Category: Recipes

FOOD FUN: Sashimi Cubes, 21st Century Sashimi Art

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A sushi chef interprets sashimi for the 21st century. Photo courtesy RA Sushi | Orlando.   The sashimi tradition dates back to Japan’s Muromachi period, approximately 1337 to 1573 C.E. In the 1500s, when someone thought to cut up raw fish and dip the pieces into soy sauce, sashimi was born. The marriage with pads…
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RECIPE: Pretzel Crusted Tuna For National Pretzel Day

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[1] A delicious way to prepare tuna steaks: with a pretzel crust (photo © Bonefish Grill.) [2] Yummy tuna loin, about to be coated with crushed pretzels (photo © Sea Delight). [3] Take a rolling pin to a bag of pretzels (photo © Lisa Fotios | Pexels). [4] Dough for the original pretzels, called pretiola…
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RECIPE: Raw Scallops With Grapefruit

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Raw scallops and grapefruit. Use dill or fennel fronds for decoration. Photo by Glen Allsop courtesy Estela Restaurant | NYC.   Before the tastiest citrus goes away until next season, consider this super-easy yet elegant (and low-calorie!) first course. Estela Restaurant in New York City made it with small “cocktail” grapefruits, but we added some…
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Eat Sunny Food Like This Papaya Boat Fruit Salad

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It’s no fun looking out the window on the first day of spring, waiting for the snowfall to begin. So to counter the gray skies and eat something bright and sunny. Anticipating the weather, we acquired a ripe papaya and other fruits for this recipe from Hannah Kaminsky, who is wintering in Hawaii. “At the…
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TIP: The New Linguine & Clam “Sauce”

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If you make linguine and clam sauce the way most Americans do—with canned clams—try it the way they serve it at Olio e Piú in New York City. Eight whole steamed clams surround a plate of linguine. The linguine is cooked and tossed in olive oil with fresh parsley and placed in the center of…
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