ffwd – skate (tilapia) with capers, cornichons and brown butter sauce

I've never eaten skate before, though I've seen it on a few menus, mainly in coastal cities. To be honest, I still haven't. While we can get a surprising variety of fin fish and shell fish at the better markets in the desert southwest of the US, skate isn't one of them. So when I … Continue reading ffwd – skate (tilapia) with capers, cornichons and brown butter sauce

ffwd – two tartines

Dorie's recipe recalls a favorite cafe of hers in Paris, La Croix Rouge. The recipe is for "tartines", or open-faced sandwiches - in this case two different combinations: rare roast beef and cornichons (the saint germain), and the other smoked salmon with capers (the norvegienne). Of course, on some beautiful bread. In Phoenix, we have … Continue reading ffwd – two tartines