Foraged Sumac / Ottolenghi ’s Gigli with Chickpeas & Za ’atar
I first encountered wild sumac in 2015 in Pennsylvania’s Loyalsock Forest. I’ve foraged for it most summers since, both there
and along the Pine Creek Rail Trail.
This year’s sumac crop was a little disappointing. Despite how much I picked, most of the fruits had worm infestations that limited the amount of usable berries. (Note to self – pick sooner in the season next year…) Still, I got about a cup and a half of dried sumac for my efforts, more than enough for my needs. (If you want to know how to harvest and dry sumac to make the spice, read here.)
I used the fruits of...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - September 7, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Pasta Rice & Potatoes Chickpeas Ottolenghi Sumac za'atar Source Type: blogs
Dorie Greenspan ’ s Apple Cake ala ’ Marie-H élène
I found the recipe for this delicious Apple Cake on Food52, which features an adorable and informative video of Samantha Seneviratne and her little boy making a modified version of the original recipe, which Dorie Greenspan originally shared on Epicurious. Dorie credits her friend Marie-Hélène Brunet-Lhoste for the recipe, but truth be told, Dorie created this recipe herself, having been given only a few vague instructions from Marie-Hélène.
This cake is mostly apples with a little sweet batter (and a little rum…) holding them together. It’s easy to make, bakes up beautifully, and, reports Dorie, tastes...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - February 21, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Fruit Apple Cake Apple dessert Apples Dorie Greenspan Marie-Helene Source Type: blogs
Dorie Greenspan ’s Apple Cake ala’ Marie-Hélène
I found the recipe for this delicious Apple Cake on Food52, which features an adorable and informative video of Samantha Seneviratne and her little boy making a modified version of the original recipe, which Dorie Greenspan originally shared on Epicurious. Dorie credits her friend Marie-Hélène Brunet-Lhoste for the recipe, but truth be told, Dorie created this recipe herself, having been given only a few vague instructions from Marie-Hélène.
This cake is mostly apples with a little sweet batter (and a little rum…) holding them together. It’s easy to make, bakes up beautifully, and, reports Dorie, tastes...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - February 21, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Fruit Apple Cake Apple dessert Apples Dorie Greenspan Marie-Helene Source Type: blogs
Coffee Marinated Braised Short Ribs – update
Sometimes a recipe is just so damned good it becomes a family standard. This is one of those recipes. We made it (and I posted it) for the first time over 10 years ago for Christmas Eve dinner, and about once a year since then. My mother-in-law Irene adopted the recipe to replace turkey at Thanksgiving, though I’m sure she’s tweaked it someway, as she always does.
Last night I tweaked it by adding two large carrots, diced, at the same time as the onion and garlic. Should have done that years ago, it’s the perfect addition. Next time I’m changing from chicken to beef broth. I never understood why...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - February 20, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Meat & Poultry braised coffee marinade short ribs Source Type: blogs
Coffee Marinated Braised Short Ribs – update
Sometimes a recipe is just so damned good it becomes a family standard. This is one of those recipes. We made it for the first time over 10 years ago for Christmas Eve dinner, and about once a year since then. My mother-in-law Irene adopted the recipe to replace turkey at Thanksgiving, though I’m sure she’s tweaked it someway, as she always does.
Last night I tweaked it by adding two large carrots, diced, at the same time as the onion and garlic. Should have done that years ago, it’s the perfect addition. Next time I’m changing from chicken to beef broth. I never understood why the recipe uses c...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - February 20, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Meat & Poultry braised coffee marinade short ribs Source Type: blogs
My Best Chocolate Cake. Ever.
Long time readers of this blog know I’ve been on a many years’ long journey to find and make the perfect chocolate cake. This cake came close, but it took me three tries to get its right, and still it wasn’t quite the best. My friend Susan and I have been trying to get the Black and White Cake recipe from Amy’s Bread, hands down the best cake I’d ever tasted, to perform in our hands, but with disappointing results. (We are convinced she, like many cooks, has left out something in the recipe to make sure that none of us could ever match that amazing cake.)
Well, dear reader, I’m here t...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - May 2, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Best chocolate cake Cocoa COffee Ina Garten Source Type: blogs
No-Time Bread
The thing about sourdough bread is that it takes TIME. Time for the starter to wake up, time for the leaven to develop, time for the gluten to form and time overnight for the flavor to develop – the tart, rich aromatic flavor that tells you “this is bread, the way bread was meant to be made”.
But what do you do when you have everything you need to make bread except for time – the one ingredient you can’t pluck out of your larder, or run to the store to pick up at the last minute ?
If you’re like me, you search for a fast bread recipe. And guess what? I found a great fast bread from...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - January 4, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Fast bread faster bread No-TIme Bread YEast bread Source Type: blogs
Should you take the Covid-19 Vaccine if You ’ re Pregnant?
(Updated 12/27/20)
The FDA took an important step on Friday by authorizing the Emergency Use for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Recognizing the risks inherent in COVID-19 infection can be significant, while those identified to date for its vaccine appear to be low, they have not advised against vaccination during pregnancy. However, its important to note that have they not specifically approved the vaccine for use in pregnancy. That’s because we have only limited animal and human data on use of the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
This is incredibly frustrating to those of us ...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - December 13, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Covid-19 pfizer pregnancy pregnant Vaccine Source Type: blogs
Should you take the Covid-19 Vaccine if You ’re Pregnant?
(Updated 12/27/20)
The FDA took an important step on Friday by authorizing the Emergency Use for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Recognizing the risks inherent in COVID-19 infection can be significant, while those identified to date for its vaccine appear to be low, they have not advised against vaccination during pregnancy. However, its important to note that have they not specifically approved the vaccine for use in pregnancy. That’s because we have only limited animal and human data on use of the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
This is incredibly frustrating to those of us ...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - December 13, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Covid-19 pfizer pregnancy pregnant Vaccine Source Type: blogs
Should you take the Covid-19 Vaccine if You ’re Pregnant?
The FDA took an important step on Friday by authorizing the Emergency Use for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Recognizing the risks inherent in COVID-19 infection can be significant, while those identified to date for its vaccine appear to be low, they have not advised against vaccination during pregnancy. However, its important to note that have they not specifically approved the vaccine for use in pregnancy. That’s because we have neither animal or human data on use of the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
This is incredibly frustrating to those of us who care from women of repro...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - December 13, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Covid-19 pfizer pregnancy pregnant Vaccine Source Type: blogs
Should you take the Covid-19 Vaccine if You ’re Pregnant?
The FDA took an important step on Friday by authorizing the Emergency Use for Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Recognizing the risks inherent in COVID-19 infection can be significant, while those identified to date for its vaccine appear to be low, they have not advised against vaccination during pregnancy. However, its important to note that have they not specifically approved the vaccine for use in pregnancy. That’s because we have neither animal or human data on use of the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
This is incredibly frustrating to those of us who care from women of repro...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - December 13, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Covid-19 pfizer pregnancy pregnant Vaccine Source Type: blogs
Red Fife Country Sourdough
Tartine Basic Country Sourdough made with Red Fife Whole Wheat
If you noticed an absence of bread on my Instagram feeds of late, it’s because I’ve been experimenting with heritage grains in my sourdough bread. And let’s just say the results, until now, have not been not exactly picture worthy. Low rise, dense crumb, and a rock-hard crust. Reminds me of my days working in a summer camp kitchen, where I frequently overcooked the dinner rolls. My kitchen mates took to calling them hockey pucks and treated them accordingly by shoving them with push brooms across the bakery floor. Bigger than hockey pucks, ...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - February 10, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Uncategorized Red Fife sourdough bread Tartine Whole Wheat Source Type: blogs
