The Secret Restaurant: Coconut Black Rice Pudding Steamed in Banana Leaves with Royal Apricots

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by Peter Moore

This week’s edition of EatDrinkFilms is focused on the Philippines.  I’ve had good Filipino food, but have never really cooked much of it.  Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan’s book Memories of Philippine Kitchens is an amazing and invaluable guide to the ingredients, history, and techniques of cooking from these islands that are a true melting pot of world cuisine.  They used to have Cendrillion restaurant in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood and now run The Purple Yam Restaurant in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park. Continue reading →

The Secret Restaurant: Saagish Paneer

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by Peter Moore

Saag Paneer is a standard Indian dish consisting of fried paneer, an Indian cheese, on a bed of sautéed spinach. This is my variation. I’ve got a couple of go-to recipes for quick meals that don’t take a lot of time or work but are presentable enough for guests and this is one. A fave not just as a vegetarian spin, but also because it’s very tasty. Continue reading →

The Secret Restaurant: Roasted Artichokes

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by Peter Moore

Welcome to The Secret Restaurant. Sit anywhere you’d like. Each week I’ll be using whatever’s fresh and in season at the local Farmers’ Markets to create recipes. The focus might be an ingredient, a technique, a piece of equipment, or an event (in a few weeks I’ll be putting up recipes for a Mother’s Day feast).  Continue reading →