Innholdsfortegnelse for January/February 2021 i Food Network Magazine

Vitamin D for All Here’s a good reason to get some vitamin D: A new study found that people who were deficient in the vitamin were almost twice as likely to test positive for Covid-19. More research is needed to see if the vitamin can prevent or treat the virus, but filling up on vitamin D–rich foods can’t hurt! Fatty fish like the roasted salmon on page 52 is a good place to start. SOURCE: JAMA NETWORK OPEN Cheers to This Light to moderate drinking may actually be good for your brain. According to a recent study from the University of Georgia, women who drank fewer than eight glasses of alcohol per week and men who had fewer than 15 glasses performed better on cognitive tests compared with those who…

January 1 Celebrate 2021 with a waffle cake for brunch: Layer chocolatehazelnut spread and strawberries between waffles. Dust with cocoa powder. 2 Resolve to drink less soda and try this healthier version: Simmer 2 cups apricot nectar with ¾ cup sugar until syrupy. Stir a little into seltzer. 4 Sir Isaac Newton was born on this day in 1643. Use physics to see if your eggs are fresh: If they sink in a glass of water, they’re still good! 6 Happy birthday, Ree Drummond! Try her crostini: Spread fig jam on toasted baguette slices; top with blue cheese and basil. 9 The iPhone was introduced on this day in 2007. Make a dish from this issue, post a photo of it on Instagram and tag us @foodnetworkmag. 10 Bake chocolate…

The crowd at the Super Bowl might be a little smaller this year, but the commercials will be as big as always. Ever since Coca-Cola aired its “Hey Kid, Catch!” spot with football player “Mean” Joe Greene in 1980, food and drink ads have become a Super Bowl staple—and they become more elaborate and expensive every year. A 30-second spot can cost more than $5 million! We don’t know what ads (or celebs) are coming this year, but here’s hoping they’ll be as memorable as some of these. —Audrey Morgan 1 Which burger chain called out its competitors for skimping on the meat in their hamburgers in the 1984 spot “Where’s the Beef?” 2 In this 1992 ad, Cindy Crawford popped open a can of soda at a gas station.…

It’s Personal Feel free to double-dip: These mini bread bowls are single servings! To make the spinach dip, mix half of a 10-ounce box of frozen chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed dry) with ¾ cup chopped canned artichoke hearts, 4 ounces room-temperature cream cheese, ½ cup sour cream, ¼ cup grated parmesan, and salt and pepper to taste. Cut off the tops of 8 dinner rolls and hollow out the insides. Fill with the dip and serve with veggies.…

NACHO SWEET POTATO SKINS ACTIVE: 30 min | TOTAL: 1½ hr | MAKES: 16 FOR THE POTATO SKINS 4 medium-large sweet potatoes4 tablespoons unsalted butter, meltedKosher salt and freshly ground pepper FOR THE POTATO SKINS 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil1 link fresh chorizo (3 to 4 ounces), casing removed½ cup canned refried beans, gently warmed1 cup shredded pepper jack cheese (about 4 ounces)3 tablespoons sliced black olives2 scallions, thinly sliced¼ cup sour cream Pico de gallo, chopped fresh cilantro, sliced radishes, diced avocado and chipotle hot sauce, for topping 1. Preheat the oven to 425°. Bake the potatoes and prepare the skins as directed (see left). 2. Meanwhile, make the chorizo topping: Heat the olive oil in a small nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the chorizo and cook, breaking…

HOMESTYLE CHICKEN CURRY ACTIVE: 50 min | TOTAL: 1½ hr | SERVES: 4 to 6 8 skinless, bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks (4 of each; about 3 pounds total)Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper¼ cup vegetable oil4 green cardamom pods1 1-inch piece cinnamon stick1 whole clove2 onions, thinly sliced1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger4 cloves garlic, grated 2 teaspoons ground coriander1½ teaspoons ground cumin1 teaspoon Kashmiri chili powder or hot paprika½ teaspoon ground turmeric3 small plum tomatoes, diced1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1½-inch chunksCooked basmati rice, for servingChopped fresh cilantro, for topping ACTIVE: 50 min | TOTAL: 1½ hr | SERVES: 4 to 6 1. Season the chicken all over with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a large dutch oven over high heat.…

Lasheeda Perry has cranked out thousands of Valentine’s Day desserts over the years. She was a pastry chef at the Four Seasons for nearly a decade, she has her own Long Beach, CA, culinary company (Queen of Flavor), and she appears regularly on the Food Network Kitchen app, whipping up fun sweets like hand pies and blondies. “After being in the industry for 16-plus years, I feel like I need to switch it up on Valentine’s Day,” she says. And by that she means no more molten chocolate cakes. For this trio of desserts, she went for unexpected flavors like a strawberry tres leches cake—a riff on a recipe she created for the book Toques in Black: A Celebration of Black Chefs. “I wanted to try a strawberry version because…

i’s hard to know exactly how Mardi Gras will play out this year, but no matter what, New Orleans will be celebrating with great drinks. The city is famous for its cocktails—the Sazerac, America’s first cocktail, was invented here around 1850. And although many people associate Mardi Gras with hurricane slushies and giant beers (New Orleans has more bars per capita than any other city in the country!), the city’s best mixologists spend the pre-Lent celebration making plenty of carefully crafted drinks. “Mixology is just as much of an art as the music and dancing you see during Mardi Gras,” says Daniel Victory, founder of the cocktail school New Orleans Drink Lab. “The glass is a stage and everything you put into it is a character.” Get in the spirit…

Food Network’s newest competition, Cakealikes, might be its most outrageous yet. On each episode, contestants create a life-size replica of a celebrity—out of cake! The team with the most realistic doppelgänger wins. Can you tell who this star is? Enter your guess for a chance to win $500. How to enter: Go to foodnetwork.com/cakealikescontest and tell us which celebrity is shown here depicted in cake. One winner will receive $500 and three runners-up will each receive $50. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Food Network Magazine January/February 2021 Cakealikes Contest. Sponsored by Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Beginning January 4, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. ET, through February 5, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. ET (the “Entry Period”), go to foodnetwork.com/cakealikescontest on a computer or wireless device and complete and submit the…

A Foggy Idea If you’ve been using the extra time at home to step up your barista skills, consider trying a tea latte. The London Fog—a combination of Earl Grey tea, steamed milk, vanilla and sometimes lavender—is showing up on café menus around the country, and it’s simple to re-create. Try this version from our test kitchen, and keep an eye out for new grocery products like Rise Brewing Co.’s canned London Fog and Tazo’s London Fog latte concentrate. HOW TO MAKE A LONDON FOG Bring ⅔ cup water to a boil, remove from the heat and add 1 Earl Grey tea bag and ½ teaspoon dried lavender (optional). Cover and steep 5 to 8 minutes. Combine 1 ½ teaspoons sugar and ¼ teaspoon vanilla in a mug; strain the…

January TROPICAL CITRUS SMOOTHIE Blend 1 peeled clementine, 1 ½ cups frozen pineapple chunks, ½ cup frozen mango chunks, ⅔ cup unsweetened coconut milk beverage, 2 teaspoons light brown sugar, ¼ teaspoon each ground turmeric and grated lime zest and 1 teaspoon lime juice in a blender until smooth. Pour into a glass and garnish with a clementine slice. February DRAGON FRUIT SMOOTHIE Soak 1 tablespoon chia seeds in water for 5 minutes; drain. Blend 1 cup frozen dragon fruit chunks, 1 chopped peeled Bartlett pear, ¾ cup frozen pitted cherries, 1 tablespoon each lime juice and honey and 2 teaspoons chopped fresh ginger in a blender until smooth; stir in the chia seeds. Pour into a glass and garnish with a lime wedge. March SUPER GREEN SMOOTHIE Blend 2…

SHRIMP SALAD WITH COCONUT GREEN GODDESS DRESSING ACTIVE: 30 min | TOTAL: 30 min | SERVES: 4 2 oranges1 cup fresh cilantro and/or parsley2 scallions, chopped¼ cup canned unsweetened coconut cream3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oilKosher salt and freshly ground pepper1 ½ pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined2 romaine lettuce hearts, chopped (about 12 cups)1 avocado, diced¼ cup unsalted roasted cashews, roughly chopped6 radishes, thinly sliced 1. Peel the oranges with a paring knife, removing any white pith. Slice between the membranes to remove the segments; set aside. Squeeze out the excess juice from the membranes into a blender. Add the herbs, scallions and coconut cream and puree until smooth. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil, ½ teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper and puree until creamy. Set the dressing…

SHEET-PAN GNOCCHI WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND ARUGULA ACTIVE: 15 min | TOTAL: 45 min SERVES: 4 1 16- to 17.5-ounce packagepotato gnocchi1 pound chopped peeled butternut squash, cut into¾-inch pieces (3 to 4 cups)1 pint grape or cherry tomatoes1 red onion, halved and sliced½ inch thick4 ounces diced pancetta4 cloves garlic, smashed1 ½ teaspoons finely choppedfresh sage1 ½ teaspoons finely choppedfresh rosemary⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzlingKosher salt and freshlyground pepper4 cups baby arugula¼ cup grated parmesan cheese 1. Preheat the oven to 450°. Line a baking sheet with heavy-duty foil. Toss the gnocchi, squash, tomatoes, red onion, pancetta, garlic, sage, rosemary, olive oil, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a large bowl. Spread out on the baking sheet. Bake until the gnocchi,…

lex Guarnaschelli and Michael Castellon owe the start of their relationship to a perfectly cooked steak. The Iron Chef was dining with friends at Almond in Bridgehampton, NY, and after she was blown away by her entrée, the waiter, who is a friend, invited her to meet the chef. “Something told me I should go,” Alex says. “The kitchen was small but had great aromas. The chef in question, Michael, turned around from the fryer and the rest is history.” Food is still at the center of their lives and relationship, so for their first Valentine’s Day as an engaged couple, Michael dreamed up a menu for Alex that he knew she’d love. He incorporated some of her favorite ingredients and created dishes that would make her smile, like a…

Hello, Dolly! Nashville Dolly Parton turns 75 on January 19, and Nashville’s White Limozeen is the perfect place to have a drink in her honor. The new rooftop restaurant atop the Graduate Hotel is named for the legendary singer’s 29th solo album, and she was the inspiration for the pink-on-pink dining room. Developer Marc Rose says he just imagined a dinner party at Dolly’s place! The menu is Southern and, like Dolly, a little over-the-top: The biscuits come with caviar, and this glitzy Queen of the Rodeo cocktail is garnished with edible glitter. graduatehotels.com/nashville QUEEN OF THE RODEO Shake 2 ounces vodka, ¼ ounce maraschino liqueur, ¾ ounce each lime juice and grapefruit juice and ½ ounce pomegranate syrup in a shaker with ice. Strain into a glass, garnish with a…

We’ve all lost our minds a bit during the past year, but if you’re lucky, you’ve gone bonkers in a good way. Maybe you’ve become a fanatical bread baker or latte artist, or you’ve made a record number of Instant Pot meals in a single month. My husband’s pandemic compulsion has been pizza making—and while this sounds like a quarantine dream, it has become something else entirely. Wylie is consumed by pizza (note his gallery of photos here). He watches pizza videos until 3 a.m. and obsesses over the protein content of assorted flours. He orders pizza peels and cutters and dough-proofing boxes on the off chance that they’re better than the ones he ordered last week. Our refrigerator has been given over to dough research, a pizza steel is…

How’d They Meat? If you ask Anne Burrell, there’s a good chance her fiancé, Stuart Claxton, fell in love with her over meatballs. “The recipe here is called polpettini, which roughly means ‘little ones,’ but I usually make a version of this dish for Stuart called polpettone, which is like ‘big one,’” says the chef. “Maybe that’s why he put a ring on it!” Anne suggests whipping up these meatballs for anyone you love: “They are great to serve as a little bite before a meal.” ANNE BURRELL’S POLPETTINI 1. Coat a large skillet with olive oil and heat over medium heat. Add 3 diced onions, season with salt and cook until soft, 8 to 10 minutes. Add 3 finely chopped garlic cloves and cook 2 to 3 more minutes.…

not everyone is a fan of conversation hearts: In a recent poll, more than two-thirds of Food Network fans said they don’t eat them. But this heart is different—it’s a giant cake! To create the supersize sweet, we turned two cakes into a heart shape (check out the trick on the next page), then we covered the whole thing in a homemade marshmallow fondant. For the message, you just need food coloring…and something sweet to say! CONVERSATION HEART CAKE ACTIVE: 40 min | TOTAL: 1½ hr | SERVES: 12 Cooking spray 2 15- to 16-ounce boxes vanilla cake mix (plus required ingredients)1 16-ounce tub white frosting1 10-ounce bag marshmallows¼ cup water8 drops green liquid food coloring2 1-pound boxes confectioners’ sugar4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperatureHot pink or red liquid…