Tag: Savory cooking
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savor tooth CSA weeks 12 – 15: farewell, tomato season

According to the internet, tomato season in New York ends in October. Initially, this surprised me – tomatoes in fall? But sure enough, last weekend when we walked through the farmer’s market at Fort Greene park, there was a huge display of heirloom tomatoes in all the colors of the tomato rainbow. Likely, the last…
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savor tooth CSA weeks 7-11: peaches and plums

As I write this, it is fully fall and I’m falling behind on sharing updates from this CSA journey. In the interest of speeding things up, this post is dedicated to August which includes not four but FIVE weeks worth of CSA (I was traveling for the last week of July and therefore had some…
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shiitake & brown sugar short-bread

Sitting down to write this, I can’t believe December is already coming to an end. 2024 was a very full year. I spent quality time with friends and family. I traveled, for work and for fun. I got engaged to the love of my life. I ran my second marathon, here in NYC. My partner…
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white cheddar guava shortbread

I love markets. Be it your local grocery store, neighborhood bodega, Saturday-morning farmer’s market, international bazaar or mercado, the act of wandering these spaces brings me joy. When I walk into a market, all of my senses are bombarded. The sheer volume of things to see and touch, the bountifulness of it all, inspires a…
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goat cheese buckwheat linzer cookies with rhubarb jam

Every year, around late spring, one of my favorite ingredients emerges for a limited time only: rhubarb. The first sight of the bright pink stalks brings with it the reassurance that the mercurial weather of early spring (sunny and 65 one day, frigid the next) has passed and the anticipation of warm summer nights, rooftop…
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sesame-scallion shortbread squares from cookies: the new classics

So far in this savory cookie journey, I’ve encountered a wide variety of savory ingredient additions. In some recipes, seeds and nuts are responsible for providing an earthy, toasted quality. In others, alternative flours like buckwheat or corn introduce texture and complex flavors. Sometimes, dried chili peppers bring the heat. Other times, the addition of…
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peanut butter chili crisp cookies by zoë kanan

When I was originally doing recipe exploration for this project, one of the recipes that immediately intrigued me was a recipe published on Eater a few years back: Peanut Butter Chili Crisp Cookies developed by Zoë Kanan, a NYC-based pastry chef. Savory was in the headline which made it an obvious recipe for consideration. But…
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elote thumbprint cookies

Throughout this project, I’ve been keeping a running list of ideas for new recipes. The source of inspiration for each idea varies – sometimes I try a dish at a restaurant with a flavor profile I’m inspired to recreate, other times I outline potential applications for a new technique or methodology that I’ve learned. This…
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basil parmesan checkerboard cookies aka pesto shortbread

One aspect of this project which I’ve alluded to on a few occasions (here and here) is new recipe development. Coming up with and testing an original recipe has proven to be challenging, and so far, I haven’t made anything I felt was ready to share. Until now. Meet the first Savor Tooth Snacks original:…
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adobo chocolate chip cookies from mayumu

The chocolate chip cookie is the cookie archetype. Originally created by Toll House Inn owner and baking legend Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1938, the chocolate chip cookie (or as she called it, the Toll House Crunch Cookie) became an instant classic. Today, it’s what comes up when you type “cookie” into the emoji keyboard. It’s…
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