A bone-in pork chop leads to a juicy piece of grilled meat. They can become a weeknight staple, rubbed in fresh rosemary and lemon zest, or served with sage butter or salsa verde. This version is dressed up in a sweet and spicy Northern Italian condiment made with mustard and dried fruit. Grilled Pork Chops…
Beef, Pork, Lamb
A Simple Spring Grill Menu: Tuscan-Style Veal Chops with Arugula, Radish & Mint Salad
This recipe comes from Steven Raichlen, grill-master, and one of my favorite chefs on PBS. The flavor in this savory grilled veal chop is outstanding and the preparation couldn’t be simpler. As Raichlen says, when you add butter or olive oil to meat hot off the grill “the fat mixes with the meat juices and creates…
A Still Life with Pork: Homemade Pancetta and two rustic recipes
Our friends Wayne and Emilie are the ultimate foodies. They recently returned to LA after revamping their family farm in South Carolina, where they raised heritage pigs, chickens, goats and veggies galore. So you can imagine my excitement when they came over with a huge slab of homemade pancetta for us. Pancetta is salt-cured Italian…
So Fresh: Tacos de Carnitas on a Jicama shell with Red Cabbage Slaw
Last month we went to an event for the LA Food & Wine Festival at Paramount Studios and sampled some great food. One of the more ingenious offerings was a taco served on a thin slice of jicama. Jicama is a root vegetable with a unique sweet/peppery flavor, similar to a radish or a turnip….
The Best Beef Chili: Gourmet’s Chili Con Carne with Sour Cream Cheddar Biscuits
I first heard about this chili through Smitten Kitchen, an excellent blog written by a New Yorker in her tiny kitchen. Turns out, it is a much heralded recipe from Gourmet, originally published in 1990. I made this chili for the Superbowl and it was as delicious as advertised. I added a jalapeño and a…
Supremely Delicious: Veal Ricotta Meatballs in a Lemon Sage Sauce
I’ve been tinkering with the recipe for these delicate veal and ricotta meatballs, perfumed with a crisp lemon and white wine sauce with earthy sage. Serve with whole wheat spaghetti and sauteed broccoli rabe for dinner, or with crusty bread as an appetizer. You won’t be disappointed. Veal Ricotta Meatballs with Lemon Sage Sauce 4…