Do you remember that trip I took to New York earlier this year? The chicken rumaki I tasted at NY’s Wolf and Lamb have been front of mind since I got home, and I finally made a small batch to serve as an appetizer. Rumaki are traditionally a faux-Polynesian dish made from chicken livers with water chestnuts wrapped in bacon and fried. My kosher rumaki are a little different but [...]
23 May, 2013 // By : Yosef Silver // 4 Comments
For years, I didn’t eat lettuce. Nor would I touch cinnamon or cilantro. I still don’t eat bananas, yet all of these flavors are on our three year old’s top ten list. We can hardly get a lettuce from the store to the fridge without him asking for a leaf or two. I’m not sure how or when I started to eat lettuce, but I am pretty sure my wife’s [...]
6 May, 2013 // By : Yosef Silver // 88 Comments
I can get lost for hours browsing the shelves of book stores but unless I am flying alone or reading a bedtime story to our son, it’a rare that I get the chance to read, so when I find a cook book that comes to life and tells a story, as well as introducing my to a brand new world of culinary flair, I know that I have found a winning combination. [...]
28 January, 2013 // By : Yosef Silver // 32 Comments
Barbeque, as I found out the hard way, is more than hot dogs and hamburgers cooked outdoors over a disposable grill. When I was growing up, the height of summer was marked by a drive to the beach, undeterred by the rain, with a pathetic aluminum grill. More often than not out outdoor adventure was challenged when the grill refused to light until we satisfied our hunger on snacks and or [...]
19 July, 2012 // By : Yosef Silver // 5 Comments
When my wife, my best friend, and my son, my precious precious little man, are out-of-town, I don’t cook daily. I cook every few days and eat the same meal for lunch and dinner until it’s done. That sounds depressing and lonely, but it’s really not – I’m a good cook, so don’t worry, I’m eating good food. I don’t cook daily because I fill my time with all sorts [...]
21 November, 2011 // By : Yosef Silver // 4 Comments
Sunday didn’t really go quite a planned. We didn’t learn how to can our own produce at the farm. We didn’t make it to the Truman Museum or Clinton’s Soda Factory in Independence, MO. We did not even make it to a movie. Stomach flu kept my wife in bed and at 8.00 am I found myself in Whole Foods buying organic, local produce so I could get fresh chicken soup [...]
23 October, 2011 // By : Yosef Silver // 2 Comments
Chicken is a funny one. I can make the same chicken dish time and time again, but without a little attention, I can turn a delightfully juicy chicken shawarma dish into a dry leathery dish that resemble more of the conflict than than the culinary excellence of the Middle East.
21 September, 2011 // By : Yosef Silver // 1 Comment
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