Spanish Garlic Chicken, Pollo al Ajillo, is no joke. Bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs are dusted with flour then pan-fried for crispy skin. Then, pour in 2 cups of wine and 10 cloves of sliced garlic and simmer it until it's done.
Prunes, dates and figs cooked into a jammy fruit compote, sweetened with honey, on top of creamy brown rice pudding? A high-fiber, filling breakfast with a medieval touch.
A homemade dressing with a quality olive oil is fresh and fruity and enhances veggies rather than covering them up. This classic Nicoise Salad and its lemon-thyme vinaigrette will change your mind about homemade dressing.
We stood in Prague Central Station, the 3 of us starving after a long afternoon train from Berlin. Then we saw it. Dough baked over an open fire, dressed with nuts and cinnamon -- the Czech sweet pastry trdelnik.
I don't know if it's a throwback to childhood Sunday steak dinners or Grandma's Rouladen, but something about the end of the weekend means we should cook something coming from a cow.
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