This was probably the easiest Christmas dish I’ve ever cooked. The two Cornish hens I bought in Chinatown cost me less than $10. All I had to do was ask the butcher to cut off the head and the feet. My large Dutch oven fit both of them that I was able to brown and ...
Because the suckling pig feast was a success, I put my name down for the Christmas goose. Cameron named her Shazia, after another NY1 reporter who does the Zagat reviews on TV. It wasn’t difficult to carry her home like Rog; I just put her in my tote bag, dragged it to work and made ...
The Chinese use five-spice powder to create a blend of different flavors: sweet, sour, bitter, pungent and salty. You can easily buy them from any grocery store with a well-stocked spice aisle but I prefer to make my own. With one star anise, I used the heart of my palm to measure the other four ...
For Thanksgiving this year, we had two roasted turkeys, one ham, five black sea bass, lumpia, or Filipino spring rolls, and three different kinds of salads to serve to eighteen people who celebrated with us in the apartment. We thought there would be a lot of leftovers but we were wrong. Our guests were good ...
Adapted from memory Ingredients:For the turkey rub:1 large onion, finely chopped4 garlic cloves, crushed3 stalks of scallions, chopped2 tbsps oregano2 tbsps coriander2 tbsps paprikasalt and pepper to taste 1 frozen turkey, thawed for at least eight hours outside the fridge1 apple, cored and diced1 peach, diced1 lemon, sliced1 small box of raisins 1. Combine all ...