Kate Williams
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Berkeley, CA, United States
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Tteokbokki From 'The World's Best Spicy Food'
Tteokbokki is a Korean street food snack made primarily of chewy rice cakes and fiery, funky gochujang chili paste. In Lonely Planet's The World's Best Spicy Food, the cakes are tossed with slices of fried eomuk fish cake, cabbage, scallions, and garlic. → Read More
Rodrigo-Style Fish (Pescado Rodrigo) from 'Pati's Mexican Table'
Dredged in flour and pan-fried, the fish fillets in these tacos are nothing out of the ordinary. But add a generous drizzle of her citrusy-salty-herby sauce and you'll quickly be in fish taco heaven. → Read More
Sikil P'aak From 'Yucatán'
For a dip so flavorful, sikil p'aak sure is ugly. A moderately chunky puree of ground pumpkin seeds, tomato puree, chiles, herbs, and onion, the hearty appetizer is a full expression of Yucatecan harvest time. I'll encourage you to ignore the appearance. → Read More
Posts tagged "hard pretzels"
Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres Pretzel Rods from 'Classic Snacks Made from Scratch' Kate Williams → Read More
Roasted Okra Chips from 'Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking'
The hot oven crisps and caramelizes thin slices of okra, transforming the contentious vegetable into an addictive appetizer. → Read More
Pretzel Rods from 'Classic Snacks Made from Scratch'
Is there any snacker on earth who doesn't like pretzels? Their malty, subtle sweetness, generous crunch, and potent salt coating make for an easy-to-love snack that never really grows old. In Casey Barber's Classic Snacks Made from Scratch, the hard pretzels are a classic take on the form. No sourdough starter or fancy flours here, just good old yeast, brown sugar, and baking soda. → Read More
Pretzel Rods from 'Classic Snacks Made from Scratch'
Is there any snacker on earth who doesn't like pretzels? Their malty, subtle sweetness, generous crunch, and potent salt coating make for an easy-to-love snack that never really grows old. In Casey Barber's Classic Snacks Made from Scratch, the hard pretzels are a classic take on the form. No sourdough starter or fancy flours here, just good old yeast, brown sugar, and baking soda. → Read More
Roasted Butternut Squash and Red Onion with Tahini and Za'atar from 'Jerusalem'
Butternut squash is a staple in my kitchen during fall and winter, but I never stray far from simple roasted cubes or a creamy pureed soup when it comes to preparing the gourd. After preparing the Roasted Butternut Squash and Red Onion with Tahini and Za'atar in Jerusalem: A Cookbook, however, I am a total devotee of pairing winter squash with sesame. → Read More
Roasted Butternut Squash and Red Onion with Tahini and Za'atar from 'Jerusalem' Cookbook
Butternut squash is a staple in my kitchen during fall and winter, but I never stray far from simple roasted cubes or a creamy pureed soup. But after preparing the Roasted Butternut Squash and Red Onion with Tahini and Za'atar in Jerusalem: A Cookbook, I am a total devotee of pairing winter squash with sesame. → Read More
Hot and Sour Soup from 'Stewed'
Is it just me or is hot and sour soup one of the weirdest in the Chinese take-out canon? Most bowls consist of a gloppy mass of orange sweet liquid, giving way to a slightly sour and slightly spicy finish. Bites of mushroom, pea, and tofu add a bit of interest, but they can't save the soup bowl. But there's no reason why a homemade bowl of hot and sour can't make for a warming, pleasant meal.… → Read More
Slow-Roasted Pork Shoulder With Kumquats and Chilies, From 'Down South'
Donald Link's pork shoulder in his new cookbook Down South is a fine example of his approach to Southern tradition. The pork is roasted and braised in a lower-than-low oven--the best possible way to turn a tough cut of pork into a succulent delicacy. Enhancing the pork doesn't take much. → Read More
Creamed Spinach With Citrus Kosho From 'Maximum Flavor'
Far from a stodgy, cream-leaden bowl of green mush, this creamed spinach is bright and spicy thanks to homemade citrus kosho (a blend of zest, chiles, lemongrass, and salt) and a puréed mixture of onion and garlic. → Read More
Cashel Blue and Toasted Pecan Terrine with Frisée and Apple Jam From 'My Irish Table'
At Cathal Armstrong's flagship Restaurant Eve, they always serve a composed platter of Irish cheeses. One of Armstrong's favorites is Cashel Blue, a creamy and salty sheep's milk blue. → Read More
Leaf-Wrapped Salad Bites (Miang Kham) From 'Simple Thai Food'
Leela Punyaratabandhu's leaf-wrapped salad bites don't look like much. But these diminutive snacks in her new cookbook, Simple Thai Food, are far more intriguing than their name implies. → Read More
Mile End's Brussels Sprouts with Candied Walnuts and Apples
To complement their Tsimis recipe in The Mile End Cookbook, Noah and Rae Bernamoff offer another honey-sweetened vegetable dish: Brussels Sprouts. Here they also call for roasting, but the sprouts are given a high-heat treatment, emerging from the oven blistered and crisp. And then instead of coating the sprouts in a honey glaze, they use the sweetener to candy walnuts. A final flourish of… → Read More
Tteokbokki From 'The World's Best Spicy Food'
Tteokbokki is a Korean street food snack made primarily of chewy rice cakes and fiery, funky gochujang chili paste. In Lonely Planet's The World's Best Spicy Food, the cakes are tossed with slices of fried eomuk fish cake, cabbage, scallions, and garlic. → Read More
Mother-in-Law's Signature Kimchi from 'The Kimchi Cookbook'
Napa cabbage is the backbone to many a kimchi recipe, so it seems natural to begin a kimchi-making adventure with a leafy ferment. In Lauryn Chun's The Kimchi Cookbook, she presents a recipe for the house pickle from her company, Mother-in-Law's Kimchi. As she writes in the intro to the recipe, Chun's recipe is a variation on a fall harvest kimchi, typically eaten fresh, immediately after… → Read More
Savory Grits With Slow-Cooked Collard Greens From 'Afro-Vegan'
Give me a bowl of creamy grits and I'm a happy woman. Give me that same bowl of grits topped with slow-cooked greens and I'll swoon. So I didn't hesitate to try out Bryant Terry's recipe for savory grits with long-cooked collards in his new cookbook, Afro-Vegan. → Read More
Purple Hull Pea Tabouleh From 'The New Southern Table'
Brys Stephens's recipe for tabouleh in his cookbook, The New Southern Table, is a lot like the tabouleh I grew up eating—heartier than the traditional herb salad, it is chock full of tomatoes and cucumbers and contains just as much bulgur as parsley and mint. → Read More
Smitten Kitchen's Honey and Harissa Farro Salad
It's hard to get through fall without encountering more than a few roasted vegetable salads. They're earthy, filling, and entirely seasonal. In The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, Deb Perelman writes about a few such salads, but the one that drew my eye was her Honey and Harissa Farro Salad. I'm a big harissa fan, and the idea of tempering its spiciness with honey sounded like a perfect dressing base.… → Read More