Note: The best sausage to use for this is the semi-cured Spanish chorizo available locally as chistora, though any other Spanish chorizo will suffice. Mexican chorizo is not a substitute. 1. In a ...

Monkfish, called rape (pronounced rah-pé) in Spain, is popular in soups in the Basque Country, where it is also called sapo. The recipe yields eight servings. You can slice one loin and chill the ...

Over the years, I have probably offered more than two dozen recipes for seafood soups in this column. One reason is that I love them. Another is that they are well-suited to quick home cooking. Some ...

Spaghetti and meatballs isn’t just good comfort food, it’s the kind of food that you crave with a beautiful desperation, that you secretly prefer to those precious items on chic tasting menus, that ...

The inside info: Followers of this award-winning cookbook author keep up with his kitchen experiments in the weekly New York Times column, “The Minimalist.” For that column, Bittman develops recipes ...

Steal This Recipe® Step by Step Instructions for The Quinoa Risotto:Warm half of the olive oil in a saucepan over low to medium heat. Add shallots and ham and toast for 2 minutes. Add quinoa and toast ...

It’s like you’re living a scene out of every cook’s dreams: Your guests are circled tight around the table, leaning in anxiously as you dip your ladle into a fragrant, steaming pot. Out it comes, full ...

I love the French term for whole monkfish tail, “gigot de mer,” which means “leg of lamb of the sea.” It’s an apt description for this meaty fish, which has a texture more akin to lobster than to ...