New recipe, June 3, 2025

Pisco Negroni, from an inquiry to ChatGPT. It is a classic Negroni, with Barsol Pisco in place of gin. Very nice, we give it a 4.

New recipe, June 2, 2025

Lentil Salad with Roasted Vegetables from NYT Cooking. We made this because we had some extra radicchio to use. It makes a big salad, and is delicious. The sweetness of the roasted vegetables, the bitterness of the radicchio, the acidity of the sherry vinaigrette—they play beautifully together. we give this a 5!

New recipe, June 1, 2025

Pad Prik King (Red Curry Chicken and Green Beans) from NYT Cooking. I was ready to cook when I realized with horror that I didn't have red curry paste in the fridge. It still tastes great with green curry paste, and the makrut lime is a key component. We are fortunate to have a small makrut lime tree in a pot, but if you don't, get some frozen leaves, or dried if you can't find frozen. It is a critical and distinctive flavor in this dish, which we give a 5!

New recipe, May 31, 2025

Peppery Beef and Shishito Stir Fry from
NYT Cooking. This was ok—we give it a 3. In our experience, shishitos are best when well blistered. This called for taking them out as they start to blister, but while they do cook a bit more at the end, they can't blister and char. We think this would also have benefitted from a little picante heat in addition to the ginger and garlic.