Surprisingly, this large, layered tower remained upright long enough to take a picture and carry it to the table before it slowly got leany and eventually toppled. It's a recipe loosely based on one from On the Line, Inside the World of Le Bernadin. I felt that I wouldn't like ...
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I went to the store to get the ingredients for this great salmon recipe in my On the Line, Inside the World of Le Bernardin cookbook and, oddly, my fish monger had no salmon! So this went from a Le Bernadin recipe to a Le Bernadin-inspired recipe. This was night ...
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So, I'd a made my fish and couscous dish enough times now that I felt I needed to move on. I still bought some wonderful, local flounder at the farmers market and like the preparation of it dusted and semolina and pan fried but it needed to be reworked. I ...
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The salad is so easy and so heavenly. It can be done with spinach or arugula, I prefer arugula. Throw a diced shallot into a pan with far too much olive oil (this will be your dressing and you won't be adding more oil) and let them cook at medium ...
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7/13/11 Update: I made a summery version of this. Similar recipe, dropped the saffron. Instead of topping with pesto, I topped with fresh tomatoes and basil. I picked up some snapper at the farmers market the other day with the plans to make fish tacos. When I went to actually ...
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Wednesday nights are my night to experiment with different ingredients within a similar dish. I get Ahi at the farmers market and see what I can dice together. All the ingredients except the salt, pepper, pine nuts and nanami togarashi are from the farmer's market or my garden.Tonight:Ahi (obviously)1 clove ...
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[singlepic id=895 w= h= float=none] Crab Cakes: 1/2 lb crab meat 1/2 cup red onion, chopped 1/4 cup shallots, chopped 1/3 cup fennel bulb, chopped 1 stalk celery, chopped 1/4 cup italian parsley, chopped 1 t. stone-ground mustard juice from 1 lemon 1 egg 1 cup toasted fresh breadcrumbs (i ...
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(serves 2) Clean 20 clams (or however many you want each) Put them in a pan with lemon juice, maybe a little white vinegar (optional) and a enough white wine to almost cover clams (about 1/2 way is fine) Cover and cook over medium heat until all the little guys ...
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