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Costco food court hacks
Costco Kimchi, from our friends at The Daily Meal. Last week Costco opened in Albany, with fawning media coverage worthy of that wedding at Madison Square Garden. We did not brave the crowds (there...
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Recipe: Ramps Salmoriglio (Sicilian pesto)
Ramps Salmoriglio (Sicilian pesto) on swordfish is a classic presentation. Of course you could make pesto with your ramps, but how about Ramps Salmoriglio? This Sicilian specialty is like pesto but...
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Recipe: Hot Dog Meat Sauce a la Stewart’s Shops
A well dressed tube steak with hot dog meat sauce. This hot dog meat sauce is so close to the product offered at Stewart’s Shops, we predict you could swap out the crockpot on the counter and regular...
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Recipe: Copycat Durkee’s Famous Sauce
Looks like Durkee’s oozing out of this turkey sandwich but it’s really Copycat Durkee’s Famous Sauce. Copycat Durkee’s Famous Sauce was the runaway winner in our taste test. It is so close in taste and...
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Recipe: Panda Orange Sauce
Panda Orange Sauce atop a chicken nugget from the clown, The ubiquitous orange-sauced chicken in food court Chinese places evolved from a more refined version served at Panda Inn, a sit down restaurant...
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Recipe: Baba Ganoush with Yoghurt
Baba Ganoush with Yoghurt. I wanted to replicate the wonderfully creamy baba ganoush at Bon Appetit Cafe, my local Mediterranean (actually Egyptian) place. Adding a bit of high quality whole milk...
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Recipe: Best Tomato Jam
Tomato Jam. Use this tomato jam recipe instead of the one we published previously; it’s got a better flavor balance and more pectin so it doesn’t mold as easily when you store in the fridge. A version...
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Recipe: Tomato Jam
Tomato Jam with brie on crackers. Tomato jam would make a nice accompaniment to our onion jam if you’re putting together a fancy sandwich. It also goes great on a cracker with a smear of brie. No need...
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Recipe: Marinated Artichokes and Hearts of Palm
Marinated Artichokes and Hearts of Palm. Stores sell marinated artichokes, so why not marinated artichokes and hearts of palm? They’re both mild vegetables that contribute more texture than taste, and...
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Recipe: Chicago-Style Giardiniera
Chicago-Style Giardiniera. We have some Chicago-style Italian beef sandwiches in our future for which Chicago-Style Giardiniera is a key component. Compared to our standard giardiniera it’s spicier,...
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Recipe: Onion Jam
Onion Jam. I wanted to reproduce the Divina Onion Jam I bought at Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco and was mostly successful. This stuff is intense; use it sparingly on a sandwich or serve on a...
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Recipe: Avjar Red Pepper Spread
Ajvar Roasted Red Pepper Spread. Avjar is a condiment used through the Balkans made with ground red peppers plus some eggplant to stretch the recipe. Serious Eats did an exhaustive experiment to find...
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Variations on a pickled onion
Today’s pickled onion was cooked to a soft, almost spreadable consistency. We grilled cevapcici (an Adriatic sausage) to serve with avjar (a red pepper topping) on Memorial Day. What else do you need?...
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My grape jelly secret
My secret grape jelly stash from McDonald’s. Actually I have two grape jelly secrets. The first is that it is a surprising ingredient in our Mystery Mayo, the doenjang dressing in Koreatown A Cookbook...
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Recipe: TikTok Cabbage Pickle
TikTok Cabbage Pickle.TikTok Cabbage Pickle is pretty, versatile and easy to make. (I transcribe the recipe in a few minutes and regret I did not capture the name of the original poster.) It’s a cross...
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Recipe: Hotel Room Pickles
Hotel Room Pickles. Hotel room pickles happened because we had some nice carnitas and wanted some Mexican-style pickled vegetables (escabeche) to accompany. We’ve noticed the taco shops no longer put...
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Recipe: Carrot Pickles with Ginger and Anise
Carrot Pickles with Ginger and Anise. I got this nifty cutter to make the serrated slices. Carrot pickles are a bit mild on their own, but they play well with others on a pickle plate. The ginger,...
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Recipe: David Chang Pickles
David Chang Quick Pickles. If you look on page 65 of your Momofuku cookbook*, you’ll find David Chang’s recipe for quick salt pickles. It couldn’t be simpler: slice cucumbers super thin, then toss with...
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Recipe: Sumac Onions
Sumac Onions. Dominic Colose, who runs an excellent middle eastern restaurant in our town, recently professed his love of sumac onions in a Facebook post. Research revealed that most sumac onion...
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Recipe: Bleu Cheese Spread
Bleu Cheese Spread, which The Pleasure of Cooking calls “Coulis Bleu”. You want bleu cheese on your burger, but the crumbles keep falling off. This Bleu Cheese Spread recipe is the remedy. Coat the top...
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