Recipe: Fava Bean Purée

by jbfauthor on April 22, 2010

This simple but delicious purée from JBF Award winner Alice Waters showcases one of the darlings of spring produce: the fava bean. While the beans do require a bit of time and fuss (they must be shelled and then eased out of their skins), their creamy, fresh flavor and inviting color are worth the effort.

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News Feed: April 21

by jbfauthor on April 21, 2010

The Bon Appétit guide to Earth Day. [Bon Appétit] Sardines' bad rap is a bit undeserved. [Smithsonian] Michigan's wine country could become a new American wine destination. [Food & Wine] Some foodies are up in arms over new hybrid tomatoes that are bred to compete with heirloom varieties. [WSJ] Starbucks jumps on the vegan

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On the Menu: From the Hearth

by jbfauthor on April 20, 2010

If you’re a fan of Jim Lahey’s famous bread or Neapolitan-style pizzas, you're in luck: the dough maestro himself will be cooking at the Beard House tomorrow night, and his menu, which includes some of his signature breads, is after the jump: Hors d’Oeuvre Deep-Fried Veal Meatballs Arancini Morels and Thyme on Stirato Cannellini Beans and Pancetta on Stirato Pane Casareccio Dinner Olive Oil–Poached Artichoke Salad with Arugula, Parmesan, and Lemon Vinaigrette Asparagus Sformato with Shaved Asparagus, Guanciale, and Pane di Comune Roasted Suckling Pig with Kumquat Marmalade and Spring Onions Braised and Grilled Baby Spring Lamb with Ramps and Cannellini Beans Strawnoffe

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Eat this Word: Banoffi Pudding

by jbfauthor on April 20, 2010

WHAT? The proof is in the pudding. This creamy-and controversial-concoction was invented in the early 1970s at the Hungry Monk restaurant in Jevington, a town in East Sussex, England. In an attempt to create an easy, foolproof toffee dessert, chef Ian Dowding boiled condensed milk for a few hours to make a soft toffee, which he poured into a shortbread crust and topped with a layer of bananas and coffee-laced whipped cream. The Hungry Monk's owner, Nigel Mackenzie, came up with the name, which is a portmanteau made up of its two main ingredients-banana and toffee-and can also be spelled banoffee, banoffie, or bannofy. After the recipe's appearance in The Deeper Secrets of the Hungry Monk cookbook in 1974, the dish became a dinner party staple. Banoffi pie eventually gained such popularity that several British supermarket chains created

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