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The Daily Dish: Best Ever Lamb Tacos with Chile-Tzatziki

Listen to the Daily Dish Who doesn’t love tacos? Beef, chicken, tuna, duck, even veggie. For today’s Daily Dish I want to share a recipe for tacos. But with a Greek twist! Ingredients 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 red onion, minced 1 minced jalapeno 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 pound ground lamb Juice and zest [...]

The Daily Dish: Chicken Scarpariello

Pollo Scarpariello Listen to the Daily Dish Makes 6 servings Ingredients 2 small broiler chickens (about 2 ½ pounds each and preferably free-range) Freshly ground pepper ¼ cup olive oil ½ pound sweet Italian sausage (preferably without fennel seeds) cut into 1-inch pieces 10 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped fine 4 pickled cherry peppers, cut [...]

The Daily Dish: Black Pepper Teriyaki Chicken and Pineapple Satay

Listen to the Daily Dish I used to make my own soy syrup, but it was very delicate and had a tendency to break like an aioli. But one day my Indonesian sous chef Budi introduced me to Kechap Manis, a great sweet soy syrup from his country. I said, “Wow, Budi, you just saved [...]

The Daily Dish: French Toast

Listen to the Daily Dish Today we’re talking about French toast. This morning stalwart most likely got its name from the French dish, pain perdu or “lost bread”—a poetic way to say stale bread. And slightly stale bread is one of the keys to French toast that has a crunchy exterior with light and airy [...]

The Daily Dish: Shredded Potato Cake with Leeks and Cheese

Listen to the Daily Dish Who doesn’t love a potato? Who doesn’t love cheese? So how about potatoes and cheese in a crispy pancake? I snagged this recipe for a Shredded Potato Cake with Leeks and Cheese from the good people of Shelburne Farms. Right on Lake Champlain in central Vermont, this special place is [...]

The Daily Dish: Basic Vinaigrette

Listen to the Daily Dish A basic vinaigrette is a whipped concoction of vinegar and oil. When done well, the vinaigrette lightly coats fresh garden greens and nudges them towards greatness. While this recipe is very easy, it is important to get it right so that you don’t end up with a glunky sauce over [...]

The Daily Dish: Olive Oil Poached Salmon with Edamames

Listen to the Daily Dish You know how I feel about the magnificent soy bean, but apparently I’m not alone. Americans are ordering edamame by the bushel at Japanese restaurants across the country. So today I’m pairing this ubiquitous bean with a western product we’ve fallen hard for, olive oil. Today they’ll make beautiful music [...]

The Daily Dish: No Skillet Pasta!

Listen to the Daily Dish Delicious pasta without a skillet? That’s right, no skillet is needed for this recipe. Today we are going to take our inspiration from Rome where they prepare pasta without a sauce. This is an easy, satisfying dish that you can make on those days when you need simplicity in your [...]

The Daily Dish: Chinese Dumplings with Soy Dipping Sauce

Listen to the Daily Dish My favorite appetizer of all time has to be Asian dumplings, sometimes called Peking ravioli. There are more than a few ingredients to making good dumplings, but they are worth the effort. If you are making a dozen, you might as well make 100 and freeze them—once you get everything [...]