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Mar 2013

Perfect Soft-Boiled Eggs

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Perfect Soft-Boiled Eggs ~ Savory Simple ~ www.savorysimple.netPerfect Soft-Boiled Eggs

You may have heard me mention before that I’m a bit obsessed with the geniuses behind Cook’s Illustrated and America’s Test Kitchen. Every recipe and technique I’ve tried from them has been fantastic. My recipe for banana bread muffins was adapted from one of their cookbooks as was my slow cooker meatballs and marinara recipe. Cook’s Illustrated is the most valuable cooking magazine in so many ways. Each issue is an absolute treasure trove of knowledge. They share not only recipes but tips, product reviews and extensively tested techniques. Last week I tried their technique from the January/February 2013 issue for making perfect oven-roasted shrimp and they were perfection.

The same issue had several pages dedicated to the challenge of preparing perfectly soft-cooked eggs. [Read more...]

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01
Oct 2012

Baked Eggs and Chorizo

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I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with cast iron.  I love all of my enameled Le Creuset pieces but the regular cast iron drives me crazy.  It’s an amazing conductor of heat.  It makes the best crust you’ll ever have on a steak and is also perfect for skillet cakes and baked egg dishes.  But it can be SUCH a pain to clean.  I know proper seasoning makes all the difference, but I bet everyone who uses cast iron has at least one story of endless scouring.

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27
Jul 2012

Corn Gratin

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Corn Gratin ~ Savory Simple

I’ve never been a big fan of The Food Network.  It has a few great shows (Chopped, Barefoot Contessa, Good Eats) but most of the cooking shows don’t interest me.  On the other hand, I adore PBS.  For the longest time I had no idea PBS even had cooking shows.  I associated it with Sesame Street and… I’m not sure what else.  But it actually has a tremendous amount of food programming, both old and new.  You can watch Éric Ripert, José Andrés, Ming Tsai, the experts from America’s Test Kitchen and my favorite: archive shows from Julia Child and Jacques Pépin.  Aside from the fact that they’re both adorable, I love watching their classic French technique.  It’s how I was trained in culinary school yet I tend to shy away from French cuisine (probably because of over-saturation).   But I could watch them for hours.  And it’s usually after I watch them that I find myself returning to the classics. [Read more...]

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17
Jul 2012

Spicy Maple Corn Fritters

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Spicy Maple Corn Fritters ~ Savory Simple

I’m so incredibly lucky to live in an area full of beautiful farmer’s markets.  I could spend hours walking around on a Sunday morning, just looking at the colorful stands and smelling the fresh produce.  Row after row of fruits, vegetables, flowers, breads, meats, cheeses, local coffee… get the idea? It really is a food lover’s paradise. And I’m right in the middle of it.

Market Collage

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I’m trying to get better about letting the market dictate what I make.  I’ve always kept a long running list of recipe ideas.  I’ll see a photo and say “Yes, I want to make that!” Something will inspire me and I’ll run to the store or the market.  But the market is its own inspiration, a land of creativity just waiting to be explored.  So on Sunday I tossed my plans for the week and followed my instincts.  What did I wind up with?  Corn.  Beautiful, sweet corn. And plump, ripe blueberries.  I had no idea what I wanted to make but I knew I had to have them.  Within a few minutes of returning home and unpacking my groceries I knew what I would be making: corn fritters and blueberry corn muffins.  Here are the fritters.  Keep an eye out for the muffins later this week!

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30
Jun 2012

Fig Newtons

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Fig Newtons ~ Savory Simple

Food can be such a powerful thing.  It brings us pleasure, comfort, guilt and even sadness.  It can energize our bodies or make us feel ill.  It can attach itself to memories, taking us back to our childhood or a happy day with friends.  I’ll always remember the roasted gazpacho from my wedding dinner.  I remember being in college, sitting around with friends eating Cap’n Crunch Berries while watching TV (I confess I was not much of a cook in college).  As a teenager, one of my favorite meals was tomato soup with grilled cheese.  Fancy stuff!  I put ketchup on almost everything.  My grandma made great pistachio cake and my mother was known for excellent blintz souffle and sweet pecan kugel.  As a child I definitely had a sweet tooth.  These days if I really want to transport into the past I’ll go for graham crackers, oatmeal cream pies or Fig Newtons.  Not all at once.

What are some of your food memories?  Share in the comment section.

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