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Ingredients & Recipes: Comfort Food

 

Acorn Squash with Orzo, Sausage and Peppers



There isn't much to say about this dish, except that it's really good! Acorn squash, roasted with shallots, aromatic spices, butter and maple syrup --...

 

 

Boxty with Mustard-Chutney Sauce



We're having fun with Irish food this week! Boxty is a traditional Irish dish, primarily from the North. As you might expect, it's another preparation...

 

 

Braised Pork Butt with Herbs and Shallots



We're having another bout of chilly rainy weather here at the seacoast so our food mood turned to the sort of yummy comfort food that fills the kitche...

 

 

Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup with Star Anise, Sprouts & Ginger



I did business in Japan for a number of years in the 80's. The food was great, of course – the Japanese are food-obsessed and demand high quality at e...

 

 

Colcannon Soup with Potatoes, Leeks and Cabbage



Colcannon, a traditional Irish dish made of mashed potatoes, with additions -- usually either kale or cabbage, onions, milk or cream and butter (of co...

 

 

Easy Chicken Cacciatore with Linguine



I've been making various versions of Chicken Cacciatore my whole life, to the point where I rarely consult recipes (which means it's rarely the same t...

 

 

Fennel, Apple, Onion and Pancetta Pizza



For me one of the best pairings for fennel is pork, in any format, so when I was thinking of pizza recently this fennel/pancetta combo easily came to ...

 

 

Grilled Mozzarella Sandwich with Roasted Peppers and Basil



This is my favorite grilled cheese sandwich: fresh bufala mozzarella, roasted peppers and basil on slices of freshly-made focaccia. It's a good bit of...

 

 

Guacamole



My guacamole is so damned good that people ask for it all the time, and then they want the recipe. I know: it's just guacamole. But something about m...

 

 

Herby Macaroni and Three Cheeses



This version of mac and cheese is a little upscale, with a bunch of herbs and some high-fallutin' cheeses, but it's still just good old mac and cheese...

 

 

Killer Coleslaw



Every home cook needs a killer coleslaw recipe to bring to potluck suppers and picnics. It seems so simple that most people don't seem to pay much att...

 

 

Maine Blueberry Caramel



Maine's wild blueberry season is short (about 5 weeks or so, starting in late July or early August), and only 1% of the crop is sold fresh, which mean...

 

 

Maine Shrimp Risotto with Pancetta, Roasted Leeks and Garlic



This risotto is fairly typical of the way dishes develop in my kitchen. I had the idea to make a risotto with roasted leeks and garlic a few days ago,...

 

 

Old Forge White Pizza



I've never been to Old Forge, Pennsylvania, or tasted the famous "White Pizza" that originated there, but shortly after I moved to Maine I fell in wit...

 

 

Oxtail Soup



Nothing fancy here: just an heirloom preparation that qualifies both as comfort food and as food that's good for you. The comfort comes from the deepl...

 

 

Peach Cobbler - The Pastry Variation



I made my first cobbler over forty years ago, and I've been making them ever since...and all that time my idea of cobbler has been the same: fruit, co...

 

 

Pear, Bacon and Gorgonzola Pizza



The northeast wind is whipping down from Canada and the weatherpeople are crowing about a foot or two of snow, so my response is to fire up the oven a...

 

 

Pork and Porcini Meatloaf



MFriday night I helped my friend Joe take his first run at making sausage with his new food grinder attachment to his KitchenAid stand mixer. We boug...

 

 

Pulled Pork Sandwich with Carolina-Style Sauce



There are hundreds of versions of this basic formula, mostly related to regional traditions, each of which seems to have the force of downhome religio...

 

 

Sage Risotto



In this sage risotto the sage doesn't overpower anything beacause it's the center of attention. Every bite is heavy with the wonderful power of sage, ...

 

 

Seafood Stew Recipe with Lobster, Scallops and Clams



When you think of Maine you think of lobster. Shore dinners, lobster bakes, clambakes (which actually center on the lobster), lobster docks and lobste...

 

 

Sicilian Style Slab Pizza



Regular readers of Stephencooks know that when I make pizza I favor a California-style pie, with a chewy crust and exotic toppings, but recently I've ...

 

 

Stormy Weather Meatloaf



Comfort food, of course, is the time-honored remedy for the crabbiness that blooms when cabin-fever has been hanging around too long, so this spicy, h...

 

 

Strawberry Crumble



I love strawberries but I'm a strawberry snob. It's not just that I'm addicted to the taste of fresh strawberries...I also love them because they fit ...

 

 

Tagliatelle with Lobster Cream Sauce and Mushrooms



I don't need much encouragement to want to cook with lobster, especially in winter, when lobster prices are low and hardshells are readily available. ...

 

 

Vidalia Onion Tartlets with Tomatoes



My friend Helen, at Beyond Salmon, stepped outside the bounds of her fish-oriented blog the other day to share her recipe for Tomato Onion Tart, which...