Secrets of the Best Chefs

Blueberry Crostada Makes 1 crostada plus 1 extra crust for later* If you’re anything like me, pie dough is the bane of your exis ...

worry if you don’t roll the dough in a perfect circle. And even if the filling leaks while it cooks, you can just cut those leak ...

processor, add the ice water and allow the processor to run for 10 seconds. Grab a clump of dough in your fist: if it just holds ...

seems to be sticking to the parchment, lift the parchment a bit and sprinkle some flour beneath the dough.) Slide the parchment ...

of the freezer and it works quite well. You can also make crostadas with all kinds of fresh fruit: try nectarines, apricots, and ...

Alex Raij & Eder Montero Chef-owners, Txikito and El Quinto Pino New York, New York Many a couple has broken up after attemp ...

onion and carrot that also cooked in there. Montero adds a mixture of hot olive oil, garlic, and smoked paprika that sizzles as ...

de Donosti in San Sebastián, Spain—they each have arenas in which they can be more authoritative than the other. This is a good ...

“Sometimes you have to give yourself permission to figure out something quietly alone: like how to peel an artichoke.” —Alex Rai ...

IF YOU NEED to save time in the kitchen, use a pressure cooker. You can make lentils in just 5 minutes, and chickpeas, which nor ...

Fried Eggplant with Honey ...

Serves 4 to 6 The challenge of frying eggplant is that the outside cooks faster ...

than the inside and so the exposed surfaces get too dark before the eggplant is cooked through. This recipe solves the problem b ...

Set up a fry station: Pour the cornstarch into a pie plate. Set up another plate with paper towels to drain the eggplant on when ...

Spring Vegetable Confit ...

Serves 4 to 6 How do you turn something wholesome into something sinful? ...

The answer is a three-letter word: fat. In this case, applying a classic Spanish technique, a healthy amount of spring vegetable ...

exterior of the stem and the hard parts surrounding the base of the artichoke. Use a spoon to scoop out the choke (that’s the ha ...

When you buy fresh fava beans, they’ll come in pods. Taking them out of the pods is easy; taking them out of their second skin ...

Chickpea and Salt Cod Stew ...