Served hot or chilled, Steamed Artichokes with this zesty Curry Aïoli to accompany is how I’ve enjoying this delicious thistle for as long as I can remember, and I haven’t eaten one without it for just as long. Steamed [...]
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Served hot or chilled, Steamed Artichokes with this zesty Curry Aïoli to accompany is how I’ve enjoying this delicious thistle for as long as I can remember, and I haven’t eaten one without it for just as long. Steamed [...]
I have been making this zesty aïoli to accompany steamed artichokes for as long as I can remember, and I haven’t eaten one without it for just as long.The Curry Aïoli is wonderful steak sauce, perfect with chilled poached [...]
This quintessential Southern classic is my absolute favorite cake. Packed with banana, pineapple, and toasted pecans, this cake is boss. If Mae West was a Cake, she’d be this one right here; it’s indomitable, sultry & sweet, and the [...]
The toasty richness of brown butter takes basic white rice to another level, with sweet & tart currants and acidic bright bursts of tomato to make the perfect accompaniment to your next roast pork or chicken dinner. Serves 4. [...]
An on-hand refrigerator staple in any respectable Southerner’s home. The perfect go to when guests stop by, with club crackers, crudités, Swedish rye crackers (pictured) and Melba toasts or baguette crustinis (what have you). Also makes the perfect after-school [...]
Growing up, I fondly remember helping out Marilyn Habib, our church director at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in San Francisco where she also was the head chef in their banquet kitchen.There are two recipes I’ve carried close to [...]