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Al Fresco Affairs: 8 Seductive Dishes to Enjoy Outdoors
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Hi Reader, Food tastes different under the sky. Better, somehow. More relaxed. A little wilder. 8 Al Fresco DishesPack one of these up and make your next bite...breezy. WHAT'S INSIDE...
Mussels In A Creamy White Wine Garlic Sauce⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.77 from 82 votes
Mussels in a creamy white wine garlic sauce is such a quick dish, you almost won't believe that something so devastatingly delish is faster than takeout. Mussels, white wine, cream, lemon, and garlic are just about all it takes.☞ Try this recipeShrimp Salad From Ina Garten⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.66 from 63 votes
This luscious shrimp salad from the Barefoot Contessa herself--Ina Garten--is made with shrimp, mayo, mustard, vinegar, and more. Excellent for picnics, brunch, showers.☞ Try this recipeClam Shack-Style Fried Clams⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.91 from 33 votes
This fried clams tells you exactly how to make fried clams. Whole belly ones, which of course are the best. So easy.☞ Try this recipeWatermelon Salad With Aleppo Pepper
This watermelon salad with Aleppo pepper is a simple side dish that is made with fruity Aleppo pepper, watermelon cubes, black olives, and fresh mint. It's easy to make and is ready in just 15 minutes.☞ Try this recipeCrème Fraîche Potato Salad
Solid boiling potatoes are best for this recipe. I prefer to use slightly nutty Charlottes but small potatoes with red skin are also good.☞ Try this recipeNorthern Fried Chicken
Our Northern fried chicken is coated in a mix of matzo meal and flour, giving it a crust that's worlds away from your typical fried chicken. Lighter and crisp in a way that brings to mind a cornmeal crust. And don't skip the fried chicken seasoning--it adds a ton of flavor.☞ Try this recipeSmoked Pickled Potatoes With Anchovy Aioli
These smoked pickled potatoes are made by brining new potatoes in malt vinegar, deep-frying them, and serving them with homemade aioli.☞ Try this recipeCowboy Caviar Salad
Cowboy caviar salad--a no-cook mix of beans, scallions, onion, bell peppers, jalapeños, corn, tomato, and avocado tossed in a lime-honey dressing. Perfect for picnics and tailgating.☞ Try this recipeHomemade Old Bay Seasoning⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.79 from 52 votes
This copycat Old Bay seasoning is a blend of celery salt, paprika, black pepper, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, ginger, and other spices that are exactly what you want to sprinkle on shrimp, crab boil, fish, fries, chicken. Anything, really.☞ Try this recipeHerbed Ricotta Dip With Spring Vegetables
Herbed ricotta dip with spring vegetables is easy as can be to make with just a few ingredients, including garlic, chives, parsley, mint, and lemon zest. And it's inspired at least one 5-year-old to eat an entire bag of carrots in a single sitting. Just ask his mom.☞ Try this recipe |
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Hi Reader, There’s something almost spiritual about dinner on a Sunday. Not in a raise-the-rafter, devil-come-out kind of way. More like a watching-butter-slump-in-the-pan-when-heated way. No rush, no craziness. When I was a kid, Sundays were all about pumping the brakes. Reading, watching a movie on TV, ambling around the backyard, and eating. Always eating. Mama Leite and VoVo Costa were high priestesses of the Church of the Low Simmer. Slowing down and being still is something I have to...
Hi Reader, If you think I was uninterested in the Super Bowl, multiply that by 10 when it comes to March Madness. For years, I honestly thought it was a term to describe the lunatic March Hare in Alice in Wonderland. Wrong!Whenever I attended a March Madness event (read: kidnapped by straight-boy college friends), I hovered dangerously close to the snack table. Give me a two-liter bottle of Diet Coke, a ridiculously large bowl of potato chips, and Lipton Onion Soup Dip, and I can grit my...
Hi Reader, Every time I cook seafood, I’m yanked straight back to the Massachusetts shoreline in the '70s—a slightly chonky, anxiety-riddled kid trying desperately to pass as someone who actually belonged among the fishermen. I had the walk down, or at least my version of it: a slow, rolling swagger I imagined said I know my way around a lobster trap. In reality, if some guy had tossed me a pissed-off two-pounder with its claws cocked and ready, I would’ve screamed like a Chihuahua puppy. And...