, so these are just a few of the many possibilities. Artichokes:...

Recipe: Mangalitsa lard biscuits and sausage gravy

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Mangalitsa lard biscuits and sausage gravy 1 hour, 10 minutes. Serves 4 to 6 Lard biscuits 5 1/2 cups (23.4 ounces) flour 3 tablespoons baking powder 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 12 ounces cold lard (Sqirl uses lard rendered from...

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with 16 recipes

2013-03-15 07:00:00

From beer cocktails to classic Irish soda bread to corned beef and cabbage, we cover all the recipes you could want to ring in the green on this St. Patrick's Day! Recipes: 15 recipes to celebrate St. Patty's Day In addition to the 15 recipes above,...

Pairings: mustard roasted chicken with a Beaujolais cru

2013-04-01 15:03:00

Ever since I got Seattle chef John Sundstrom’s cookbook and iPad app "Lark: Cooking against the Grain" (Community Supported Cookbooks, $50 for the book; $9.99 for the app), I’ve been cooking out of the book like crazy. For a Sunday supper, his...

Recipe: Chiang Mai-style curry

2013-03-30 00:00:00

Chiang Mai-style curry 6 1/2 hours. Serves 8 to 12. Housemade red curry 1 ounce (about 60) dried red chiles About 2 3/4 tablespoons (.8 ounce) white peppercorns About 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon (.55 ounce) whole cumin seeds About 3 1/2...

Recipe: Tangerine, butter lettuce and goat cheese salad

2013-03-16 00:00:00

� Total time: 30 minutes Servings: 4 1/3 cup hazelnuts 2 tablespoons tarragon vinegar Salt 2 teaspoons minced shallots 3 tablespoons hazelnut oil 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 pound tangerines, peeled, broken into segments and stripped...

Mussels with bacon, apple and shallot pair beautifully with a premier cru Chablis from William Fevre. The recipe is from Seattle chef John Sundstrom's new book "Lark: Cooking Against the Grain."

2013-03-05 10:47:24

Sauteed duck breast with cherry port sauce Prep: 35 minutes Chill: Overnight Cook: 20 minutes Servings: 4 to 6 Note: Remember to start this one day ahead of serving.

2013-02-13 11:02:17

gravy, warmed (or make our turkey mushroom gravy) Fresh parsley sprigs Assemble: Place bread or split roll on a plate; top with turkey as you like, interspersing pieces or slices with cranberry sauce or relish. Pour a generous amount of gravy over all. Top with parsley.

2012-11-28 09:08:25