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Tuesday Recipe: The Union Square Cafe's Bar Nuts

April Yorke — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:50:41 +0100

Hey, remember Tuesday Recipes? Well, I'm bringing 'em back. The credit for this one should actually go to Lauren (in addition to Nigella, of course). She served 'em up right at a party, and I've been going crazy over them ever since.

Ingredients

2 1/4 cups (18-ounces) assorted unsalted nuts, including peeled peanuts, cashews, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans and whole unpeel...

Tuesday Recipe: Croque Monsieur avec Haricots Verts

April Yorke — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:39:08 +0100

Upon my return from France, I decided to whip up a little something I ate while there in order to ease my best friend's suffering as she sat through vacation photos.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 cup whole milk
Pinch of ground nutmeg
1 bay leaf

4 slices firm white sand...

Meatless Mondays

April Yorke — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:49:53 +0100

Recently, in a highly unusually moment of TV news watching, I learned of something called "Meatless Mondays." According to the website, the goal is to "help reduce meat consumption by 15% in order to improve personal health and the health of our planet." Now, if there's one way to sucker me into doing something green, it's by making it easy. How easy ...

Tuesday Recipe: Rocky-Road Brownies

April Yorke — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:04:16 +0100

I don't know why exactly, but I got it into my head that I should bake some brownies. Unfortunately I got this into my head after I ate three of my remaining four eggs, and you know what brownies take a lot of? Eggs. Further adventures in disaster baking await.

Ingredients 6 (1-ounce) squares unsweetened baking chocolate 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter11/2 cups sugar 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 3 large eggs 11/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 cups ...

Tuesday Recipe: Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Pine Nuts

April Yorke — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:28:50 +0100

A friend mentioned that she loves pine nuts over dinner, and, since I was planning to bake her some cookies for a trip anyway, I plugged "pine nuts" into a Food Network search and baked the first recipe it came up with. It helped that I had all the ingredients on hand.

Ingredients 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, ...

Tuesday Recipe: Mashed Butternut Squash and Pears

April Yorke — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:00:00 +0100

Two things: 1) you need something quick and easy for your next holiday pot luck, and 2) people really like veggies that taste like dessert.

Ingredients 1 large butternut squash, about 1 pound2 Bosc or Anjou pears4 tablespoons unsalted butter1 vanilla bean1 tablespoon brown sug...

Tuesday Recipe: Sweet Potato Mac with White Cheddar

April Yorke — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:01 +0100

Things I don't get: Kraft Dinner and this country's love of it. It's not that I begrudge other people eating it, but try to serve it to me and watch me push it around the bowl like a child. People try to sell me on classier versions of KD, like PC's Deluxe White Cheddar, but I just don't underst...

Tuesday Recipe: Chorizo, Bean and Cheese Nachos

April Yorke — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I found a jar of salsa in my cupboard this weekend and was hit hard by a craving for nachos. Every once and a while, I look up a recipe for something that I have been making for a long time on my own just to see how a pro would do it. A lot of the recipes I looked at were highly involved (e.g. placing a jalapeno slice on each individual chip), so this one came out on top.

Ingredients 1 pound Mexican chorizo, removed from casings and crumbled1 tablespoon chopped garlic1/4 teaspoon ground...

Tuesday Recipe: Semicolon Cake

April Yorke — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Okay, I'll have an actual Tuesday Recipe for you later, but first you must head over to the National Punctuation Day site and scroll down to learn more about National Punctuation Day Baking Contest. If there are two things I love, they're proper punctuation and baking. As my favourite punctuation mark is a semicolon, that's what I'll bake. The dot is ...

Tuesday Recipe: Chunky Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

April Yorke — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I said I would bake something for dessert on Sunday, and I decided on chocolate chip peanut butter cookies. My search on Food Network turned up ridiculous results (no, I do not want to make a sundae), so my friend suggested I check out Recipezaar. I initially misunderstood this as Re...

Tuesday Recipe: Marbled Black Currant and Chocolate Mousse Cake

April Yorke — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

A few weeks ago, (Cult)ure threw an Estonian party in honour of one of our editor's Estonian heritage. When said editor pointed us to Nami-Nami, an Estonian food blog, and I found this recipe, it seemed like fate. Oh, little did I know . . . I've added notes throughout, the better to explain the cake of many disasters.

Marbled Blackcurrant and Chocolate Mousse Cake

(Uhke &...

Tuesday Recipe: Asparagus and Pea Risotto with Mushrooms

April Yorke — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

My mom knows I've got a thing about risotto, so she clipped this recipe from the London Free Press and sent it to me. In the figuring-out-how-to-make-risottos-easily category, I've upped my game from a medium cast iron skillet to a large non-stick skillet that has basically revolutionized my kitchen. If you do not have a large, oven-safe skillet, get one.

ASPARAGUS AND PEA RISOTTO WITH ...

Tuesday Recipe: Chicken Burgers with Garlic-Rosemary Mayonnaise

April Yorke — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I've never made chicken burgers before. In fact, I don't think I've ever made anything with ground chicken before. Fortunately this recipe is as easy as easy gets, so it's a good place to start if you are looking to branch out from your normal summertime grilling.

Ingredients Mayonnaise: 1 cup mayonnaise1/4 cup chopped fre...

Tuesday Recipe: Cheesy Baked Tortellini

April Yorke — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I have a friend over for dinner about once a week. Though we always have a great time, there are two issues with that: 1) we have oft-divergent tastes, and 2) cooking can sometimes seem like a chore. Every once in a while, I look for a simple, pleasing recipe that I can put t...

Tuesday Recipe: Strawberry, Rhubarb, and Banana Crostata

April Yorke — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Finally, a banana recipe in the Bananas issue! Of course, I wasn't really looking to use bananas. I had received some rhubarb, and, much like with my mushroom risotto, I was looking for a way to use it up. Since I had strawberries in the fridge, I decided to go this way.

Ingredients

Topping: 1 1/2 cups pastry flour (1/2-pound)3/4 cup polenta (1/4...

Tuesday Recipe: Roast Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

Brendan Blom — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

This is a follow-up to April's post of a few weeks ago featuring chicken with 20 cloves of garlic. Please do not be put off by the high garlic quotient -- after roasting, the garlic is very mild and tender. It's not at all overwhelming -- though you might not want to eat it the night before going to work, or with people you don't know very well. It is dead easy to make, and tastes amazing.

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken

olive oil

sea salt

3 or 4 spri...

Tuesday recipe: Italian Egg and Pasta Scramble

April Yorke — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Much like my aforementioned preferences for one-pot meals and asparagus, I also have one for what you might call "base recipes." Basically (heh), they're recipes that once you've mastered them, you can switch up the ingredients with pretty much any combination that's in your fridge. This recipe for Italian Egg and Pasta Scramble is one such recip...

Tuesday Recipe: Toffee Crunch Blondies

April Yorke — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Even though I cook for myself and others regularly, I'm really more of a baker. Actually, I think my preference for baking is directly linked to my preference for one pot meals. I just like having everything together in one place. Blondies, in case you haven't heard, are brownies without the cocoa. With this recipe, you've got the cookie-cake vibe of a brownie, chocolate chips to satisfy your chocolate craving, and crunchy toffee bits that elevate the square from a more mundane chocolate chip...

Tuesday recipe: Parmesan-Crusted Pork Chops

April Yorke — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Lo, how I have made these, and lo, how they have impressed.

Ingredients

* 2 large eggs
* 1 cup dried Italian-style bread crumbs
* 3/4 cups freshly grated Parmesan
* 4 (1/2 to 3/4-inch thick) center-cut pork loin chops (each about 10 to 12 ounces)
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper
...

Tuesday Recipe: Bacon & Caramelized-Onion Asparagus

April Yorke — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Remember last Tuesday when I told you that I served asparagus with my chicken? Aside from cooking the asparagus in the microwave, which I found a little odd, this recipe is simple and tasty. We're always fans of asparagus 'round mine.

What You Need!

3 slices OSCAR MAYER Center Cut Bacon
1-1/2 lb. fresh asparagus spears, trimmed
1 Tb...