New York City in the early ‘80s was a very dangerous place. My first apartment was cater-corner to the Silver Palate, and within 23 months of moving in I had switched careers. Proximity to that ...

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Gravlax isn't hard to make at home. No, the trouble with gravlax — salmon that has been cured in a mixture of salt, sugar, dill, and white peppercorns (but not smoked) — is that traditional recipes ...

This week on Good Food, Evan talks to “selmelier” Mark Bitterman about Salt Block Cooking, his latest book that includes 70 recipes dedicated to cooking on Himalayan salt blocks. The book includes a ...

Come this way, up the garden steps and into a backyard where the patio is canopied by an old avocado tree. Take a seat in the mild yellow light of the resurgent sun, and fill a plate from a buffet of ...

This is a great dish to prepare the day before, to enjoy as part of a simple seafood spread. RECIPE: Gravlax with Cucumber Salad Serves 8 3/4 cup caster sugar 100g sea salt 1.7kg salmon fillet, skin ...

It’s ready, set, go to chop up mounds of vegetables for salads, to stuff dough for homemade empanadas, and to roll mini meatball after mini meatball for all those appetizers for festive parties to ...

The subtle flavour and silky texture of gravlax make it a salmon for the 21st Century. Cookbook author June Hersh shares its story. Lox (Yiddish for salmon) is a ubiquitous Jewish staple in New York ...

Latkes are a Hanukkah staple. And while the fried potato dish is delicious on its own, Shannon Sarna, editor of Jewish food publication "The Nosher" has an idea to heighten the experience. Sarna, who ...

Last year was all about baking bread. Let’s make this year all about making our own cured foods, starting with gravlax. Gravlax is an ancient salmon preparation. Fishing communities in northern Europe ...