There is a saying in the Eastern Arab world, “A hungry man would be willing to sell his soul for a dish of mujadara. This recipe is inspired by a beautiful, yet humble, Middle Eastern dish combining rice, lentils, and deeply caramelized and crispy onions. Like many cultural dishes, you will find variations of mujadara from family to family throughout the Middle East, and likewise, just as many variations at Middle Eastern restaurants throughout the United States. Sometimes referred to as mujaddara or m’jaddaret-burghul (served with bulgar), the first recorded recipe dates back to 1226 in Iraq; often containing meat and served as a celebratory meal. Though the medieval Arab…
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Six easy, no-recipe recipes using what you might already have on hand. During the Covid quarantine, these recipes emerged to create meals using common ingredients like canned tuna and pasta, grilled cheese and jarred olives and tomatoes.
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Pasta e ceci, which literally means pasta and chickpeas, is an essential one-pot Roman recipe, a cousin of pasta e fagioli, brimming with juicy tomatoes, tender chickpeas, hearty greens and pasta. Everything comes together in a simmering broth in just under an hour.
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It’s that time of the year when long-simmered soups, stews and chilies are my go-to recipes. My braising pots are on full rotation, as is my slow cooker. In keeping with the recipes of this blustery season, I’m sharing my Slow Cooker Pantry Chicken Chili recipe. This slow cooker recipe is quite literally a combination of pantry and freezer staples. I hardly ever make it the same way twice, so it can easily be adapted to suit whatever you have on hand.
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This part of New Jersey is home to one of the best fishmongers in the state. I’m thinking local blue claw crabs, snapper fish, clams and mussels. Seeing as though we have access to quality farm markets and butchers, I’m also thinking sweet corn, potatoes and sausage. To complete this feast, I’ll snip herbs from my kitchen garden and serve Jersey ale, being sure to fragrance the stock with some too. Last, but not least, I’ll add in good company and a hot August evening and we’ll have ourselves a Low-Country Boil. You might also know this as Frogmore Stew, Beaufort Stew, or simply seafood stew. Call it what you…
