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Recipes using nectarines

Fine Cooking — This sweet, juicy fruit is closely related to the peach. Unlike peaches, nectarines have smooth skin and slightly firmer flesh, and they tend to be a bit smaller than their fuzzy relatives. This sweet, juicy fruit is closely related to the peach. ...More…

Recipes using chayote

Fine Cooking — The unusual-looking vegetable known as chayote (chah-YO-tay),aAlso known as a mirliton or vegetable pear, is part of the gourd family, which includes cucumbers, squashes, and melons. The unusual-looking vegetable known as chayote (chah-YO-tay) is ...More…

Recipes using poblano chiles

Fine Cooking — Fat, wide, and dark green, the poblano is rich in flavor and mild to medium in heat. Fat, wide, and dark green, the poblano is rich in flavor and mild to medium in heat. Poblanos are one of the most commonly used chiles in Central Mexican ...More…

Recipes using fava beans

Fine Cooking — While fava beans look a bit like lima beans, they're less starchy and fuller in flavor: nutty and slightly sweet, with just a hint of bitterness and a discernable taste of cheese. Though popular in... While fava beans look a bit like lima beans, ...More…

Recipes using Cheddar

Fine Cooking — Cheddar, a firm cow's milk cheese that originated in England, has become the all-American, all-purpose cheese. Often savored simply as an appetizer, it has great melting properties making it a mainstay of grilled cheese sandwiches and beloved in ...More…

Recipes using asparagus

Fine Cooking — Tender green stalks of asparagus signal the arrival of spring. A cultivated member of the lily family, tender green stalks of asparagus signal the arrival of spring. While green asparagus is most common, asparagus can also be white or purple. ...More…

Recipes using rack of lamb

Fine Cooking — Rack of lamb is the cut made up of the seven or eight ribs cut from either side of the spine and their attached meat. Though the ribs are sometimes cut apart and sold as rib chops, a whole rack makes... Rack of lamb is the cut made up of the ...More…

Recipes using portobello mushrooms

Fine Cooking — These large, meaty mushrooms, which are simply oversized creminis, are low on moisture and big on flavor. The word portobello originated as a way to help glamorize and sell mature cremini mushrooms (which were also given a snazzy Italian-sounding ...More…

Recipes using beef brisket

Fine Cooking — Brisket is a cut of beef taken from just below the shoulder of the steer. A tough cut, it cooks up deliciously tender if cooked low and slow, especially with moist heat, and has a full beefy flavor. Brisket is a cut of beef taken from just below ...More…

Is merquén the new pimentón? - FineCooking

Fine Cooking — A Chilean spice blend might be the next big flavor of the month Not so very long ago, Spanish pimentón (smoked paprika) was relatively exotic in the US. For those in the know, it was an impressive secret ingredient, capable of adding a mysterious ...More…

Recipes using sea scallops

Fine Cooking — Scallops are bivalves (mollusks with two hinged shells). Although there are hundreds of species of scallops in the world's oceans and bays, only a handful are commonly available. The largest and most... Scallops are bivalves (mollusks with two ...More…

Recipes using paprika

Fine Cooking — All paprikas are made from the same family of peppers. Different varieties within this family account for the unique flavors and degrees of spicy heat found in different paprikas. In American cooking, paprika, a spice made from dried ground ...More…

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