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Best online sources for reliable Indian recipes?
Wow, what a list! Thanks for the recommendations. Definitely time for some serious searching...
Best online sources for reliable Indian recipes?
Hi ya'll,
I was wondering if there are any really good blogs or other online sources for Indian recipes? I know and love a lot of the more mainstream sites for recipes (Epicurious, New York Times, various blogs), but I'm having trouble finding Indian ones that seem 'trustworthy.' Since I'm pretty limited on experimentation time, it's important for me to get a recipe (mostly) right on the first try.
Any suggestions/links would be much appreciated!
June 2011 Honeymoon dinner - Amsterdam
De Kas - I'm an ex-New Yorker super snobby about food, and De Kas was one of the most incredible meals I've ever had. It was recommended to me by a chef friend, and it recently won two "Best Of' awards from Time Out.
http://www.restaurantdekas.nl/
It's way east of Dam, but it's easy to get there by tram or by bike. I don't know how long you're staying in Amsterdam, but make sure to get out of the Dam area- most places within a 10 minute walk of it fall into the kind of gross, kind of tacky tourist realm.
Restaurants open on Dec 24th and 25th in Lisbon?
Thanks so much, Vinho. I'll email the places on the list to see if they're open. Do you have a blog or do food criticism by any chance? You're so active on these boards I would love to see if you've done other writing.
Cheers!
Restaurants open on Dec 24th and 25th in Lisbon?
Hi guys,
I've been trawling the boards here and have pulled up great recommendations (especially from Vinhotinto75 - thanks!).
I'll be arriving with my mom in Lisbon on the 24th. I was wondering if it would be difficult to find restaurants open on the 24th or the 25th? Any recommendations for ones that would be open would be greatly appreciated.
We're staying near the Rossio, but would be willing to travel for good food. We'll eat any type of food/cuisine, and price isn't an issue (thank god for parents, says the unemployed graduate student).
Many thanks in advance!
Got a job as a 'cook' in a 'restaurant' - Need proven restaurants for a crowd!
It's a pretty well equipped kitchen. Giant 6 burner gas stove and oven, heavy-duty appliances like a giant food processor, blender, juicer (don't know if they have a stand mixer or not, didn't look for one during my 'audition'). There's 3 or 4 standard home-kitchen refrigerators. Huge amounts of pots, pans, and kitchen utensils scattered all around.
Got a job as a 'cook' in a 'restaurant' - Need proven restaurants for a crowd!
I just got a part time job as a cook in an art academy (It's secretly open to the public but non-profit, so it's only a semi-restaurant). I have a fair amount of home cooking experience, but I'm used to having hours and hours to prepare a meal and plenty of time to look up answers online. Now I only have 2ish hours to prepare a meal for 20-30 people.
I would LOVE to get recipes you've made before and have proven to be crowd-pleasers.
Criteria are A) relatively quick to make B) are either vegetarian or rely on cheaper types of meat and C) not soups (there's always a separate soup). Meals there are usually a main + one or two side dishes.
Many thanks in advance! I've always gotten great recs from this board before :)
Need a killer grilled/bbq chicken recipe
Thanks for the recommendation! Do you think using wood is absolutely necessary? Where I live the food culture is ridiculously backwards, so I think i can only find those puck-shaped bricks...
Need a killer grilled/bbq chicken recipe
Hey all, I'm unpaid catering a friend's housewarming party that has a Mexican-Southwestern theme. I want to do grilled/bbq chicken, but I've never grilled anything in my life. I'm a bit overwhelmed by whether or brine or marinate and pre-roast and what bits and pieces to use.
Does anyone have a hard-to-screw up recipe that might relate vaguely to the theme?
I'm trying to keep it really cheap, so I'll probably be buying whole chickens and breaking them down, or just going for whatever piece of chicken is the cheapest-per-kilo at the market (except liver :)
Thanks in advance!
Help me identify this mystery meat
Ah, the same thing happened to me too! I was cutting up my pork belly and got soooo creeped out by the nipples.
Yay, either way, if my mystery meat is fatback or leaf lard, I'm a happy camper. Gonna stink up the kitchen tomorrow with the aroma of rendering fat and burning chile seeds.
Mmmmmmm homemade mole.
Help me identify this mystery meat
My roommates left behind an interesting slab of something in the freezer. I'm hoping it's really, really fatty pork belly so I can simmer it down into lard. The skin looks just like the pig's skin when I cured bacon, but there's no muscle tissue at all in the slab - just white stuff.
Here's some pictures of it from different angles:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95051928@N00/sets/72157623911619027/
Mysterious!
butterfly (spatchcock) a duck
Some googling turned up this fairly comprehensive guide to cooking duck at home:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/10/25/FDGDNLSCS51.DTL
LOST (tv show) party. Food ideas?
Going on the fish suggestion - depending on where you live in the world, if you've got a latin or asian market nearby you can get banana leaves to steam the fish in.
Oh yeah, and don't forget to put your wine in a glass decanter you can smash with ominous portent.
The fish biscuit idea is hysterical.
Substitutions for Mexican chiles
Thanks Paulj! I chose this because I know and love Susana's recipes - have you tried another mole recipe that's less picky but still tasty?
Impressive Vegetarian Entree?
I second the gnocchi suggestion. I made this a few weeks ago:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Gnocchi-with-Mushrooms-and-Butternut-Squash-231343
It was one of the best things I've ever eaten. Since you pan-fry everything at the end, you don't really need to be careful about amounts or about what type of mushrooms you use. Mmmm. Make double the gnocchi so you can freeze the rest.
Substitutions for Mexican chiles
Hi there,
I want to make this recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-specials/mole-negro-oaxaqueno-oaxacan-black-mole-recipe/index.html
I have all of the chiles the recipe calls for except chipotles and chilhuacles.
My question is, is there any way to do mixing and matching to achieve a similar flavor profile for the original recipe? I have dried red and green New Mexico chiles, and I can get any number of dried chiles used in Southeast Asian cooking. The Mexican chiles where I live are staggeringly expensive (think like $10 for a small bag), but if there's no way of making substitutions, I'll just have to bite the bullet.
Many thanks in advance!
Need food in Amsterdam on Koninginnedag (April 30)
Queen's day is a national holiday and a huge deal, so I doubt there will be many restaurants open. That said, hotels have to remain open, so your best bet is to look at some of the upscale hotels if you want a good restaurant (and money isn't a problem)
There will be food and drink vendors everywhere, since everyone can sell anything on that day. Be prepared for crushing crowds in the major areas of Damrak, Rembrantplein, Leidseplein, etc - a friend took 45 minutes to cross from one end of a small square to another.
If that's not your idea of fun, you should check out Vondelpark. It's still really crowded, but since it's a park there's more room to spread out. The activities there are more family-geared, so it's less hectic, plus the park itself and the surrounding neighborhood is lovely if you haven't been.
Looking for a family restaurant near New Haven
There's a restaurant called 'The Place' that's an incredible outdoor seafood restaurant. You sit on stumps and watch the cooks grill lobsters, fish, etc on giant grills. The clams, corn and lobster are to die for. It's a really unique, wonderful experience.
http://www.roadfood.com/Restaurant/Review/191-191/the-place
Recs for more unusual types of fish to try
Wow guys, I had no idea this would create such debate! I'll definitely have to seek out skate. I live in Amsterdam, so I'm sure cod, haddock, etc are relatively cheap once I figure out the Dutch words for them. I've seen some beautiful trout, so that's also on the list as well. And yup, shellfish is amazing amazing, so I'm going to have to get over my nervousness and actually try to cook some.
I agree with Hye, I've also worried about Asian markets as well. The fish there is cheap, but considering it's not labeled and it's definitely 'mystery meat', I sort of worry about what contaminant it's been pumped up with (mmmm melamine)
Recs for more unusual types of fish to try
So, I've recently discovered that certain unwanted tubbiness might be related to all the fruit I eat and various other 'hidden' sugars (I know, fruit suddenly isn't healthy? Jeez.) I have to swap out these sugars for more protein. I won't eat land-animal proteins, but I'm dandy with fish. The only problem is I've only ever cooked tilapia and salmon before, and I need to branch out but don't know where to start.
Any recommendations for more 'adventuresome' types of fish and sea life? I'd prefer types that are on the cheap side. Also, any simple or fast preparations for the fish would be really appreciated. I'll eat anything sea-related so long as it's not the endangered stuff like bluefin or chilean sea bass.
I have an amazing market nearby, so finding a variety of stuff isn't an issue.
Many thanks in advance!
Almonds vs. Pistachios
If you're set on using pistachios, try it out without changing anything else. There's actually more fat in almonds, so I'd say the cake will still work out just fine with different nuts.
Restaurants like Les Papilles in terms of food + price
I was lucky to get reservations for l'Agrume... it was absolutely fantastic! One of the best nights of my life. Thanks John!
Restaurants like Les Papilles in terms of food + price
Wow, this list is absolutely spot-on. I'll report back in a few days!
Help! Gravlax tastes like sugar- can I salvage it?
First time curing salmon, trusted the source (Aquavit and nymag)... don't really think it's a case of 'duh.'
Help! Gravlax tastes like sugar- can I salvage it?
Hi guys, thanks so much for the help! I took your advice and soaked it for 20 minutes and dried it really thoroughly. The taste is so, so much better now. I actually want to go get it out of the fridge and eat the rest.
Next time I'm definitely doing a shorter cure with equal parts of salt + sugar.
BAKING WITHOUT A STAND MIXER
Just adding my vote: I bake, a whole, whole lot, and there's never any recipe that 'needs' a stand mixer, even if it calls for one. I've used my parent's one at home, and my opinion is that a stand mixer makes it a lot easier to over-beat flour and end up with a tough product.
IMHO stand mixers are only good for creaming butter.
That said, anything that produces a batter (brownies, cakes, quick breads) is easier to do than somethings that requires creaming butter, like cookies.
If creaming by hand, the only thing I make sure to do is to cut the butter into teeny tiny pieces to make mixing easier.
What to do with sushi rice (besides sushi)
Onigiri! So cute, so many possibilities: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onigiri
Fish Tacos
You can use snapper and grouper as well, although those are pricey fish next to tilapia.
off-the-beaten-path ingredients.. for a beginner.
I'm a mostly-vegetarian except when I'm cooking for friends (they love meat, I love trying new things too much :). I just got a load of beef marrow bones to use for this recipe:
http://www.weareneverfull.com/fergus-hendersons-roasted-marrow-bones-with-parsley-salad/
Also check out Serious Eat's column The Nasty Bits. Talk about adventuresome...
Recommendations for a cookbook as a wedding gift
What about the Silver Spoon, or its Spanish counterpart, 1080 recipes?
Both beautiful books that at least to me should be in any kitchen!
