The best part of this Brazilian Chicken Salad, aka Salpicão de Frango is that it’s an extraordinary dish from very ordinary kitchen ingredients: chicken, carrots, onions, potatoes, tomato sauce, and raisins. With the right treatment to each one of them, they become a Brazilian Chicken Salad (Salpicão) as you’ve never had it before. You’ll need …
Cooking food inside plant leaves is a practice made in many cuisines. Grapes, banana, and corn leaves (or husks) make for a fascinating cooking technique and charming presentation. Watch a video of these Beef Tamales in the works. There are many versions of tamales throughout Latin America, and they don’t need to be done with …
Barreado is the name of a typical dish from the state of Parana, in the south of Brazil. It’s a Brazilian Beef Shank Stew and consists of meat delicately braised with bacon, onion, and spices at low temperature in a clay pot that is hermetically sealed with a starch paste made of manioc flour. The …
This recipe for Ground Meat with Olives, Tomatoes and Pine Nuts is a great new addition to your repertoire. Who doesn’t love meatloaf, hamburger or meatballs? Sauce Bolognese? Steak Tartare? We can keep going when it comes to ground meat, one of the most versatile cuts of beef, and the star of many classics from …
I made this Steak Tartare Recipe for a very special occasion, my father’s birthday. Knowing his passion for Steak Tartare, from the glory days of Rio de Janeiro, back in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s when Steak Tartare was a delicacy, prepared tableside at special restaurants, I decided to revive the recipe in his honor. …
This is how I layer my Pork Ramen Noddle: I make the pork, mushrooms and broth separately. And then, it’s the layers of ingredients that make all the difference. You can also watch a video of me and my daughter, Bianca, making this dish on You Tube. Pork Ramen Noddle Serves 4 4 …
Rice & Beans Burritos I’m always fascinated by the assembly line at Chipoltle. My son Thomas, who is crazy for the restaurant always asks for Rice & Beans Burritos and I always tell him we should make it at home. We never did—until quarantine forced us to! You can see in this video how easy …
A few years ago, I participated in a fun event at Temple Israel Synagogue of Westport, CT, where I was one of the judges for a brisket throwdown competition. Although we used the term “competition” to announce the event, it was really a celebration of brisket recipes, of cooking and community coming together. Brisket is …
Israel! Israel! Israel! All of a sudden whenever anyone talks about Mediterranean cuisine, they inevitably go on about Israeli cuisine and how it’s now infamous at top restaurants, recipes, and cookbooks! I know Israel is amazing: I spent time in a youth program as a student and visited the country as a tourist. But that …
So, you need to feed a family of 4? I got you! The moment I started preparing for this delicious Veal Scaloppine, I knew it was a keeper. I usually buy the veal already cut into thin slices, but you can easily do it yourself but cutting a thin piece from the eye round and then …
