Making the stuffing a day ahead gives it a chance to come into its prime. Serve hot or at room temperature.
The Lazy Front Porch Supper menu includes: Pickled Red Onions with Cilantro, Corn and Haricots Verts in Lime Shallot Butter, Heirloom Tomatoes with Bacon, Blue Cheese and Basil, Shellfish Watermelon Ceviche, Grilled Steaks with Red Chile Sauce, and Fresh Fig Tart with Rosemary Cornmeal Crust and Lemon Mascarpone Cream.
Inspired by a recipe from Moghul Microwave: Cooking Indian Food the Modern Way by Julie Sahni, in hot weather this rice begs to be served at room temperature. It is a foil for the rest of the menu, excellent with the cantaloupe, the raita, and the ribs.
Reprinted from the November 2008 issue of Gourmet magazine. Recipe by Maggie Ruggiero.
This classic of classics usually contains hard-to-find land snails for which rosemary sprigs are often substituted (don't ask me why). For a simpler version, you can use all chicken: 6 boneless, skinless thighs. If using rice other than Calasparra or Bomba, use only 4 1/2 cups liquid.
Excerpted from The Italian Country Table: Home Cooking from ItalyÃs Farmhouse Kitchens by Lynne Rossetto Kasper (Scribner, 1999). Copyright © 1999 by Lynne Rossetto Kasper.
Ingredients
Rice salads are a great way to use up bits and pieces of leftover ingredients. The important things are to cook the rice in lots of water, like pasta, so that it isn't starchy and sticky and to dress the rice while it is still warm.
Good Hmong cooks must master the art of preparing fluffy, delicious rice.