Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- VOLUME 6 -- Contents -- The Best Grocery Store in the World -- christmas eve by gabrielle hamilton -- juicy fruit cocktail -- lemon cordial -- dark & stormy -- barley water -- Working up an Appetite -- frico -- shrimp ceviche -- halibut with tomato, mint, & lemon -- quick-cured salmon -- jamón serrano on toast with red tomato preserves -- little blue reds -- hot sausages & cold oysters -- cheese & crackers -- canned sardines with sliced lemon -- an avocado with crab salad -- cold avocado & cucumber soup -- guacamole and chips -- chicken tacos for lunch -- avocado, arugula, & grapefruit salad -- A Big Bowl of Soup -- chilled cauliflower soup -- consommé bellevue -- tomato-cucumber water -- corn soup with lobster & avocado -- Fines Herbes -- green sauce -- toasted bread crumbs -- summer mayonnaise -- omelet with fines herbes -- pasta with parsley & toasted walnut sauce -- parsley-potato salad -- Luncheon Salads -- salmon salad -- halibut salad -- canal house curried chicken salad -- shrimp salad -- chopped ham salad with hard-boiled eggs -- anytime egg salad -- The Big Reds -- tomato tart -- sliced tomato salad with blue cheese -- tomatoes take a warm oil bath -- red peppers stuffed with tomatoes -- red tomato preserves -- Right out of the Garden -- simple summer vegetables -- cauliflower soufflé -- poached leeks vinaigrette -- sole & shrimp -- grilled eggplant with mint -- Gone Fishin' -- halibut & lentils with fennel -- salmon with lemon-butter sauce -- kippers -- terrine of salmon & peas -- The Bird is the Word -- roasted chicken with tomato butter -- roasted chicken smothered in chanterelles -- turkey galantine -- panko fried chicken with lemon -- The Grill -- grilled quail & fresh figs -- grilled spatchcocked chicken -- grilled branzino -- grilled duck breast with prunes in red wine.

the whole beef tenderloin, peppered & grilled -- smoky mussels with toasted bread crumbs -- Summer Sweets -- berry cobbler -- tuiles -- strong coffee granita -- pink lemon granita -- zabaione -- Preserving Summer -- patty curtan's famous apricot jam -- red currant jelly -- romesco sauce -- compound butters -- bagna cauda -- grower champagnes by frank stitt -- Wørking Up an Appetite -- an appetizing smørrebrød -- fried oysters -- escargots sans their shells -- Big Livers -- goose liver & pork terrine -- goose liver pâté with truffles -- toast points -- foie gras au torchon -- brioche toasts -- seared foie gras with green grapes -- Uova Huevos Oeufs Eggs -- scrambled eggs with truffles -- piquillo pepper eggs -- pimentón fried eggs -- eggs with caper & parsley butter sauce -- Crêpes -- broiled pig's feet crêpes -- crêpes -- buckwheat crêpes -- lemon sugar crêpes -- orange sugar crêpes -- chocolate & toasted hazelnut crêpes -- pear & gorgonzola crêpes -- buckwheat blini with smoked salmon & trout roe -- Grandma's Gnocchi -- our imaginary grandmother's gnocchi -- turkey neck sugo -- simplest tomato sauce -- simple tomato-pancetta sauce -- truffled lobster with gnocchi -- whole pot-roasted chicken with gnocchi -- green & white soup with gnocchi -- Eat Your Vegetables -- niloufer's cauliflower & chickpeas -- the apple farm's roasted cauliflower -- warm savoy cabbage salad -- red cabbage with apples & chestnuts -- puréed celery root & potatoes -- collards & bacon -- Fins 'n' Things -- lobster with browned cream -- steamed mussels with potatoes -- chowder -- Sausages -- making fresh sausages -- italian sausage -- duck sausage with quatre épices -- lamb sausage with currants -- sausages with apples & onions -- grilled sausages & quail -- polenta -- cassoulet our way -- confit of goose legs -- Big Beautiful Birds -- roast goose with ten legs.

apples cooked with cumin -- chicken & mushrooms -- truffled chicken -- Serious Meat -- fresh ham with madeira sauce -- roasted pork belly -- céléri rémoulade -- moroccan lamb roast -- mint sauce -- winter summer pudding -- Holiday Sweets -- sugar cookies -- coconut cookies -- lemon cookies -- nut cookies -- orange-rosemary cookies -- oeufs à la neige -- pets de nonnes -- pear upside-down cake -- apple fritters -- It's Always Five O'Clock Somewhere -- rhubarb syrup -- amante -- primavera -- whiskey sour -- greyhound -- italian greyhound -- salty dog -- perro -- perro salado -- Crax & Butter For Dinner -- pimiento cheese -- blue cheese with black pepper -- anchovy & lemon butter -- smoked salmon butter -- twirled-up goat cheese -- tender cheese crackers -- welsh rabbit -- cheddar with mango chutney -- for anchovy lovers only -- a can of tuna & some lemons -- Soup's On -- a rationale for making stocks & broths -- beef broth -- turkey broth -- chicken broth -- vegetable broth -- meatless meatballs in broth -- swiss chard & lemon soup -- brothy beef short ribs -- brothy beef short ribs & root vegetables -- smoked fish stew -- clam chowder -- quick cioppino -- Eat Your Vegetables -- asparagus & company -- blender lemon-butter sauce -- favorite asparagus butter -- asparagus frittata -- asparagus risotto -- broccoli rabe & chorizo -- jansson's temptation -- cauliflower with toasted spiced bread crumbs -- in praise of escarole -- braised escarole with white beans -- escarole salad with lemon & parmesan -- creamed spinach -- spinach flan -- steamed spinach -- poached eggs -- peas & potatoes -- lillie's pasta with peas & ham -- cutlets smothered in peas -- mezzi rigatoni with peas & ricotta -- fresh" pea soup -- succotash -- baby limas with feta -- favas & peas salad -- fava mash -- steamed rice -- fried rice -- notes on dried beans -- basic cooked dried beans.

lentils with roasted beets -- black bean soup -- Out of the Ocean and Into the Frying Pan -- any night linguine with clam sauce -- fried fish -- tartar sauce -- fish sticks -- crab cakes -- Hot Chicks -- canal house "rotisserie" chicken -- gingered chicken in cream -- chicken & rice -- chicken cordon bleu -- chicken kiev à la canal house -- roasted chicken wings -- The Meat of the Matter -- deluxe dinner of boiled meats -- daube -- stuffed cabbage -- drunken sauerkraut with smoked pork chops -- chopped steak marchand de vin -- A Celebration of Spring -- stuffed spring eggs -- stew of baby artichokes & favas -- savory asparagus bread pudding -- easter ham -- meringues with strawberries & roasted rhubarb -- Sweeties -- roasted orange marmalade toast -- apricot compote -- pound cake -- apples tatin -- boston cream pie -- brownies -- little chocolate turnovers -- Breakfast All Day Long -- neen's buttermilk love cakes -- sour cream pancakes -- the best waffles in the world -- creamed chicken -- eggs à la goldenrod.