The chef Paul Prudhomme's recipe for blackened redfish once became a national craze. Mr. Prudhomme dipped redfish fillets in butter, dusted them with ground cayenne and a mix of dried herbs, and seared...
Author: Molly O'Neill
For savory, moist, delicate flounder, it is difficult to beat this fast, easy method. Lightly coat the fillets in flour, then dip them in a mixture of beaten egg and milk. Slide them into a hot skillet...
Author: David Tanis
This easy recipe was brought to The Times in a 1994 article about winter grilling, but many readers love this dish year round. Marian Burros called for cutting the pork tenderloin into slices before marinating...
Author: Marian Burros
This sweet and spicy salsa goes beautifully with a firm, white fish like halibut. Make sure your mango is very ripe. Mangos are a good source of potassium, vitamin A and beta-carotene. You would think...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
I used green peppers only for this stir-fry. Try to use a mix of hot and sweet peppers, and feel free to use red, yellow or orange ones if you want to introduce some color. The chicken is "velveted" before...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
Author: Jonathan Reynolds
With a little practice and a little added flavor, a humble chicken breast can be anything you want.
Author: Mark Bittman
This fast recipe for meatballs came to The Times from the actor and director Stanley Tucci, who compiled his Italian-American family's recipes into "The Tucci Cookbook" in 2012. Make sure the bread for...
Author: Frank Bruni
Author: Pierre Franey
Author: Molly O'Neill
Though you can buy individual rib chops, it is easy to cut a rack into eight chops yourself, which is more economical. (You will want to have it Frenched, that is, trimmed to expose the bones and rib-eye....
Author: David Tanis
Author: Amanda Hesser
Three classic flavors are often overlooked these days, so much so that when I prepared a dish combining them not long ago, I seemed to be tasting it for the first time. This combo is garlic, anchovies...
Author: Mark Bittman
Author: Craig Claiborne
Though you can follow this procedure with almost any tender cut of beef (and with chicken breasts, if that direction appeals to you), it's a perfect treatment for tenderloin medallions (filet mignon).
Author: Mark Bittman
All cooks needs a basic sautéed fish fillet recipe in their repertory, and this one could not be much simpler. It does require a step that may intimidate on first glance: you baste the fish with the fat...
Author: Melissa Clark
Author: Pierre Franey
Meat, breaded and fried, is a can't-lose dinner proposition from Milan to Texas and back. Here pork loin is pounded thin, dipped in flour and beaten egg, then coated in bread crumbs and shallow-fried until...
Author: David Tanis
Author: Pierre Franey
Start cooking the rice or quinoa that you will serve this with, prep your vegetables and make the stir-fry. The prep is the most time-consuming but there aren't too many ingredients. You can be sitting...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
Asian restaurants should pay more attention to dry Vouvrays. Like rieslings, which are frequently poured with Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese dishes, Vouvrays knit bright acidity into their alluring canvas...
Author: Florence Fabricant
Author: Enid Nemy
Author: Mark Bittman
Author: Mark Bittman
Author: Mark Bittman
Author: Melissa Clark
Author: R. W. Apple Jr.
Author: Pierre Franey
Author: Richard Flaste
Author: Pierre Franey
For steamed crabs, that beach-town summer standby, the Chesapeake catechism teaches plenty: buy more crabs than you think you need, use more spice, a larger pot. Get wooden mallets. Prepare to eat for...
Author: Sam Sifton
Author: Moira Hodgson
Miso, the traditional Japanese soybean paste, is one of those convenience foods whose complexity belies its ingredients: it contains only soybeans, salt and grain (usually rice or barley, though others...
Author: Mark Bittman
Author: Moira Hodgson
This pizza, made with the Iranian flatbread called lavash, is utterly simple to throw together, and I love the way the flavor of the tomatoes intensifies during their short time in the oven. Assemble the...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
Canned black beans and lots of cabbage combine in a quick, utterly satisfying one-dish taco dinner. They can be served open-faced or folded over
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
Author: Florence Fabricant
Author: Pierre Franey
Author: Pierre Franey
Author: Marian Burros
This Mark Bittman recipe from 2006 pairs sweet winter squash with earthy, fatty pork shoulder. The grouping, when stir-fried, "gives squash an unusual final texture - somewhat al dente - and keeps its...
Author: Mark Bittman
Author: Pierre Franey
Author: Leslie Kaufman
Steve Johnson, the chef at the Blue Room in Cambridge, Mass., has been cooking skirt steak for years, long before it became wildly popular. But never before has he served a better - or simpler - rendition...
Author: Mark Bittman
Author: Florence Fabricant
Whenever I use a red-tinged vegetable like amaranth in a dish I know the vegetable is bringing with it lots of antioxidant-rich anthocyanins, a flavonoid found in dark red and blue pigments. Use beet greens...
Author: Martha Rose Shulman
Author: Joyce Chang
Author: Mark Bittman
Author: Moira Hodgson