There are certain food combinations so fundamentally right, so perfectly balanced in their ratio of savory to rich to satisfying, that they have earned the status of genuine American culinary icons. The Philadelphia Cheesesteak is one of these combinations — thinly shaved ribeye, sautéed onions and peppers, and melted provolone on a soft roll, assembled…
There are dishes that feed you, and then there are dishes that transport you. Classic Provençal Fish Soup belongs emphatically to the second category. Close your eyes over a steaming bowl of this extraordinary soup and you are no longer at your kitchen table — you are somewhere on the sun-drenched coast of the South…
There are ingredients that belong so completely to a single season that encountering them — their scent, their texture, their particular flavor — is enough to summon that season’s entire emotional atmosphere in an instant. For autumn, that ingredient is the chestnut. The warm, sweet, earthy aroma of chestnuts roasting over an open fire is…
There is a category of party food that transcends taste, transcends occasion, and transcends demographic — food that disappears from the serving platter before the host has had a chance to set it down, food that generates an audible reaction from the room the moment it arrives, food that people genuinely cannot stop eating regardless…
When you stop fighting with your ingredients and just let them sit, something magical happens in the kitchen. Baked French Onion Chicken is the best example of this idea. It doesn’t require much work from you, but the flavors are so rich that it tastes like you spent the whole evening cooking them. The deep,…
There is nothing better than a steaming bowl of New England Creamy Clam Chowder Soup when the air gets cool and the leaves start to fall. This famous soup has been served at dinner tables and seaside shacks for hundreds of years, and for good reason. It is deeply rooted in the culinary traditions of…
Some recipes are always in style, no matter what season it is or what the latest food trend is. One of them is Ham and Bean Soup. For generations, people have ladled this kind of food into bowls in farmhouse kitchens, church hall basements, and grandmothers’ homes who knew that the best cooking is not…
Some soups just fill you up, while others really make you feel better. Split Pea Soup is definitely in the second group. This is the bowl you reach for when the temperature drops, the day has been long, and every part of you wants something that will fill you up and warm you up. It is…
New England Clam Chowder has long been the king of the great American soup debate. It’s milky, rich, and unapologetically indulgent. If you’ve ever thought that Manhattan Clam Chowder Soup was just a thin, watery tomato broth with a few lonely clams floating around in it, then you’ve been eating the wrong kind. The truth…
In a world where recipes are hard to follow, superfoods are expensive, and cooking techniques are complicated and require a lot of time and a professional kitchen, a soup that is both very healthy, very tasty, and almost too easy to make is a quiet revolution. Hearty Vegetable Barley Soup is one of those recipes…