The perfect summer tomato and pearl couscous salad: nutty toasted couscous cooked in vegetable stock and tossed with tomatoes, herbs, and greens. This post is sponsored by Progresso Foods. Thanks for supporting the brands that make Brooklyn Supper possible! Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
rice noodle salad with quick tahini-lime dressing
A rice noodle salad recipe with fresh vegetables and herbs, and an irresistible tahini-lime dressing.
Cheeseburger Mac and Cheese
This flavorful cheeseburger mac and cheese is inspired by a classic summer cheeseburger. Sharp Wisconsin cheddar, tender macaroni, and perfectly browned hamburger are complemented by fresh bits of cherry tomato and arugula. [Read more…]
a summer ricotta salad + a note on current events
In the late 60s, one of my favorite painters, Philip Guston abandoned his sublime abstract paintings for images of clumsy cartoonish klansmen driving around smoking, painting, and looking for trouble. Of the transition, Guston said “… when the 1960s came along I was feeling split, schizophrenic. The war, what was happening in America, the brutality of the world. What kind of a man am I, sitting at home, reading magazines, going into a frustrated fury about everything – and then going into my studio to adjust a red to a blue.” Guston’s topsy-turvy compositions, wry humor, and acrid-yet-beautiful palette are good enough reasons to love any painter, but I love him most because he threw away the beautiful and confronted the ugliness of the real world instead. [Read more…]
grilled pork banh mi sliders + the slider effect
Tasty grilled pork banh mi sliders with all the fixings, from Jonathan Melendez’s fantastic cookbook The Slider Effect. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]