skippin’ jenny risotto and a resolution

Kristen Taylor — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:10:29 +0000

Eating Hoppin’ John the day after brings even more luck, and the dish becomes Skippin’ Jenny—so, I borrowed my fabulous friend Liza‘s idea and made a risotto to stir the peas, collards, and bacon into last night,

and then sliced the rest of the poached pear over a bowl of oats this morning, thinking about all that has happened in the past month.

This afternoon, as big snowflakes fell, I made one of my comfort foods—a portobello mushroom roasted with garlic and sun-dried tomatoes, on top of spinach and latkes with goat cheese. The latkes I made with purple potatoes (I have a weakness for purple foods), and their crispiness offsets the silky mushroom that emerges from the oven in a pool of crackling, popping butter.

I have resolved that in 2010 kthread cooks, my online cooking video series, will return. Here’s how to make this portobello dish that I call “mushaboom” in one of the earliest episodes from February 2008 (see all 28 episodes):

Thoughts on what I might cook for the next episode?

kthread cooks: latkes

Kristen Taylor — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:59:50 +0000

I make latkes the wrong way, as you’ll see, but latkes always feel right as people crowd into the kitchen and surreptitiously select one from the growing pile, volunteering to grate potatoes for the next batch. This is an excellent reason to keep potatoes on hand and just the thing for happy hours in lazy late winter afternoons with visiting friends.

Recipe: (for 2 as a side, multiply as necessary) Peel one large russet potato, grate with microplane into bowl. Pour off juice. Finely dice 1/2 small onion, add to bowl. Stir in one tablespoon of flour, one egg. Heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil until shimmering in pan over med-high heat. Add batter and spread thinly; brown each side (~3 min/side). Rest very briefly on paper towels, then plate, sprinkle with salt, top with sour cream or applesauce. These are best made in batches for friends that have become family in a boisterous kitchen.

reading recommendation: Organic Furniture Cellar, Jessica Smith

listening recommendation: “The Chanukah Song” series, Adam Sandler

latke wallpaper on Flickr

drink pairing: raw mlik or a plummy red wine

salt recommendation: Hawaiian red

Latkes? Raggmunk? How do you like your potato pancakes?

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skippin’ jenny risotto and a resolution

kthread cooks: latkes