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Food: What's Cooking
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What sounds better this Mother’s Day: Navigating crowds and shouting over the din or a simple but elegant meal paired with good conversation and a few laughs? Start with this unfussy Fennel, Garlic and Potato Soup and a nice glass of bubbly, and you’ll have one happy momma.
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Once, every wine needed decanting; today, not so much. But in exchange for convenience, are we giving up pleasure?
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This lusciously savory, tangy and creamy take on the traditional Mexican sauce known as pipián features roasted tomatillos and poblano peppers blended with pumpkin seeds, spices and fresh cilantro. Here, it’s simmered with pork tenderloin medallions, but it will elevate just about any protein you like — shrimp, chicken, beans, fish, tofu, you name it.
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In this streamlined sheet pan tart that harkens the arrival of spring, raspberry and rhubarb come together to create a dessert that is just sweet enough. A flaky puff-pastry dough is the base for a quick lemony batter topped with a mix of sliced rhubarb, fresh raspberries and raspberry jam.
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Leeks are the mildest of the indispensable onion family, less pungent than garlic and shallots, richer and more discreet when cooked. We do not eat them raw, but they soften quickly, and as they warm, their deliciousness is revealed.
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Legendary food writer Marian Burros, whose half-century career included stints at both The Washington Post and the New York Times, died in September at 92, leaving behind a legacy few could touch. What’s left of her home office, toured days before an estate sale, tells the story of a long and illustrious career.
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