Category Archives: Main Courses

Braised Lamb with Ras El Hanout

By ruhlman | Published: August 31, 2010
Braised Lamb Shank with Ras El Hanout, photos by donna I’m finishing up answering copy-edit queries on the new book, my beliefs on the core techniques of cooking due out next fall from Chronicle, and also going over some last minute testing with the good folks at cookskorner.com. One of the recipes being tested is a Moroccan-style [...]
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California Travel
Fresh Spring Rolls with Viet Dipping Sauce Recipe

By ruhlman | Published: July 26, 2010
Durian fruit being cut at a Vietnamese market in southern L.A. The green behemoths in front and back are jackfruit. (All photos by Donna.) Flew out to southern California last week to be with one of Donna's oldest and dearest, almost entirely beaching it, but found time for one great restaurant meal and one day exploring [...]
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Homemade Short Rib Pastrami

By ruhlman | Published: May 24, 2010
Photos by Donna [I'm on a blog break from 5/17 through 5/31, so I'm putting up favorite food posts from the archives.] It began with pickles. I'd bought a quart of small cukes to pickle with tarragon but I wasn't thinking as I made the brine.  I wanted some spice in there so [...]
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Homemade Pizza

By ruhlman | Published: May 17, 2010
[I'm taking a blogging break until 5/31, so am putting up favorite food posts from the archives in the interim] Can we call this national make-pizza-at-home week?  That would make me really happy.  Why?  Because pizza at home is so good, so easy, and so so affordable.  But what I want to focus [...]
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Macaroni and Beef with Cheese —
Childhood Love

By ruhlman | Published: May 8, 2010
Mid-week Macaroni and Beef with Cheese, photo by Donna I needed a dinner that was easy and delicious, would please everyone, one that also reheated well in case my daughter's track meet ran late, and I had to be able to make it long before serving so it would be just a matter of reheating come [...]
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