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The Best Recipes in the Worldthe book / debuts tonight ch 13 at 9
Mark Bittman—who writes “The Minimalist” column in the New York Times—tells us about traveling the globe in search of the best recipes in the world for his new PBS series.
A Twist of the Wrist: Quick Flavorful Meals With Ingredients From Jars, Cans, Bags and Boxes” (Knopf)
The chef admits that she was not familiar with Rachael Ray’s “30 Minute Meals” when she started the project, or at least she’s too polite to say that hers are 30-minute meals that would make Thomas Keller say yummo: orzo with dried porcini mushrooms, radicchio and aged balsamic vinegar; white asparagus in brown butter topped with a fried egg and capers; key lime custards with crème fraîche. Some of the recipes came from fellow food professionals, like Ruth Reichl, the editor of Gourmet magazine, whose recipe for blueberry pie calls for frozen berries and a store-bought crust. “You talk to a chef who works all day and comes home hungry, these are the things they make,” Silverton said. “You don’t come home and do a braise.”