Photography by Jaime Fritsch It’s a question faced in just about every Jewish home come Hanukkah-time: how do we do latkes this year? Of all the things we could possibly make it ends up being latkes every year. It’s as if we always choose to color with the same few crayons in … [Read more...]
The Beautiful Bastard Stepchild of Ceviche & Sashimi: Tiradito of Escolar with Roasted Beet and Corn
I might not have put Peruvian cuisine on my short list of the world’s great cuisines; at least not until I looked at the closest thing there is to on official list of such things: The San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Three of The World’s 50 Best are in Lima: Central … [Read more...]
RECIPE: Modernist Matzo Balls (Tomato Matzo Ball Soup with Pickled Garlic Chives)
Modernist cuisine—sometimes called “modern gastronomy” or “molecular gastronomy”—is, to say the least, controversial. While its most ardent enthusiasts call it magic in the kitchen and observe chefs creating dishes in this discipline must create at another level, technical and … [Read more...]