Amanda Springer

This week, Street is taking a step back from restaurant reviews and recipes to look at another aspect of the food industry: community based food initiatives, ones which feed the hungry and make food more eco-friendly.
April 22, 2010 at 3:03 am

The British call them chips, the Spanish, papas fritas and the French, pommes frites. Here in the USA, we call them French fries (or Freedom fries, if you’re at Geno’s). How, you might ask, did these tasty treats come to accompany our burgers, hide tucked in our gyros and satiate our drunken cravings?
April 8, 2010 at 2:41 am

Yield: Approximately 16-18 palmiers Ingredients: k 1 ½ large yellow onions, thinly chopped k 2 tbsp olive oil (or enough to cover the bottom of the skillet) k ½ tsp salt k 2 sprigs fresh thyme or ¼ tsp dried thyme k 1/3 cup beef (or mushroom or vegetable) stock k ¼ cup grated Gruyere cheese k 1 sheet store-bought puff pastry, thawed in the refrigerator Directions Preheat oven to 400 degrees Heat the olive oil in a large skillet (not non-stick) over medium heat.
April 1, 2010 at 4:13 am