I’d been following the FB posts of Dorothy Lane Market and tracking when the Copper River salmon was coming in. It was the king that was in the store Friday. Its brief season is only May and June. But it is so very, very worth making every effort to find and indulge in it the… Read More Luxury | Copper River Gravlax
I think this stuff is fantastic. Only available from mid-May to mid-June, this fish tastes nothing like a farm-raised salmon. This is a fish that’s done some work swimming. Tonight, Hades seasoned it with salt and pepper and a few drops of olive oil. He grilled it outside on an oak plank covered with fennel… Read More Friday Night Grill | Copper River Salmon
I’ll admit to a slight amount of jet lag. By slight I mean passing out after dinner and waking up at four the next morning. So I haven’t really blogged dinner in as timely a manner as I’d like; but there you go. This lovely dish was inspired by a restaurant we happened upon in… Read More Ivory Coast via Brussels | Salmon with Saffron Tumeric Cream
It’s a marvelous, make ahead kind of a lunch. Poach a bit of salmon the night before, bring along a slice of leftover pint bread, a tiny cup of homemade crème fraîche and add a few thin slices of onion, some fresh dill if you have it, a caper or two if you want. It… Read More Irish Cooking | Poached Salmon on Brown Bread
Cherub, 3 (and a half now! she’ll tell you), was a big helper in the kitchen tonight. And as a result, she totally nom’ed her dinner. It didn’t hurt that one of her favorite things to eat is hummus anyway. We made some homemade tonight since we had leftover chickpeas from last night’s dinner. I served her… Read More Get That Baby in the Kitchen | Homemade Hummus
Weeknight meals are awfully quick around here. As fast as I can bring a pot of water to a boil and cook some Japanese noodles (about five minutes), dinner is more or less served. Start thinking about beefing up the East Asian section your spice cabinet (that may already contain some soy sauce) to also include a bit of miso,… Read More Miso Salmon with Soba and Spring Onions
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