“Wow!” “Off-the-charts good!” “Divine.” “Amazingly juicy and tender.” “A definite keeper.” That’s what we’re hearing about these subtly and beguilingly spiced chops.
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- 10 M
- 25 M
- 6
Elie Nassar, Recipe Tester
A list of all the recipes Elie Nassar has tested.
Elie (pronounced E-lee) takes any and every possible free moment to cook. When he’s not roasting, baking, and curing or smoking meat, he can be found reading and learning about food. He’s been an LC tester here for more than 10 years and really enjoys the science-y and analytical side of testing (weight measures and thermometers rule!). He was born and raised in Lebanon, so Lebanese food is definitely his favorite. (He makes a killer hummus. Let him know if you want his simple yet perfect recipe.) Elie moved to Texas for college in the mid ’90s and promptly developed a passion for real beef barbecue. He especially enjoys baking naturally leavened bread and pizza, making charcuterie and slowly smoking brisket over mesquite. Elie lives in the Houston, Texas, area with his wife and two hungry boys and works in the energy consulting sector to pay the grocery bills.
Waffle Cones
Sweet, rich, buttery, and oh so charming, these homemade waffle cones take very little time and far less effort than you’d ever expect. So worth it.
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- 45 M
- 1 H
- 0
Burrata with Grilled Bread
This is less a recipe and more a reminder as to the fact that some nights, simple cheese and bread and olive oil makes a perfectly respectable—enviable, even—supper.
- 10 M
- 15 M
- 8
Red Wine Popsicles
Should red wine go to that popsicle place? Heck yeah. They don’t call ’em sultry summer evenings for nothing. (But please, not your best bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.)
- 20 M
- 8 H, 40 M
- 6
Pickled Cherries
An easy, unexpected way to extend cherry season that’s tartly sweet, subtly spiced, and surprisingly irresistible.
- 20 M
- 20 M
- 16
Strawberry Ice Pops | Paletas de Fresa
You can imagine the expression of unabashed happiness that’s on the strawberry-smudged face that goes with the sweet little hand holding this popsicle.
- 10 M
- 45 M
- 19
Homemade Red Wine Pasta
When we say this intensely hued pasta is simply stunning, we mean not just that breathtaking to behold but that that it comes together so simply it stuns us.
- 1 H
- 1 H, 45 M
- 9
Alabama Muffin Biscuits
These curiously named, easy peasy, shamelessly simple meldings of biscuit and muffins may make you swear off roll-out biscuits for good.
- 10 M
- 45 M
- 21
Jewish Rye Bread
Who doesn’t love Jewish rye bread? The not-so-secret secret behind this recipe is the brilliant inclusion of onions and caraway seeds in the starter for a far more complex taste.
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- 50 M
- 16 H
- 6
Cornmeal Griddle Cakes
Shirttail cousins to corn bread, these savory cakes wooed and wowed us with their crisped edges, ethereally airy interior, and pantry-friendly frugality.
- 20 M
- 20 M
- 53