We have a good friend from Idaho who use to joke about a dish she grew up with that her mother called “Hong Kong Chicken”. In spite of the decidedly ‘ethnic’ name it was, in essence, the archetypal casserole: chicken pieces bathed in cream of mushroom soup and baked until tender. So why is it……
Ingredient: dried red chili peppers
Braised Greens with Paneer
Braised Greens with Paneer is a recipe born of necessity. If I’m up early on a weekend morning I’ll take a trip out to the specialty butcher for inspiration for Sunday dinner, and then get the rest of the meal at the farm stand up the road. On this particular weekend I had picked up……
Nargis Kofta, from the New York World’s Fair (adapted from Hotpoint Storybook Kitchen Cookbook, 1964)
Many of the international dishes represented in the Hotpoint Storybook Kitchen Cookbook will be familiar to modern American readers. Some were already popular, like gazpacho and sauerbraten, which are common submissions in mid-1960s church recipe collections. Dishes like tabbouleh and couscous are now standard fare at Mediterranean restaurants, and satay and nasi goreng are staples……