Oh, My Sole

Monday, June 8th, 2009

When you have beautiful fish such as these exquisite filets of Dover sole, please don't tamper with it so much. In this case I sea-salted and peppered each filet, heated the cast iron skillet to wicked-hot and then removed it from the stove. I gently placed each filet into the ...

Bakalar: Croatian Cod Stew

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Listen: Bakalar: John J. Goddard podcast 12.25.2007 The Christmas meal in Croatia nearly always includes bakalar, a simple stew of dried cod and potatoes. It's beyond delectable. The Croatian word bakalar is not only the name of the dish, but also of the fish. It's a derivation of bacalao, the Spanish ...

One-Skillet Snacking

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

I was thinking Mediterranean when I went to town on this one, but it looks pretty Asian. Well, Spaghetti Bolognese is Asian-Mediterranean fusion of a sort, what with the Chinese purportedly inventing the noodle a few days after the Big Bang. So I shouldn't feel awkward for depicting this little ...