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Wolfgang Puck's Pizzas With Smoked Salmon and Caviar
Although New York has long had pizza bragging rights, the modern American version of pizza with toppings that went beyond basil and mozzarella began in Wolfgang Puck’s kitchen at Spago in Beverly Hills in the 1980s and started a California pizza trend that spread far and wide.
Smoked Salmon Pizza
Bulgur and Walnut Kibbeh
These patties make a great destination for fine bulgur. Kibbeh (called kufteh in Persian and köfte in Turkish) are usually made with a mixture of ground meat and bulgur, but there are vegetarian versions as well. This mixture of bulgur and walnuts is pungent with garlic and fragrant with parsley and fresh mint. They make a nice appetizer.
Skillet-Baked Eggs and Asparagus
Asparagus and eggs have an affinity for each other. The voluptuous yolk softens and smoothes the grassy sharpness of the vegetable, while the asparagus brightens up the dull richness of the egg. The pair’s most classic expression is asparagus hollandaise, but that is too fussy and time-consuming a preparation for a regular home-cooked breakfast. This dish combines the flavors in a time- and cook-friendly way.
Tomato Tart With Fresh Mozzarella and Anchovies
This rectangular tart is like a pizza but easier. Instead of a yeast dough, the base is a crisp pastry made with olive oil. The recipe makes enough dough for 2 tarts.
Buttered Toast Triangles
Eggs Poached in Red Wine
This 2006 recipe from Mark Bittman takes that workhorse of the kitchen — the egg — and makes it a bit more glamorous. By cooking the eggs in simmering red wine, they become something even greater, worthy of a simple, but still indulgent, dinner.
Toasted Tomato Tartlets
2007: Paccheri With Caprese Lobster Salad
Fried Mushroom and Cheese Empanadas
Whatever their shape and size, empanadas are a very worthwhile addition to a cook’s repertory. I found that the dough is easy to make in a food processor, so whipping up a dozen or more is not a challenge. Baking, instead of frying, is a healthier and convenient option. But the dough has to be rolled as thin as possible, especially for folded Chilean-style empanadas that result in several layers along the edges.
Sliced Oranges With Pomegranate Caramelized Walnuts
Mixed Vegetable Potage
Great Green Soup
Curry-Tomato Soup
Winter Borscht
Ceviche à la Minute
This recipe is from Javier Wong, the owner of Chez Wong, a lunch-only restaurant that he runs from his home in Lima, Peru. His recipe is one of astonishingly pared-down simplicity and speed. He demonstrated it on a recent trip to New York, filleting a seven-pound fluke he had bought that morning in Chinatown, mixing ingredients and setting the finished dish out on a platter at Raymi, a Peruvian restaurant in Chelsea. The entire process took all of five minutes. That’s not counting slicing onions and squeezing lime juice; he had helpers for that. So at home you may have to allocate a mighty 10 minutes. “Over the years, it’s become simpler and simpler,” he said. “If I could leave off another ingredient I would.” It’s important to serve it just as soon as it’s ready.
Spanish Pork Skewers
For casual entertaining, the tapas experience translates well to the small home kitchen. One delicious hot tapas classic easily made at home is called pinchos Moruños, or Moorish skewers, essentially small kebabs of pork marinated in Arabic (Moorish) spices and grilled, usually on a hot steel plancha. Because most Muslim Arabs wouldn’t eat pork, one presumes the original dish was lamb. It’s anyone’s guess how it evolved into this ubiquitous tapa selection in Christian Spain. Nevertheless, now it means pork seasoned with garlic, cumin, coriander, pimentón and sometimes oregano. Once skewered, they need only about 5 minutes on a hot griddle.
Light Soup With Peas
Marinated Olives
These are inspired by Patricia Wells’ “Chanteduc Rainbow Olive Collection” in her wonderful book “The Provence Cookbook.” It is best to use olives that have not been pitted.
Red Pepper Vichyssoise
Pomegranate Shrimp Saute With Frisee
Lavash Pizza With Smoked Salmon
This is inspired by Wolfgang Puck’s signature smoked salmon pizza, and it’s a great way to work more salmon, rich in omega-3 fats, into your diet. The trick here is to bake the lavash just until the edges are crisp, but not so long that it’s too crisp all the way through to cut easily.
Vegetarian Borscht
Lavash Pizza With Onions and Anchovies
This is inspired by the Provençal onion pizza called pissaladière. Omit the anchovies if you’re watching your sodium intake or you’re just not a fan.