March/April 2021

Cuisine at home

The Guide to Creative Home Cooking

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From The Editor
It's the season of awakening. It's also a time when many of us reflect on how we want to begin anew and what we're thankful for. At the top of my gratitude list are the people I work with to create this magazine, especially after this past year. Not
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Let’s Get Social
Goodbye winter, hello spring! After a long, cold winter, spring's bounty is something everyone looks forward to, or at least we do. Yes, most ingredients can be enjoyed year-round, but fresh produce from a farmers' market can't be beat. What's your f
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Cuisine at Home
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Tips From Our Readers
It’s usually about 8 o'clock in the evening when the cookie craving hits and I decide to bake a batch. Then it hits me – while I have all the ingredients I need, the butter hasn't been softened. (I’ve had too many incidents of butter explosions in th
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In The Now
They won’t fade away, even though you may have a touch of grey, you win again. The Grateful Dead have collaborated with Vosges chocolates and they aren’t candy, man, and not sugaree. These limited edition chocolates — curated by Katrina Markoff, the
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This Is WHAT’S UP, DOC…
Rainbow carrots may be found in large grocery store chains; failing that, small orange carrots or baby carrots will do nicely. Makes 6 servings Total time: 45 minutes 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (8.65 oz.), thawed 4 oz. goat cheese, softened1/2 cu
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Cluck Cluck Good
WHEN YOU’RE BRIDGING THE SEASONS sometimes you want a big bowl of comfort and sometimes you want a brighter, more veggie-prominent meal — these two menus deliver one or the other. And while gumbo isn’t something you normally think of for a weeknight
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Soft Polenta
Heat 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth, 1 cup milk, 1/2 tsp. kosher salt, and 1/4 tsp. black pepper in a saucepan over high to a boil. Whisk in 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal, reduce heat to low, and stir constantly for 5 minutes. Fold in 1/4 cup crumbled goat
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Take Coffee Break
Just because the word coffee is in the title, that doesn’t mean you have to be a coffee lover to enjoy these breakfast delights. Plus, April 7 is National Coffee Cake Day, so we’re giving you two outstanding recipes to help you celebrate. The first c
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Gettin’ Wild
When it comes to buying salmon, there are a couple of things to keep in mind. Salmon is classified as either Atlantic or Pacific. Pacific salmon is fished wild and is available spring through fall. Atlantic is available year-round and exclusively far
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Good For You
Salmon is an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids, a nutrient that is key to good heart health. In general, wild salmon has more omega-3s because they feed on ocean shellfish — that’s what gives the flesh its deep pink color. Farm-raised salmon is
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Hamming It Up
AS FAR AS WHAT HAM TO BUY, check out our buying guide on page 31. But keep in mind, most hams in the grocery store are moist cured and already cooked — either partially or fully cooked. What you want is a fully cooked smoked ham — they actually can b
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Ham Prep
1| CROSSHATCHING simply means to score the exterior of the ham 1/4- to 1/2-inch deep with a sharp knife in a diamond pattern. This allows the glaze to seep into the ham’s crevices for more flavor and creates crisp, golden edges once the ham is uncove
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Ham Buying Guide
While spiral-sliced ham makes things nice, neat, and easy, pre-slicing takes a toll on the ham by exposing each piece to air. It’s this exposure that evaporates juices and robs the meat of moisture and flavor. So the key to a great ham “the way it us
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NICE & NUTRISH-ISH GOOD AND GOOD-FOR-YOU SIDES TO SAVOR
Every day we have choices to make. It starts with the alarm in the morning — hit the snooze or hit the floor? And throughout the day, we make decisions surrounding our food choices. One of the big ones is: good-for-you or good-tasting? Finding recipe
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What Is Ladera Or Lathera?
It loosely translates to “with or in (olive) oil.” Ladera-style dishes grew out of simple peasant-style cooking and are almost always vegetable based. Favorites any day of the week in Greece, they’re popular during Lent and fasting when meat and dair
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Show Your Skillet Some Love
IN CASE YOU NEED ANOTHER REASON to put your cast-iron skillet to use, or even to buy one, Anne Byrn has one tasty collection of recipes in her Skillet Love cookbook. Not only does she shed light on classic dishes using a skillet, she also has some fa
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Vegetable Peelers
With a kitchen tool as essential as a vegetable peeler, one would think the difference between the best and the worst peeler is about a hair’s breadth. Not so. Vegetable peelers are a necessity for refined cooking. Cuisine looked at 10 five-star peel
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Do You Know The Muffin Man?
IF YOU WEREN’T AN ENGLISH MUFFIN FANATIC BEFORE, you’re going to be now. Not only are they fun and easy to make, they’re super delicious. And who doesn’t want a homemade English muffin with butter for breakfast?! All you have to do is mix the dough t
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Muffin Top
This versatile bread isn’t just for Eggs Benedict. Whether for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or a few snacks in between, English muffins are the perfect raft for a variety of toppers — check out these quick and easy ideas: Breakfast ‘Za Top muffins w
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Breakfast Sandwich
Preheat oven to 400°; line a baking sheet with foil. Bake 4 strips thick-sliced bacon on prepared baking sheet in a single layer until crisp, about 15 minutes; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. Whisk together 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 2 Tbsp. ranch dr
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Spring Sipping
SPRING SIPPERS are on our mind; how about yours? We’re sharing four incredibly delicious cocktails that we know you’ll love. First up is the Fizzy Bunny Punch. With a name as cute as that, there must be a secret ingredient, right? And the answer is (
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All About Coconut
Years ago, the only coconut available seemed to be sweet and shredded or inside a candy bar. But that’s not even the half of what coconut is all about. THE STORY OF COCONUTS: Coconut palm trees grow in every tropical and subtropical region on the gl
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Go Coco-nuts
COCONUT AND THE TROPICS seem to go hand in hand, but this versatile ingredient goes far beyond that. And these recipes use a variety of different coconut products to really showcase what it has to offer. Macaroons were at the top of our coconut list
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Ham Encores
Keep pancakes warm in a preheated 200-degree oven while cooking the remaining batter. Makes 4 servings (12 pancakes) Total time: 30 minutes 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal1/2 cup all-purpose flour1 Tbsp. sugar1/2 tsp. baking powder1/4 tsp. baking soda Pin
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Ask The Editors
Belonging to the same fungus species as the truffle, morels are a prized mushroom. While you can buy them dried year-round or fresh at farmers’ markets in spring (where you’ll likely pay a pretty penny), people harvest them in the wild. But, morels,
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Did You Know…
that a stalk of celery means the same thing as a whole bunch (aka head) of celery, where there are a number of ribs (aka branches) around one heart (aka core)? And did you know that a rib (aka a stick) of celery refers to one piece? It’s also referre
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Sweet As Coconut
COCONUT CAKE may be a blast from the past, but this updated version is one for the books. And it’s so much more then your average white cake. Tender and moist, with flakes of sweetened coconut throughout — its smooth, mellow coconut flavor is hard to

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