Gilding the Lily since 2006
Romanesco: are you a broccoli? A cauliflower? Youโre a biracial superfood and I love you. This is romanesco-white cheddar chowder with homemade guanciale, topped with chives and parsley from the garden and a dribble of olive oil from @houseofspain_evoo ๐ฅฆ ๐ง ๐ ๐ฒ#soupweather #winterfood #soup …
Vietnamese and Creole flavors play so well together, especially when foie gras is invited to the party. Hereโs a big serving of foie gras dirty rice made with duck stock, jasmine rice, and Vietnamese flavors: fish sauce, palm sugar, a little cinnamon (just a …
What is up with people’s fascination with foods disguised as other things? I tackle that question in my latest piece for Taste.
Look, I know this looks ridiculous, but if Cincinnati can put chili on spaghetti then I can put dandan topping on a hot dog. I totally did the thing: dandan chili dog using Nicky Farms ground wild boar and lots of garlic and Lao …
This is such a deceptively simple dish to make, provided you have a well-supplied larder. For the ragu, I browned ground Nicky Farms wild boar (pork would work, obviously) with a little bit of sesame oil, a few cloves of minced garlic, finely diced zha cai (pickled mustard stems) along with pickled Chinese mustard greens (both homemade), Lao Gan Ma Chili Crispย (available at Chinese grocery stores and larger supermarkets; you can also use regular chile oil), a pinch of homemade five-spice and ground Sichuan peppercorns. Then I added a cup or so of smoky pork stock (chicken stock would work too), a glug each of Shaoxing wine and soy sauce, and simmered for about 15 minutes. Lastly I added sliced scallions and I served it over cooked spaghetti (don’t @ me — the Chinese invented the shit) with a little bok choy for health.
This is why I grow and can so many tomatoes: to improve my cheese toast intake. When you receive a gift of homemade cheese bread, there are worse things you could do than melting even more cheese on it to dip into heirloom tomato …
I’m extremely flattered that Taste has included two of my stories in their Top Stories of 2017 and threeย of them in their 15 Favorite Food and Drink Histories!
Molly and Kai had me back on Make Me Smart to make a prediction for 2018! You heard it here first, folks: aspic is going to make a comeback.
When you receive a gift of homemade cheese bread, there are worse things you could do than melting even more cheese on it to dip into heirloom tomato soup. ๐ง ๐ ๐ง ๐#lunch #comfortfood #grilledcheese #bread #gluten #cheese #tomatoes #homecooking #winter #food52 #foodgawker #foodstagram #instafood …