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Vietnamese Summer Rolls
If you have ever considered making a Vietnamese summer roll, you may have been intimidated by the process. But these delicious rolls are not at all difficult. I learned my summer roll technique from a native of France. I learned three things: Rice paper is very forgiving; don’t overstuff; and the more you make, the easier it gets. The rolls include rice vermicelli, lettuce, shredded carrots, a variety of herbs (the best combination is basil, mint and cilantro), and pork or shrimp or both. I would consider only the herbs truly sacred, but substitutions would work elsewhere: hard-cooked egg or tofu for the pork or shrimp, shredded daikon or anything else crunchy for the carrots, chopped greens for the lettuce, any pasta for the noodles.
Shrimp With Coriander And Mustard Seeds and Sweet-Potato Hash
Goat Crudo with Porcini Mushrooms and Arugula
Tomato-Watermelon Gazpacho With Avocado
After several days of sitting out on the counter feeding the fruit flies, even the firmest tomatoes start to slacken. That’s when you know it’s gazpacho time.This time I added watermelon, because I had it and because I wanted a slightly sweeter soup than usual. For color and voluptuous texture, I floated buttery avocado cubes on top. It was pretty enough to serve to company, and expandable enough to use up all the soft tomatoes on the oozing brink.
Cold Salmon With Caviar and Mustard Seed Sauce
Goat Sugo
Lamb, pork or beef may be substituted.
Wild Mushroom And Cranberry Bean Soup
Wild-Striped-Bass Tartare With Chocolate 'Ivoire'
Rillettes of Duck
Sweet-and-Sour Venetian Eggplant
Saffron Soup
Puree of Shell Beans and Potato
This puree of fresh shell beans and potato is inspired by a signature dish from Apulia, in southern Italy, that's made with dried, split fava beans and potato. The dish is traditionally served with cooked greens, but you can also offer it as a side dish or as an appetizer with bread. Use any type of bean for this. If you use scarlet runners, the puree will have a purple hue. In any event, it is best to serve the puree warm.
Pasta e Fagioli "Harry's Bar" (Bean Soup With Noodles)
Noodles and Peas
Cocktail Jalapeno Mussels
Old-Fashioned Clam Chowder
Soused Mackerel With Arabic Spices
Shrimp Sauce
Arugula and Corn Salad With Roasted Red Peppers and White Beans
Canned beans can also be used in this composed salad with a base of sweet corn and pungent arugula. Since you don’t need a broth for this composed salad, canned beans will work, though I always prefer the flavor of beans I’ve cooked myself. I like to use a white bean, either a cannellini or a navy bean. I’ve always loved sweet corn with pungent arugula. I combine the two for a salad bed, which I top with the roasted peppers and beans. So the dish is really two salads, one on top of the other.
Seared Sea Scallops With Fried Onions
Mediterranean Vegetable Soup
Mussels With Saffron Sauce
Joan Nathan's Haroseth
The Jewish food maven Joan Nathan serves this haroseth at her family's Passover gatherings. More than any other Jewish dish, this sweet blend of fruit and nuts — a mixture that symbolizes the mortar with which the Israelites laid bricks during their enslavement in Egypt — varies wildly depending on the availability of ingredients. The Nathan family version resembles a Moroccan haroseth rather than the popular American version made with apples, nuts and sweet wine.
