This recipe is adapted from Naomi Duguid’s chicken salad in “Burma: Rivers of Flavor.” It incorporates shallots two ways, raw and fried, as well as the deeply savory oil used to fry them. Bright…
An evolution of soda water with bitters, think of this as a virgin gin and tonic. Vegetal cucumber and herby mint replace the botanicals in the gin. If tonic water is too bitter for…
In this recipe for a Thai-inspired salad, made for an electric pressure cooker, crispy pork, flavored with fish sauce and lime, is paired with sweet and juicy pomelo and heady fried garlic chips. If…
Whole ears of corn are a classic street food in Mexico, where they are either grilled or boiled, then often dressed with some combination of lime, chile, mayonnaise and grated cheese. This grilled version…
Here’s a simple bright dish that’s nearly effortless to put together. You make a sort of salad-like relish with onion, cucumber and golden beet, seasoned with ginger and lime juice. Once the scallops are…
This spicy dipping sauce is particularly good with fish, shrimp or chicken. You’ll need a medium-hot charcoal fire to make it. Either start cooking when the main dish comes off the fire or, if…
Serve this yogurt with basmati rice, quinoa, or couscous. Use to garnish lamb, chicken or fish kebabs. Spoon a dollop into pureed soups and shellbeans just before serving. Or thin with a little water…
Key lime pie is incredibly simple to make. The only thing it requires is the patience to squeeze 2 dozen tiny key limes by hand (or access to good quality fresh key lime juice).…
Naranjilla, which I mistakenly described as a clementine in my first mention of it, and as a sour orange in my second mention of it, is actually a herbaceous nightshade shrub – not a…
A classic shandy is typically a mixture of light beer and sparkling lemonade, but we upped the potency with a shot of Captain Morgan White Rum, and played off the tropical, lime-y flavors in…
I made this simple black bean soup the other night to eat while snuggled up in front of a movie. I’m thinking ahead to my annual winter cleanse and testing out new recipes to…
I’ve made Strawberry Lime Agua Frescas, They’re very good, red all the way through and sun-sweet. This agua fresca is not too sweet and extremely refreshing – the perfect thirst quencher. Of course, if…
