I love meals with history and Peposo di Manzo (Beef stewed in red wine with black peppercorns) goes back more than half a millennium — and it is the definition of comfort food.
If you want a lush, moist, fragrant, real carrot cake (not a mamby pamby “spice cake” with no discernible flavor or carrots), this will be your new gold standard.
No doubt if you enjoy cooking or baking you have at one time stumbled across the “No Knead Bread” recipe. Here’s how to make it much easier and more flavorful.
Okra has a reputation. Southern. Gumbo. “Slimy.” Let’s pickle them, instead, and leave the stereotypes behind.
Grandma Lehman wrote on her newsprint recipe, “Great on a cold winter night or for a summer picnic.” How can you argue with that?
The Negroni is a classic Italian cocktail; a bitter apertivo enjoyed before a meal or with appetizers. Then there’s a “wrong” Negroni, which is just right for me!
Pâte à choux is the French pastry dough used to make all sorts of delicious (easy) and impressive (easy) desserts. Did I mention that the dough is easy to make?
Alluring and complex, star anise is the “je ne sais quoi” ingredient of this deceptively simple cake.
I believe every home cook needs a chicken soup recipe. Mine offers you a springboard of possibilities.
Greg Nelson Cooks 