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TBT Recipe: Poblano Chili con Carne

TBT Recipe: Poblano Chili con Carne

            It surely is still winter outside. Here in NYC we have the cold, but not the snow. We are down 97% from our typical snowfall for the season. Good news for driving. Bad news for water in the summer. But, that is months away....
TBT Recipe: Poblano Corn Chowder

TBT Recipe: Poblano Corn Chowder

The versatile thing about corn is how many ways you can eat. Raw off the cob, if you are of that mind. Roasted or toasted. Slathered with butter. Baked into muffins or cornbread. Or, served deep and rich in soups and chowders. The marriage of poblano and corn is a...
TBT Recipe: Caramelized Poblano and Onion Dip

TBT Recipe: Caramelized Poblano and Onion Dip

Today’s TBT recipe comes with a photo of something you DON’T do. You actually don’t roast the poblanos over an open flame. Nope, all you have to do is caramelize in a saute pan. Then you have the basics for an onion dip that will have you tossing out...
Green Tomato Shakshuka from Levant by Rawia Bishara

Green Tomato Shakshuka from Levant by Rawia Bishara

Southerners have Fried Green Tomatoes. In Palestine, they have Shakshuka. Here author and restauranteur Rawia Bishara gives her very interesting spin on this dish. There are tomatoes, but also tomatillos and poblanos. It’s Palestine-meets-Mexico via the United States....
Brian’s End of Summer Gazpacho

Brian’s End of Summer Gazpacho

Two weeks ago I saw the first red leaves. Now, on August 18th, there are red and gold dashes up and down the Hudson Valley. And many of those trees that were bright green in July have adopted serious traces of brown camouflage Autumn is arriving, sooner than normal...