Secrets of the Best Chefs

Serves 4 Here’s a rustic, familiar “Sunday gravy” kind of dish: sirloin that’s ...

sliced thin and pounded (you can ask your butcher to do this; tell him you’re making braciola, pronounced “bra-zhule”) and cooke ...

½ cup dry Italian red wine (such as Grumello, Chianti, or Barbera) 24-ounce bottle of La Valle Passata di Pomodoro* (see Resourc ...

medium heat until it feels hot when you hold your hand over it. Lay the beef rolls in the oil and cook*, turning, until brown on ...

Raw Dandelion Salad with Hard-Boiled Eggs and Pickled White Anchovies Serves 4 Normally, salad dressings are emulsified with a r ...

layer of greens to a large salad bowl. Sprinkle the chopped egg and the toasted bread crumbs (if you’re using them) over the gre ...

Roy Choi Chef and co-creator, Kogi Truck, Chego, and A-Frame Los Angeles, California To a hot wok sizzling with oil, I add a han ...

alligator onto my Le Tigre shirt. I remember wearing my shoes inside out.” As his parents filed for bankruptcy again and again a ...

“Why?” “To get rid of the starch, to clean it, and because of the spirituality of it. You won’t understand it, because you didn’ ...

“You have to fall in love with the process.” Choi’s Kitchen Know-How ...

MANY A CHEF has used fried shallots to spruce up a dish; the right method for cooking them is similar to that for cooking a hard ...

Choi’s Favorite Banana Milk Shake Serves 2 people or 1 greedy bastard During my time with Choi, I asked him about something I ha ...

cream. Add the ice, sugar, banana, and honey and/or lemon juice. Blend the mixture and try to find a perfect balance between thi ...

Sweet Chili Sauce Makes 4 to 6 cups This is a fantastic sauce and the key ingredient to Choi’s Stir-Fried Chicken Henhouse Bowl. ...

3 tablespoons sriracha hot sauce (see Resources) 2 tablespoons Korean crushed red pepper (see Resources) 2 tablespoons toasted s ...

Stir-Fried Chicken Henhouse Bowl ...

Serves 2 A wok is such a good tool to have (see Grace Young), especially if ...

the thought of spending hours on making dinner after a hard day of work fills you with angst. This dinner, which is as simple as ...

heat a bit and wait for the onions to develop some flavor. When they just start to brown, scrape them into a bowl and set them a ...

thighs, cut them into manageable pieces, and marinate them in a resealable plastic bag for 30 minutes in the refrigerator with ½ ...