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5 days ago | 
177milkstreet.com | Claire Lower
Charring fruits and vegetables to deepen their flavor is a pretty common practice, but Chris Kimball hadn’t seen charred avocados until a recent trip to Mexico City, where the fruits are cooked until partially blackened before being mashed into guacamole. It’s a technique we love using when we make salsa and tomato sauce, and in most cases when working with lackluster produce, and it’s one that will elevate your guacamole from good to unforgettable.
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1 week ago | 
177milkstreet.com | Claire Lower
See all Posts The name originates from Kaiser Franz Joseph I, who favored the dish. How to Make Kaiserschmarrn, the Original Scrambled Pancakes Name Email Address Recipient Name Recipient Email Address Personal Message By Claire Lower Date June 17, 2025 The Best Recipe You’ve Never Heard of is...
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177milkstreet.com | Claire Lower
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I just counted, and we have 47 sweet corn-centric recipes here at Milk Street. I plan to make at least 20 of them this summer. (You can find the most popular ones here.) Join me, as I make it a Sweet Corn Summer. I will probably start with our newest — Grilled Corn with Miso Butter and Sesame Salt.
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3 weeks ago | 
177milkstreet.com | Claire Lower
19 Skewers and Kebabs for Summer Grilling Name Email Address Recipient Name Recipient Email Address Personal Message By Claire Lower Date June 5, 2025 There is something liberating about eating meat off a stick. No utensils. No plates. Just tender, charred, savory morsels of beef, chicken or seafood, designed to be enjoyed while strolling around a sunny county fair or balmy night market.
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3 weeks ago | 
177milkstreet.com | Claire Lower
In His Latest Book, John Birdsall Excavates the Roots of Queer Food Name Email Address Recipient Name Recipient Email Address Personal Message By Claire Lower Date June 2, 2025 John Birdsall’s newest book, “What Is Queer Food? How We Served a Revolution,” is subversively cheerful.
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1 month ago | 
177milkstreet.com | Claire Lower
Few things disappoint like rubbery shrimp, and the small, virtually fat-free crustaceans are easy to overcook. But on a visit to Brother Seafood Restaurant in Hong Kong, J.M. Hirsch learned the two-step secret to perfectly tender, wonderfully seasoned shrimp: Steam, just until barely opaque, then sizzle with a hot oil-flash. What is hot oil-flashing?
Hot oil-flashing is a Cantonese technique for drawing out tons of flavor from aromatics while gently cooking delicate produce or proteins.
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1 month ago | 
177milkstreet.com | Claire Lower
See all Posts I need it for my potatoes. I’m Not Putting Beef Tallow on My Face Name Email Address Recipient Name Recipient Email Address Personal Message By Claire Lower Date May 21, 2025 For better or worse, the social media algorithms are showing me lots of meat, and people who eat lots of meat, some going as far as claiming they subsist only steaks, organs, eggs and butter.
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1 month ago | 
177milkstreet.com | Claire Lower
People love to argue over what makes Italian food “authentic,” but ask 10 different Italians the “best” way to make any one dish, and you’ll get 10 different answers, even if they happen to hail from the same village. If there’s one thing we learned while conducting research for our cookbook, “Milk Street Backroads Italy,” it’s that Italian cuisine is not a monolith, to say nothing of Italian-American cuisine — a completely different beast.
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2 months ago | 
177milkstreet.com | Claire Lower
See all Posts How to showcase the in-season stalks 31 Recipes to Make the Most of Asparagus Season Name Email Address Recipient Name Recipient Email Address Personal Message By Claire Lower Date April 28, 2025 Seasonal eating brings out the best in all produce, but it’s imperative with asparagus.
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2 months ago | 
177milkstreet.com | Claire Lower
Make a Batch of Freezer-Door Mint Juleps for Kentucky Derby Day Name Email Address Recipient Name Recipient Email Address Personal Message By Claire Lower Date April 28, 2025 I don’t know much about horse racing, but I love a themed beverage, and (I’ve heard) it just isn’t Kentucky Derby Day without a mint julep. It’s not a complicated beverage, but even the simplest of tasks can become needlessly challenging after a julep or two.
