http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/ Food en Copyright 2009 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:18:15 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Vegetable purees highlight the season's produce and offer fresh dishes for the traditional table. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/new-sides-for-thanksgiving.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/new-sides-for-thanksgiving.php Home Cooking Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:18:15 -0500 This method for roasting chestnuts makes the flesh sweet and tender and the nuts easy to peel--perfect for using in recipes or serving as a marvelous winter hors d'oeuvre with drinks. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-roasted-chestnuts-for-cooking-or-eating.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-roasted-chestnuts-for-cooking-or-eating.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:45:05 -0500 Although I adore this extraordinarily rich, fragrant puree, peeling fresh chestnuts is such a time consuming job, I probably wouldn't make it as often as I do unless I could use prepared chestnuts. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-chestnut-puree-with-fennel-seed-and-bay-leaf.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-chestnut-puree-with-fennel-seed-and-bay-leaf.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:45:04 -0500 Cooking watery or fibrous root vegetables like celery roots, turnips, carrots, rutabagas, and beets with a little white rice before pureeing them insures they will be exceptionally creamy and have a very pure flavor. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-celery-root-and-apple-puree.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-celery-root-and-apple-puree.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:45:02 -0500 This fragrant puree makes a delicious departure from the usual sweet potato and pumpkin side dishes. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-spiced-winter-squash-puree-with-roasted-garlic.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-spiced-winter-squash-puree-with-roasted-garlic.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:45:01 -0500 Asking guests to contribute dishes lessens the burden of entertaining. Technology makes planning simpler. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/making-potluck-dinners-even-easier.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/making-potluck-dinners-even-easier.php Home Cooking Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:45:05 -0500 The fall fruit can be used in an endless number of dishes, both sweet and savory. The author offers suggestions. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/nine-ways-to-enjoy-roasted-pears.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/nine-ways-to-enjoy-roasted-pears.php Home Cooking Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:45:53 -0500 Vanilla bean accentuates the pears perfume, but is not essential. You can also tuck sprigs of thyme among the pears. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/essential-roasted-pears.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/essential-roasted-pears.php Desserts Home Cooking Recipes Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:45:29 -0500 Wild mushroom ragu is an ideal base for a range of hearty dishes in the winter months, from stew to macaroni. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/what-to-cook-in-cold-weather.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/what-to-cook-in-cold-weather.php Home Cooking Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:45:15 -0500 My friend's ancient Italian grandmother calls this rustic baked pasta dish "the Big Macaroni". http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-wild-mushroom-ragu-macaroni.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-wild-mushroom-ragu-macaroni.php Entrées Home Cooking Recipes Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:45:12 -0500 Most mix in sugar, but salt also enhances heavy cream. Other quirky combinations offer similar rewards. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/unexpected-food-pairings.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/unexpected-food-pairings.php Home Cooking Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:45:10 -0500 The author learns to love olives with the help of an "olive master" and a trip to Greece, and offers a few tasting tips of her own. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/an-olive-education.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/an-olive-education.php Home Cooking Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:17:57 -0500 In this recipe, Nicoise olives are marinated in flavorful rosemary oil with masses of rosemary leaves. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/nicoise-olives-with-rosemary.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/nicoise-olives-with-rosemary.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:45:39 -0500 If you can't find fennel, this recipe transforms ordinary branch celery. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/braised-fennel-with-olives.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/braised-fennel-with-olives.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:45:26 -0500 I devised this coarse olive paste as a way of using up several kinds of olives that were a little past their prime. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/warm-olivada.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/warm-olivada.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:45:10 -0500 A dessert epiphany leads the author to update a childhood favorite with an adult twist. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/milkshakes-all-grown-up.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/milkshakes-all-grown-up.php Home Cooking Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:45:22 -0500 Want the sweet satisfaction of a fruit pie without all of the work? Bake fresh fruit into a crunchy, buttery crumble. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/fruit-crumbles-the-lazy-mans-pie.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/fruit-crumbles-the-lazy-mans-pie.php Home Cooking Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:18:00 -0500 Once you know the gist of the crumble, you can start to improvise your own unique combinations of fruit, nuts, and flavorings. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/crumble-variations.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/crumble-variations.php Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:45:50 -0500 A calming cup of tea helps manage life's biggest challenges. Here, how to turn verbena leaves into tea in three steps. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/in-case-of-emergency-drink-tea.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/in-case-of-emergency-drink-tea.php Home Cooking Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:45:50 -0500 This shellfish stew proves that sometimes the simplest recipes produce the most memorable meals. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/shellfish-stew-italian-style.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/shellfish-stew-italian-style.php Entrées Home Cooking Recipes Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:45:05 -0500 Because of late blight, tomatoes will be rarer than usual this year. How to enjoy the ones you have. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/making-the-most-of-your-tomatoes.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/making-the-most-of-your-tomatoes.php Home Cooking Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:02:00 -0500 Three ways to cook beets, plus a recipe for a sauce that makes the most of summer's matchless garlic and potatoes. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/beets-sweet-earthy-comfort-food.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/beets-sweet-earthy-comfort-food.php Home Cooking Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:45:19 -0500 Cooked giant white lima beans are another classic accompaniment to beets with garlic sauce. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-beets-with-garlic-sauce.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-beets-with-garlic-sauce.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:45:00 -0500 Warm fruit, pastry dough, and cream combine to create a simple, satisfying way to end a meal. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/the-equation-for-an-ideal-dessert.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/the-equation-for-an-ideal-dessert.php Home Cooking Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:37:55 -0500 This method works wonderfully for a many kinds of fruits such as pears, apples, peaches, nectarines, mangoes, plums, cherries, figs, and berries such as strawberries, raspberries or blackberries. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-essential-warm-stovetop-fruit-for-improvising.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-essential-warm-stovetop-fruit-for-improvising.php Desserts Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:45:37 -0500 This method works for many kinds of fruit including plums, apricots, peaches and extremely soft, skinless fruits like bananas, figs or strawberries, which need no water at all. Combine them with a fruit sauce or filling, or serve with vanilla ice cream. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-essential-roasted-fruit.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-essential-roasted-fruit.php Desserts Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:45:00 -0500 This is an easy to make crust that is flaky, tender and buttery. Some of the usual butter has been replaced with sour cream, which makes the dough easier to work and increases the tenderness and richness of the crust. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-easy-butter-dough.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-easy-butter-dough.php Desserts Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:45:00 -0500 An alternative to pressing pastry dough into a tart tin or pie plate is to cut the rolled out dough into shapes to bake and use as lids and platforms to make freeform tarts. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/how-to-roll-and-cut-pastry-dough.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/how-to-roll-and-cut-pastry-dough.php Desserts Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:45:00 -0500 This summery sauce livens up the classic salad--and goes well with pasta, polenta, and more. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/caesar-salad-the-way-its-meant-to-be.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/caesar-salad-the-way-its-meant-to-be.php Home Cooking Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:45:03 -0500 All-Purpose Garlic, Olive Oil, and Anchovy Sauce contains all the elements necessary to make this classic pasta in perfect proportion. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-spaghetti-with-garlic-anchovy-and-chili.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-spaghetti-with-garlic-anchovy-and-chili.php Home Cooking Recipes Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:45:56 -0500 Lemon juice is essential when this sauce is used to dress salads, providing the perfect bridge between green and dressing. http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-deconstructed-caesar-salad.php http://food.theatlantic.com/recipes/recipe-deconstructed-caesar-salad.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:45:55 -0500 Pimenton de la vera spices up everything from pork chops to grilled cheese and is particularly good with shrimp.]]> http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/the-magic-of-spains-smoky-paprika.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/the-magic-of-spains-smoky-paprika.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:28:40 -0500 Socca, a pancake made with water, chickpea flour, and oil, can be a snack, hors d'oeuvre, or breakfast food.]]> http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/-frances-versatile-pancake.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/-frances-versatile-pancake.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:19:49 -0500 Blending bacon and chocolate, one chef examines the slow, mysterious routes of inspiration in the kitchen. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/bacon-and-chocolate-the-backstory.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/bacon-and-chocolate-the-backstory.php Home Cooking Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:45:00 -0500 No more removing pits from cherries: This recipe allows you to keep pits and stems on the fruit for an easier, memorable dessert. Here, the story of how the author discovered this easy method of preparing cherries and guidelines for how to create it yourself in your own kitchen. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/cherry-season-made-simpler.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/cherry-season-made-simpler.php Home Cooking Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:10:55 -0500 Parmigiano for a meal that works all day--but especially for breakfast. Includes a recipe that offers a roadmap for how to make countless variations on the same culinary concept.]]> http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/a-formula-for-the-perfect-breakfast.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/a-formula-for-the-perfect-breakfast.php Entrées Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:21:55 -0500 A phone call from a panicked novice chef ends with a revelation: Cell phones and computers make excellent teaching tools. The author offers her ideas for how technology can help even more people become comfortable in the kitchen; she also provides her recipe for the onion dip that inspired it all. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/how-cell-phones-saved-the-onion-dip.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/how-cell-phones-saved-the-onion-dip.php Home Cooking Fri, 29 May 2009 12:45:54 -0500 real version of classic onion dip is made with caramelized pan-fried onions instead of salty, flavor-enhanced dried onion soup mix. Served with excellent potato chips, it is the ultimate cocktail party food.]]> http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/recipe-real-onion-dip.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/recipe-real-onion-dip.php Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 29 May 2009 12:44:53 -0500 Ramps, wild leeks that appear at the start of spring, bring back a flood of memories to the author, reminding her of when she first encountered the plant--and why she continues to seek out wild foods and country living even though she spends most of her time in a city. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/ramps-the-true-sign-of-spring.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/ramps-the-true-sign-of-spring.php Entrées Home Cooking Recipes Thu, 07 May 2009 08:14:36 -0500 Variations on a chocolate cake show just how much fun--and how good--an improvised recipe can be. Here, guidelines on how to play a little culinary jazz, and the chocolate cake recipe that inspired it all. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/the-evolution-of-a-chocolate-cake.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/the-evolution-of-a-chocolate-cake.php Desserts Home Cooking Recipes Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:07:42 -0500 crème fraiche-smeared amaretti soothes the beast just fine.]]> http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/amaretti-seven-layer-cake-for-one.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/amaretti-seven-layer-cake-for-one.php Desserts Home Cooking Recipes Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:40:12 -0500 The days fly by so fast, so much so that suddenly we find ourselves in April with trees in bud and the holiday upon us. Easter is suddenly here. Simple recipes for herb-scented lamb, vegetable ragout, and more will welcome spring the right way. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/easter-next-to-last-minute.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/easter-next-to-last-minute.php Home Cooking Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:01:31 -0500 This is a lovely cake yet without an overtly olive oil flavor; rather, the oil, along with orange and lemon zest, contributes to its unique floral-herbal fragrance and delicate texture. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/recipe-fragrant-olive-oil-cake.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/recipe-fragrant-olive-oil-cake.php Desserts Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:45:53 -0500 The crushed new potatoes are mixed with crème fraiche, chives, and cracked coriander for something simple yet truly memorable. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/recipe-crushed-new-potatoes.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/recipe-crushed-new-potatoes.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:45:46 -0500 This method produces lamb that is truly, uniformly tender. The rosemary-thyme-and-lavender salt is a fragrant seasoning that carries the mellow Provençal flavors into the flesh. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/recipe-herb-scented-roast-leg-of-lamb.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/recipe-herb-scented-roast-leg-of-lamb.php Entrées Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:45:37 -0500 In addition to being a great seasoning for lamb, this paste, made of coarsely crushed olives with lemon and herbs, also makes a great tapenade-like hors d'oeuvre spooned onto toasted peasant bread. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/recipe-coarse-olive-paste.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/recipe-coarse-olive-paste.php Home Cooking Recipes Sauces, Spreads, and Stocks Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:44:58 -0500 This vibrant ragout is made of spring vegetables whose flavors have an extraordinary affinity for each other--asparagus, peas, fava beans, spring onions, artichokes, morels, tiny new potatoes. This ragout would also be terrific with rendered bacon or pancetta fat instead of olive oil. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/recipe-spring-vegetable-ragout.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/recipe-spring-vegetable-ragout.php Entrées Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:43:59 -0500 birria -- stewed goat in a rich, red chile-based sauce]]> http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/sayulita-paradise-mexican-cuisine.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/sayulita-paradise-mexican-cuisine.php Home Cooking Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:45:00 -0500 Inspired by a street food offering in Sayulita, Mexico, this revisionist version is a great use for less-than-perfect summer corn or leftover grilled or boiled corn on the cob. An intense version of creamed corn, it makes a terrific side dish. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/corn-with-creme-fraiche-lime-and-chili.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/corn-with-creme-fraiche-lime-and-chili.php Appetizers Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:43:48 -0500 Shredded meats, slow-cooked or roasted, warmed in their juices, make perfect fillings for soft tacos. I usually eat these at the stove, one-by-one as they come out of the pan. This is less a recipe than a rough method, distilled from several trips to Mexico. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/soft-tacos-with-roasted-meats.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/soft-tacos-with-roasted-meats.php Entrées Home Cooking Recipes Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:38:12 -0500 Flavors like tender herb, garlic, and citrus are easy to make, and vastly improve any dish that uses olive oil. All you need is olive oil, salt, an appropriate flavoring and a little imagination. Your reward is a wonderful addition to any dish that uses olive oil. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/quick-improvised-flavored-oils.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/quick-improvised-flavored-oils.php Home Cooking Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:00:00 -0500 In times of stress and anxiety, creamy, hand-churned butter can be a wonderful comfort food. In fact, Good butter is like a perfect cheese but better in these moments: purer, simpler, direct, and voluptuous. And in a pinch, you can make your own. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/butter-like-youve-never-tasted.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/butter-like-youve-never-tasted.php Home Cooking Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:45:00 -0500 Surprised? The classic technique of cooking with stones produces succulent chicken and crisp skin without the fuss, and make satisfying dishes on the fly. Rocks can be a great impromptu solution in the kitchen. Plus, they double as a doorstop. Includes an original recipe. http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/rocks-in-my-kitchen.php http://food.theatlantic.com/home-cooking/rocks-in-my-kitchen.php Entrées Home Cooking Recipes Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:50:00 -0500