December 2010 - Posts

• The Minimalist: Deflating All Doubts About the Soufflé

  This savory mock soufflé with zucchini eliminates béchamel sauce, using just eggs and cheese far a less intimidating custard. Read More... Posted Dec 31 2010, 02:25 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Zucchini, Souffles

• A Good Appetite: A Cauliflower Bouquet for Winter

  Comforting layers of cheese, nuts, roasted vegetables and assertive greens provide respite from the cold. Read More... Posted Dec 31 2010, 02:25 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Cauliflower

• Recipe: Zucchini Soufflé

  A recipe for Zucchini Soufflé. Read More... Posted Dec 31 2010, 02:25 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Zucchini, Souffles

• Recipe: Roasted Cauliflower Salad With Watercress, Walnuts and Gruyère

  A recipe for Roasted Cauliflower Salad With Watercress, Walnuts and Gruyère. Read More... Posted Dec 31 2010, 02:25 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Salads, Cauliflower

• Recipes for Health: Kale Salad With Apples, Cheddar and Toasted Almonds or Pine Nuts

  Use only the most tender kale for this salad, not the tougher black leaf variety. Read More... Posted Dec 31 2010, 11:41 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Salad Dressings, Diet and Nutrition, Kale (Vegetable)

• Diner's Journal: Polenta Made Creamy With Celeriac

  After mixing celeriac with polenta, Edward Schneider finds that he could clearly taste both the corn and the celeriac, and the consistency was as though he had used cream, thanks to the fine puree. Read More... Posted Dec 30 2010, 05:07 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Corn, Mushrooms, Cooking, home cooking, celeriac, porcini, polenta

• Hey, Mr. Critic: In Search of History on a Plate

  Where can I eat that hasn’t changed much since the 1940s? That question, and others, answered by The Times’s restaurant critic. Read More... Posted Dec 30 2010, 03:49 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, New York City

• Diner's Journal: Off the Menu: Mahjong Dumpling House

  An offbeat offering from the owners of Cascabel Taqueria. Read More... Posted Dec 30 2010, 09:47 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Chinese, dumplings, Mahjong Dumpling House, Cascabel Taqueria

• Diner's Journal: A New Chinese Venture for Josh Eden

  The former chef de cuisine at 66 has opened Ten Ten in Gramercy. Read More... Posted Dec 30 2010, 09:40 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Chinese Food (Cuisine), Vongerichten, Jean-Georges, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Chinese, dumplings, Josh Eden, Ten Ten, Xing, Shorty's .32, 66

• Food: Recipe Redux: Chocolate-Rum Mousse, 1966

  This is an amped-up pudding. But the word “mousse” was irresistibly sexy in 1966. Come to think of it, it still is. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2010, 03:32 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Desserts, Chocolate, Pudding

• T Magazine: Now Pouring | Some Like It Cold

  One could imagine the likes of Rhett Butler raising a glass at the bar of Husk, the chef at Sean Brock's new restaurant in the historic center of Charleston, S.C. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2010, 12:31 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Travel, Husk, Sean Brock

• Recipes: 2011: Beet-Rum Mousse

  A recipe for 8. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2010, 10:25 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Beets

• Recipe: 1966: Chocolate-Rum Mousse

  This recipe appeared in an article by Jean Hewitt in The Times. Read More... Posted Dec 29 2010, 10:25 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Recipes, Cooking and Cookbooks, Chocolate, Rum

• Diner's Journal: What Were Your Favorite Dishes of 2010?

  The critic has weighed in, what do diners think? Read More... Posted Dec 29 2010, 08:46 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, restaurant criticism, food criticism, Sifton, Sam

• A Critic’s Choice of Restaurant Newcomers

  The Breslin, Torrisi Italian Specialties and Recette were among the critic’s favorite new places in 2010. Read More... Posted Dec 28 2010, 10:20 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, New York City