Recipes By Robert Trachtenberg
3 recipes found

Bullock's Wilshire Coconut Cream Pie
This recipe came to The Times in a 2010 article about Valerie Confections, a Los Angeles bakery that specializes in vintage desserts with a California provenance. This spectacular pie is an adaptation of one that was served at Bullock's Wilshire, a luxury department store in Los Angeles, popular in the '20s, '30s and '40s, that had a number of celebrity clients including Mae West, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.

Pennette With Sea Scallops and Broccoli Florets

Pasta con le Sarde
When the photographer and filmmaker Robert Trachtenberg brought this recipe to The Times in 2008, he described it as “a perfectly balanced combination of sardines, fennel, currants and bread crumbs.” Adapted from Gusto in Greenwich Village, this seafood pasta needs no cheese: The saltiness and bite from the sardines and the sautéed vegetables should be more than enough.