Southern Recipes

Green Gumbo

August 29, 2010 · View Comments

Green Gumbo RecipeGreen Gumbo, with Andouille sausage and bacon

Earlier this week, we had a few days that were drizzly and dreary here in New York City. It’s a bit early in the year for the sun to retreat into hibernation, but the cooler weather was a welcome respite to the penetrating heat.

Although the weather has cooled down, it’s still summer, and the markets were flush with greens of every variety. After bagging some lithe, fuzzy okra, a bunch of emerald green lacinato kale, and carrots and beets with greens still attached, I decided to recreate one of my favorite takes on gumbo. It’s called Green Gumbo, and was originally prepared as a meat-free alternative during Lent. continue →

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Green Tomato Gratin

April 26, 2009 · View Comments

Green Tomato Gratin with Crispy Panko CrustSlices 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 as these fleeting days between winter and summer are a rare respite from the otherwise atrocious weather we get here.

To reassure my senses that the withering heat of summer is still a few weeks off, I picked up some springy green tomatoes at the farmers market. If you haven’t guessed by now, I have a penchant for unripe fruits and veggies, as evidenced here, here, and here, and love green tomatoes something fierce. continue →

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Shrimp and Duck Gumbo

March 21, 2009
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Seafood, smoked meats, and rice are some of my favourite foods, so dishes like Gumbo have always been near and dear to my heart. When it appears on restaurant menus, it’s hard for me to resist the temptation to order it, even though I often regret it. It has occurred to me that perhaps these [...]

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Chicken Fried Steak with Country Gravy

December 14, 2008
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Despite all the meat I’ve eaten this week (pork, beef shanks, and lamb), I still found myself with a hankerin’ for some meat. Not just any meat though, I’m talking about a deep fried slab of chicken fried steak smothered in a rich creamy gravy. Yep, that’s right… chicken fried steak is a piece of [...]

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Cheesy fried green tomatoes

June 10, 2008
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I picked these green tomatoes up at the farmer’s market this weekend with every intention of turning them into a nice light tomato mint sorbet. Instead, I woke up Sunday morning with a hankerin’ fer some fried green ta’maters. I guess I should have known this was going to happen when I bought them, and [...]

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