Blanched Broccoli Rabe Greens with Soy-Dashi Sauce
16 May 2012

Blanched Broccoli Rabe Greens with Soy-Dashi Sauce

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My latest favorite way to eat my greens is in the Japanese style of ohitashi, which is to blanche, shock, squeeze out, and pour over with a soy sauce and dashi mixture. It’s an easy way to stock up on your greens for the day, which there are plenty of in the spring. It softens the leaves, but also the stalks, which are typically left on and are delightful to crunch on dressed in this sauce.

Savory Corn Pudding, part of my Local Grill-Off entry
23 Jul 2009

Savory Corn Pudding, part of my Local Grill-Off entry

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It’s the kind of cook-off that was my dream come true: the emphasis? Local food. The dish’s requirements? Nothing, aside from being local. The judges? Three established food writers whom I admire. The fundraiser’s cause? Slow Food NYC. The location? The sandy Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City, where I’d spread out my toes shoeless on several occasions. So maybe not everything turned out to be really dreamlike: it was raining all day, at some points more furiously than … Read More