Our friends, Delek and Murat, always make Turkish bulgar salad for us when we get together, and one of the key ingredients is a type of red pepper that comes from Turkey and is exceptionally difficult to come by in the U.S. Its rich, savory bite is just the right ingredient to distinguish Murat's kisir as one of the most delicious foods I've ever tasted. (Don't even get me started...)

Imagine my surpise when today, in Oakland, my husband and I stumbled upon this little Turkish restaurant on Piedmont Street called, "Zatis" where they served Turkish ravioli called "manti" in a fresh tomato sauce and lo! The same delicious type of red pepper was all over the top of it!


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I recently went to a french restaurant and ordered something called
Duck Leg Confit with Sallardaise potatoes
(or something like that)
The duck was yummy, and the potatoes... The potatoes were heavenly.
Now, does anybody happen to have a recipe for something of the sort?
If it's any help, the restaurant is in New York, on 5th Ave in the Park Slope area. I don't remember the actual name, but I was told that when translated into english, it means mustard.

Edit: apparently the duck isn't even remotely possible for me to make at home, but any takers on the potatoes?

I've looked through different recipes online, and i get the general idea. Can someone share a tried and tested way to make lamb+rice pilaf?
Thanks!
Cross to cooking

I remember there was a post awhile ago about where to eat in vegas but I can't seem to find it.

Anyways, my love and i are going to las vegas in april. Where should we eat?

We will probably splurge for a fancy meal or two but I'm also looking for suggestions of buffets, moderate-priced places, breakfast, etc.


Thank you!

ps maybe someone could add a "Las Vegas" tag to this?

I've been adventurous this week. ^^

1) I got talking to a coworker about Korean food, and the next day she brought me a bag of frozen dduk (rice dumplings). I made a stir fry with them, and I'll probably do the same tonight. If you like rice noodles you'll probably like these -- same flavour, but in bigger chewier mouthfuls. Here's what I've learned:

- They're probably not already cooked, so you can't just toss them into whatever you're cooking. I had success with thawing them in a pot of water for twenty minutes, then boiling the water and cooking them like noodles, and throwing them into the stir-fry. I suspect that like any other rice noodles, they'll disintegrate if cooked too long.

- Apparently they don't keep after they've been cooked, so you can't really do them up to have leftovers the next day. Only cook as many as you're going to eat in that meal.

2) I made the most awesome baked macaroni and cheese for work lunches this week. I used Danish blue cheese (the kind that looks almost green and tastes salty) and three-year-old Canadian cheddar. These were both left over from a bridal shower last weekend. I made a white sauce with those cheeses and some frozen chopped spinach, mixed it into pasta, and broiled it in the oven with crumbled cheddar and grated Romano on top.

icicle mentioned some pita bread pizza she made, and it sounded fun, so i asked for the recipe. then i sorta changed/expanded on it, using ingredients i already had.

her recipe is a bit healthier:

naked chik'n cutlets, microwaved about 30 seconds
brush both sides with olive oil, sprinkle poultry seasoning and italian seasoning
put in oven for about 5 minutes

high fiber pita bread, spread with one teaspoon olive oil
sprinkle Italian seasoned bread crumbs around the edges of the "crust"
chopped garlic, spread in center
grated parmesan sprinkled over it

1/4 cup part skim shredded mozzarella cheese (she said she doubles this because she loves cheese)
sprinkle pizza seasoning on top
cut chicken (out of oven by this point) into strips or cubes and place on top
put back in oven for 3-5 minutes (long enough for cheese to bubble)

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voila!


they taste yum to me. and this could totally be tailored to make regular pizzas, with red sauce and pepperoni or whatever. not sure how well they'll reheat, but i'm taking one for lunch tomorrow so i'll find out.

Hello, food_porn! I have a favor to ask. This is my first year living as a university student, and it has come to my attention that I'm extremely spoiled when it comes to food... and the dining halls are pretty far from satisfying, as are the packaged microwave dishes. So since I always make my own dinner at home, I figured I could cook, but at home, I have pretty much everything I need, and a big kitchen to work in. So are there any cheap and easy dishes I could make in a semi-functional kitchen?

And just to give you an idea, I love Japanese, Indian, and Italian food. The only meats I really like are chicken and pork, but I'm not eating much meat since it's Lent. I have debilitating addictions to cheese, garlic, and onion, and the spicier, the better~! Thanks in advance!

Also, so I'm not just demanding things of you, here's an easy recipe:

( Italian Bread Dip )

Enjoy! ♥

any suggestions for Reno? I'll be there in July for a conference; thought I'd research ahead of time...

So, the cheesecake filling post got me thinking.


What do you all like to eat at the movies?

Getting ready for a big night out and we're doing my favourite preparation drink: tequila slammers.

No salt tonight though, tonight the "lick" component of the process is tobiko roe infused with chilli.


And it is awesome.

I happen to like tequila so there's no "suck" component in the whole affair...nothing sucks about tequila.

I have finally got down the recipe for our family's mandu (Korean dumplings), and here it is in all it's glory! (Warning - it is long and time consuming)