Food and Recipes
Tokyo Shanghai Bistro: There’s something for everyone at this sleek new spot on Elmwood
A new addition to the Elmwood Avenue dining scene always starts a buzz in the neighborhood. There’s a lot of foot traffic on the street, so sidling up to windows and peering inside is strictly de rigueur from the very second the first signage is posted. Tokyo Shanghai Bistro, which opened last month, is no exception to that rule. (Updated: 11/06/09 8:49 AM )
Ashker's Juice Bar and Cafe: Good service, quality food
It was one of those lovely fall days that begs for a leisurely ride along foliage-covered roads. My friend, Faith, and I heeded this autumnal call and set off for Lewiston, planning to spend a few hours walking the village’s charming Center Street. Our growling stomachs made a food stop our first priority. We passed on some Lewiston mainstays for a lighter meal in Ashker’s Juice Bar and Cafe (there is another family-run location in Youngstown). What Ashker’s lacks in space and menu offerings, it more than makes up for in service and food quality. The small shop has a zen-like atmosphere with sage green walls and dark wooden booths and tables. There’s not a lot of room, but a party of six comfortably fit in the booths; there’s also a front patio. (Updated: 11/06/09 8:51 AM )
SHORT ORDERS
Wine dinner (Updated: 11/06/09 6:59 AM )
Early birds: Start planning now for Thanksgiving
If anyone should have known better, it was Debra Smith. Smith, the Sloan village clerk and an accomplished home cook, has produced Thanksgiving dinner for her extended Sloan clan since 1991. But five years ago, captivated by the prospect of cooking a turkey under a charcoal-ringed garbage can, Smith violated Rule No. 1 for ensuring a smooth Thanksgiving meal: (Updated: 11/03/09 6:13 PM )
7-Day Menu Planner: Sweet potatoes give a boost to meatless chili
Family Sunday Make today’s family feast a more casual one with Greek chicken burgers with spiced yogurt sauce (see recipe) at the center of the plate. Serve it with orzo salad with chickpeas and dill (see recipe). On a sweet note, finish with red velvet cake. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:47 AM )
A surprisingly honest restaurant cookbook
Four years ago, David Chang was considering closing Momofuku Noodle Bar, the two-man ramen shop he had opened on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:52 AM )
Bringing fish chowder home
On a delightful, recent visit to Massachusetts, I was charmed by the idyllic setting of an Old World hotel on Nantucket. Sitting on the patio looking out over the white, sandy beach toward the blue of Nantucket Bay, I tasted one of the best fish chowders I’ve had in a long time. Fresh fish is paramount, along with a hint of smoky ham and cream. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:16 AM )
From China, the superstar goji berries
Also known as the “wolfberry” and the more romantic “matrimony vine,” goji berries are the fruit of a woody perennial grown primarily in China. They’ve been a mainstay of traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Recently Western health food advocates have touted their nutritional value, and goji berries have vaulted to the top of the charts on lists of so-called super-foods. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:16 AM )
Rice pudding warms the heart and tummy
There’s something about rice pudding that says cozy. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:16 AM )
Cooking in clay conjures up memory of meals past
I don’t think I’ve ever met a clay cooking pot I didn’t like . . . or want to own. (Updated: 11/04/09 7:16 AM )
Necco takes a natural approach to its wafers
BOSTON — All-natural may be all the rage in the food world, but will candy lovers have a sweet tooth for beet juice and purple cabbage? (Updated: 11/04/09 7:15 AM )
Cook of the Month: With a name like Garlick, he has to cook
Tom Garlick didn't start cooking for real until he graduated from Buffalo State College and found himself living on chicken wings and salad. (Updated: 10/28/09 8:04 AM )
The Thanksgiving rehearsal: Turkey with cider gravy
It’s not too early to start testing recipes for Thanksgiving, the biggest food holiday of the year. Today’s Roasted Turkey Breast with Cider Gravy recipe is ideal. (Updated: 10/28/09 8:12 AM )
Try a speedy cherry-tomato pizza
Cherry tomatoes are always in season at the supermarket, so why not capitalize on the bounty with a pizza? In this recipe, the tomatoes get supporting help from spinach and walnuts. (Updated: 10/28/09 8:13 AM )
A drink with history, hard cider makes a comeback
WASHINGTON—“Last year, they had a great crop of Kingston Black,” home-brewer Rick Garvin says as he plucks purplish-red fruit from one of 3,000 semi-dwarf apple trees at the Distillery Lane Ciderworks in Jefferson, Va. “It makes a nice, balanced single- variety cider.” (Updated: 10/28/09 7:13 AM )
