Spring

Strawberry Lemon Bars

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Aside from marking the end of the bitter cold winter and the sprouting of green stuff, there’s another reason why I love spring. It’s a transitional season where one season’s produce is winding down and the produce from the next season, first comes to market. Meyer lemon season for example runs from November through April, [...]

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Ramp Pesto Pasta

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The winters may be callously cold, and the summers disagreeably humid, but for about two weeks each year, New York has an amazing spring that’s unparalleled anywhere else in the world. For me, part of what makes NYC’s spring so memorable are the pastel green ramps (wild leeks) that start popping up in parks around [...]

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Forage and Feast II

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Every spring, I lead an intrepid group of foodies out into the wilds of New York City to gather seasonal wild edibles like Ramps (wild leeks), Fiddleheads, Stinging Nettles, Violets, Field Garlic, Burdock and Japanese Knotweed. It’s as much about learning how to source your own food as it is about cooking it, and it’s [...]

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Niçoise Salad

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Salade Niçoise, originated in the Côte d’Azur region of France along the Mediterranean; a land who’s good olives, plentiful seafood and sunny climate are well represented in this vibrant salad. Named after its city of origin, Nice (pronounced like niece), Salade Niçoise typically includes tuna, haricots vert, tomatoes, olives and eggs, but it’s another one [...]

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Mint and Lamb Shepherd’s Pie

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Fresh peas have recently come into season in these parts and as I passed pile upon pile of satiny green pods at the farmers market, I felt a growing meat pie craving well up from the depths of my stomach. Of all the meat pie variants, I have a particular affinity for the humble shepherd’s [...]

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Sunchoke Ramp and Nettle Soup

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After gorging myself on various pork products for the past few weeks, I really felt like I needed a break from all the meat. To get my new found interest in vegetarianism off to the right start, I started the day off with a $7.50 vegetarian lunch buffet at Tiffin Wallah, which happens to have [...]

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Green Tomato Gratin

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Slices of green tomato are cooked in a creamy mornay sauce with a crisp panko crust in this unconventional green tomato gratin. With the weather up in the high 80′s here in in Manhattan over the weekend, it really feels like we’ve skipped past spring and have headed straight into summer. This is quite unfortunate [...]

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Paella

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Being Asian, I like rice. Being Japanese, I love seafood. Add to that my affinity for smoked meats and it’s no wonder why Paella is one of my favourite foods off all time. Sadly it’s so often relegated to the ranks of mediocrity by pan wielding Cretans manning the stoves at “Spanish” restaurants here in [...]

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