Recipes for the best picnic ever
July 2, 2008
Recipe: Buttermilk fried chicken
Total time: 55 minutes, plus overnight brining and drying time
July 2, 2008
Recipe: Midnight chocolate brownie bites
Former Test Kitchen director Donna Deane, who retired this year, was one of the best bakers we've ever known. Pies with flaky crusts, cakes with delicate crumb, she could do it all. Few recipes have better demonstrated that than these fabulous chocolate brownies, which she developed for a story about classic summer picnic food. Start with a deliciously dense combination of bittersweet chocolate, dark cocoa and mini chocolate chips, and add a bright flash of citrus from orange liqueur and peel. Simply amazing, whether you eat them indoors or out.
July 2, 2008
Country ham: What to look for and where to find it
And there's always a country ham
PINK, smoky, deeply flavorful ham -- a few slices sandwiched in a biscuit make for summer-in-the-sun picnic deliciousness. Of course, we're talking ham of the dry-cured country variety -- cured, dried, aged, then smoked (not soaked in brine).
June 18, 2008
DISH TO GO
The best potato salads around L.A.
IT FEELS like summer, the Weber's fired up, the meats are sizzling, the tea is iced -- who's brought the potato salad, creamy with mayo and dense with chunks of potatoes? It's the takeout salad that makes the best contribution to backyard barbecues and patio parties, because what goes better with your perfectly grilled burgers or dogs or even rib-eye?
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