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How to Buy, Serve and Enjoy Caviar
Caviar Down on the Farm
Eating caviar is a special event. So do it up right. First, know how much to buy. Caviar is sold by the ounce or in grams. An ounce of caviar is just over 28 grams, which is about one serving. If you’re buying caviar ahead of time, store it in the coldest part...
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How to Buy, Serve and Enjoy Caviar
Caviar Down on the Farm
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While there is no caviar from Caspian Sea Beluga sturgeon (Huso...
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This recipe is part of a Southern Christmas Dinner.
It is adapted from Frank Stitt’s Southern Table (Artisan).
Ideally, the beans (navy, cannellini or other white beans) should be cooked from scratch. But canned beans could be substituted if good quality. Try to find younger, more tender collard greens with thinner stalks. Once...
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This recipe is part of a Southern Christmas Dinner. It is adapted from Frank Stitt’s Southern Table (Artisan). The recipe was adapted from “Eating Southern Style” (originally, “A Taste of the South”) by Terry Thompson Anderson (HP Books).
1-pound loaf French or other quality white bread, cut into 1-inch chunks or...
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This recipe is part of a Southern Christmas Dinner. It is adapted from Frank Stitt’s Southern Table (Artisan).
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 shallots finely minced
Leaves from 2 sprigs of thyme
About 1 ounce of thinly sliced black truffle
6 tablespoons Sercial or Verdelho Madeira
3 cups chicken broth
Kosher salt and freshly...
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This recipe is part of a Southern Christmas Dinner.
It is adapted from Frank Stitt’s Southern Table (Artisan).
1 tablespoon juniper berries
1 cup kosher salt
1/2 cup sugar
4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
Leaves from 6 sprigs of fresh thyme
6 bay leaves
Leaves from 1/2 bunch flat-leaf parsley, chopped
4 dried chili...
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This recipe is part of a Southern Christmas Dinner.
Ingredients:
About 2 pounds fresh, cleaned spinach
1/2 cup chopped scallions (white part and an inch or so of green)
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup fresh, finely ground bread crumbs
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons anise liqueur, such as Pernod
6 drops Tabasco
1/4...
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