Making Burgers? Three Tips. 3 Tips For Better Burgers Make a secret sauce. (With pantry ingredients.) Make quick-pickled onions. Make the buns: No-Knead Brioche Buns Marinating & Grilling 101 At the start of every grilling season the same questions ...
Favorite July Fourth Recipes
Snap Pea Salad with Buttermilk Dressing
If you've been reading Alexandra's Kitchen for awhile, you know, for me, this — right now — is the most wonderful time of the year ... ... It's CSA season! We're actually three weeks in at this point and have, as usual, been enjoying lots of greens, spring onions, turnips, radishes, and ...
Strawberries + Cream + Sugar = Heaven
Here is a three-ingredient dessert (pudding!) my British father's family served after every summer dinner we spent together: fresh berries + sugar + cream. There always was a wedge or two of cheese — often Stilton and Wensleydale — on the table as well, but as a child, all I cared about was the ...
Olive Oil & Vinegar Toasts + Soft-Boiled Eggs
Kate Shultz, of the Dinner Sisters podcast, recently asked me if there were any recipes in Bread Toast Crumbs I wished had gotten a little more love. These vinaigrette toasts with soft-boiled eggs immediately came to mind. I'm not sure I've heard from anyone who has made them — maybe no one has! — ...
Fish En Papillote
** I originally posted this recipe in July of 2008 but I'm republishing it today with a few notes added. ** I love fish, but it can be tricky to cook — so easily overcooked — and it cools down quickly. Cooking fish en papillote solves both of these problems. If you've never given it a go, rest ...