Mark Bittman's Blog, page 119
January 25, 2010
Telling Time With Spices
So time could be told in the middle of the night, spices were inserted in the place of the numbers.
Pressure Cooking: Fast, Healthy Eating
You can be endlessly creative with a pressure cooker, combining beans, vegetables and grains in soups like a black-eyed pea chili or in Indian-style curries.
January 22, 2010
The First 'Blogs With Bite' of 2010
My friend Mike Licht starts off the year with toasters, pho and candy bar wrappers.
January 21, 2010
Easy Curries
These slacker's versions of Thai curries are really good and really easy.
January 20, 2010
The Savory Take on Fruit Salad
The orange and grapefruit salad in this week's column started out as a dessert.
January 19, 2010
Featured Recipe: Squid With Chilies and Greens
The powerful flavors in this dish come together around the sweet but distinctive mildness of the squid.
January 13, 2010
What a Block That Was
Mark Bittman remembers the culinary glories of First Avenue between 19th and 20th Streets.
A Steak for the Season
Tri-tip, the squat, triangular sirloin cut that is perfect in winter (it's actually better for roasting than grilling), takes perfectly to a quick little romesco sauce.
January 12, 2010
A Good Stir-Fry Hides a Lot of Faults
Sometimes not-so-fresh is good enough.
January 11, 2010
Featured Recipe: Farfalle With Gorgonzola, Arugula and Cherry Tomatoes
A variation on a classic dish, pasta with Gorgonzola, that adds color, acidity and strong flavor without increasing the cooking time a single second.
