Posts for September 25th 2011

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Rockfish With Peach Salsa

If you're no longer seeing good stone fruit at your market, try making the salsa with ripe mangoes or pineapple instead.

If you're no longer seeing good stone fruit at your market, try making the salsa with ripe mangoes or pineapple instead. The same goes for the fish: any mild white fish, like halibut or cod, will work just as well.

From Susannah Chen

Rockfish With Peach Salsa

Rockfish With Peach Salsa

Ingredients

1 lb. rockfish fillets
Salt
Pepper
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 large, ripe peach, cubed into 1/4-inch pieces
1/2 small onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Juice of 1/2 lime (about 1 tablespoon)
Lime wedges, for serving (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425ºF.
  2. Rub rockfish fillets with salt, pepper, and olive oil, then bake them in the oven for 8-10 minutes, depending on size, or until fish is opaque and can easily be flaked apart with a fork.
  3. While the fish is baking, prep the salsa: combine peach, onion, cilantro, and lime juice; season with salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Serve fish topped with peach salsa and a wedge of lime on the side.

Serves 2.

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Cheers! Cocktails Around the World From the 1954 Pan Am Cookbook

ABC's Pan Am starts this Sunday, and I can't wait to watch the series premiere to see if it can captivate audiences just like Mad Men!
Cocktail Recipes From Pan Am Round the World Cookbook

ABC's Pan Am starts this Sunday, and I can't wait to watch the series premiere to see if it can captivate audiences just like Mad Men! The show will be an interesting glimpse into yesteryear, and if you're just as fascinated by this period, take a peek at Pan American's Complete Round the World Cookbook, which was first published in 1954.

With the show's premiere fast approaching, it was time to dust off my copy and discover the culinary world according to this airline giant. The book was a collaborative effort with recipes submitted by employees of Pan Am from across the globe. Of course, cuisine in 1954 was a very different place than it is now; I passed on a recipe for chicken enchiladas made with pancakes instead of difficult-to-find tortillas. However, many of the cocktails, like the ones featured here, were rather intriguing.

Before you sit back on Sunday to watch the season premiere, stir up one of Pan Am's very own around-the-world cocktail recipes!