Posted in Recipes, tagged beef chili, chili con carne, comfort food, fusion, Italian, main dish, soup, stew, stovetop meals, Tex-Mex on 11/02/2009 | 6 Comments »
It’s official: all this cold, dark weather has put me on a comfort food kick. If the forecast is to be trusted, sunset hits Berlin at about 4:30pm. Honestly, I haven’t seen the sun make an appearance on any recent afternoon. It’s just been gray, gray, gray. Then pitch dark.
As close to a sunny day [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged easy, low fat, main dish, potato, soup, stew, vegetarian on 10/26/2009 | 1 Comment »
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Cool weather just screams out for hearty, homey food, don’t you think? The weather dropped a good 15 or 20 degrees (Fahrenheit…have to specify now!) this past month in Berlin, and I’ve been craving comfort food. This chunky, creamy potato soup fits the bill without being a total fat-bomb. [...]
Posted in Ingredients, Recipes, Technique, tagged Asian, curry, dinner, Japanese, main, roux, savory, spicy, stew, vegetarian on 08/13/2009 | 4 Comments »
Rumor has it that curry made its way from India to Japan during the colonial period via the British navy. There it morphed into a mild, savory-sweet roux-based sauce that’s the perfect counterpoint to a crispy piece of pork or tofu. If you’re used to eating coconut-milk laden or incredibly spicy curries, Japanese curry [...]
Posted in Foodstuff, Ingredients, Recipes, Technique, tagged chili powder, Cincinnati chili, cocoa powder, copycat Skyline chili, no beans, soup, stew, Superbowl recipes on 02/02/2009 | 7 Comments »
Superbowl Sunday seemed like the perfect weekend to perfect a classic Cincinnati chili recipe. And how:
Posted in Foodstuff, Technique, tagged areBritscrazy?, beef stew, better flavor, braising, brown meat, Jamie Oliver, stew on 01/23/2009 | Leave a Comment »
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When you make a roast or braise, do you brown the meat first? I’d always thought this was a crucial step in infusing a dish with lots of flavor. But I just read a recipe from Jamie Oliver suggesting that, at least in the case of stew, you get better results if you skip the browning. Check it out:
The [...]
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