I would say that most of the savory dishes I share with you are in the snack, side dish or main dish categories. This week’s is firmly in the realm of appetizers. Papas arrugadas, or wrinkled potatoes, is a recipe that originated in the Canary Islands, when sailors would boil potatoes in seawater. Traditionally, they …
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In a blog post she entitled, “What’s the Deal with Hasselback Potatoes,” Nutritionist Tina Marinaccio explains that the dish, which features potatoes cut crosswise in thin slices that don’t quite cut the potato all the way through, hails from Sweden. It received its name, she says, from the tavern that created it: Hasselbacken. Regardless of …
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Back when I started this column 10 years ago, I thought people would be coming out of the woodwork to offer up recipes for me to try. I signed off each week with a request for submissions. In that first year, I think I received about five or six. I learned quickly that people don’t …
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