Recipes By Mark Bittman and Sam Sifton
17 recipes found
Chopped Salad With Herbs
Chopped Salad: Here’s one excellent excuse to spend some time at the farmers’ market. This salad, prepared by Mark Bittman and Sam Sifton for a holiday feast, is chock-full of fresh vegetables and worth the prep time. Hunt down a few different herbs to give the salad a complex flavor and aroma. One herb will do in a pinch, but don’t skimp if you don’t have to.
Chicken Liver on Toast
Back in 2012, Sam Sifton and Mark Bittman put together a feast for 15. The trick? Get it done in eight hours. Lobster and chopped salad, soubise and root vegetables, and a roasted chicken were all on the menu. And so was this recipe for chicken liver on toast. It may not have been the star of the show that night, but it served a critical purpose: keeping appetites satisfied in the lead-up to the meal. It can be an appetizer, or, paired with a salad, an exemplary light lunch or dinner.
Roasted Root Vegetables
Poached Pears
Back in 2012, Mark Bittman and Sam Sifton tackled the task of making up a bountiful meal for 15 at a friend’s Brooklyn home. “We wanted to impress our guests without driving ourselves crazy. We decided on sturdy and manageable main courses, but we wanted an eye-popping starter and dessert,” Mr. Sifton said. These poached pears in port, paired with an orange, almond and olive oil cake, rose to the occasion. Ready in about 45 minutes, and without a lot of fuss over the stove, it’s a great way to end a dinner party.
Biscuits and Momofuku Red-Eye Mayo
This recipe comes from a feast that Mark Bittman and Sam Sifton prepared in Charleston, S.C. These biscuits are topped with a dollop of a mayonnaise that David Chang serves at Momofuku Ssam Bar in New York.
Southern Buttermilk Salad Dressing
This recipe comes from a spring holiday dinner party that Mark Bittman and Sam Sifton prepared in Charleston, S.C. They used this dressing on a blend of kale, mustard greens and collards for a springtime salad.
No-Fuss Grits
This recipe comes from a feast by Mark Bittman and Sam Sifton. They traveled to Charleston, S.C. to show you how to create a spring holiday dinner party. The folks at Husk, an excellent restaurant in town, told them to buy Geechie Boy grits, which they picked up at the Piggly Wiggly.
Stovetop-Braised Carrots and Parsnips
In this simple side dish, carrots and parsnips are simmered in a few pats of butter and a splash of water until tender, then hit with a dash of lemon juice and a sprinkling of fresh herbs. Use the smallest carrots and parsnips you can find; the smaller, the sweeter.
Passover-Inspired Braised Lamb With Dried Fruit
This is a play on tsimmes, a traditional Jewish casserole. The flavors of North Africa and the Middle East are utilized for this lamb shoulder. Braising the meat in red wine yields a tender cut of meat without a lot of work.
Shrimp, Mark's Way
This recipe comes from a spring holiday dinner party that Mark Bittman and Sam Sifton prepared in Charleston, S.C. Cook the shrimp on the stove with olive oil and paprika, salt, pepper, garlic and lemon, and serve them as an appetizer with salads.
Grilled Leg of Lamb, Sam's Way
This lamb recipe comes from a feast that Mark Bittman and Sam Sifton prepared in Charleston, S.C. They found good lamb and decided to cook it two different ways, braised and grilled, to bring different textures and flavors to the plate — and also to nod to the tradition of the paschal lamb in Jewish and Christian springtime traditions.
Roasted Chicken With Preserved Lemons
Creamy Rice Pudding
This is comfort food at its sweetest and most gentle: a rice pudding cooked in a medium oven, watched carefully, and flavored with a touch of cinnamon. You can top it off with raisins or currants, some toasted pecans or a bit of brown sugar — or just leave it alone.
Boston Beans And Pork
Couldn't-Be-Easier Sweet-Potato Fries
Boiled Lobster With Lobster Mayonnaise
Here is a recipe for a cold lobster appetizer or main course that Mark Bittman and I ginned up for a feast-in-a-day project for The Times’s Sunday Magazine in 2012. You boil the lobsters off and allow them to cool, then reduce the leftover stock to make a flavoring agent for mayonnaise. Add some chopped lobster knuckles to that, and serve a dollop of it alongside the claw and tail meat, perhaps with herbs or a chopped salad. It’s fancy food made easy.
Carolina Chicken Bog
Here is a rich and peppery stew that hails from the coastal plains of the Carolinas. The name derives from the way in which the pieces of chicken sit in the pot, like hummocks in a bog. It has since spread across both North and South Carolina, according to Kathleen Purvis, the food editor of The Charlotte Observer in North Carolina. “Bog is one of those classic Carolina meals,” she said. “It’s clumpy, it’s delicious and you see it everywhere — at football games and Nascar race weeks alike.” Recipes for bog are as varied as the 146 counties of North and South Carolina. For ours, we turned to Robert Stehling, who runs the Hominy Grill in Charleston, S.C. Mr. Stehling’s bog features just about every part of the bird you can name, save feet and cockscombs. (Which would be worthy additions.) As outlined in the recipe here, the dish serves about eight hungry people, but the proportions can be adapted by anyone who can do a little fourth-grade math.