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All-Purpose Recipe for Food (a la Bittman)

All-Purpose Recipe for Food (a la Bittman)

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by bugbitten

All-Purpose Recipe for Food (a la Bittman)

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by bugbitten

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Use of Aioli
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    bugbitten's Notes:

    We’ve found this all-purpose recipe to be adaptable to almost any cuisine.

Makes one or more servings (or less)

  1. Go out and get some local food. Or don’t. You might want to try growing some of your own, but that’s up to you. Preheat the oven, or something else, to 375 degrees. Get everything ready in its place or just wing it. Or don’t just wing it this time, however you’d like. Or possibly even dislike in certain cases. Cook the food (if you have some) in a cast iron pan or anything else that’s handy in a way that you like, or in a way that you’ve never tried before, or just skip this step. Tent loosely with foil. Arrange food on a large platter surrounded by more decorative foods, or ladle into chilled or red-hot serving bowls, or don’t. Pass with the orange slices and aioli, or don’t, or substitute key limes in season, or don’t, letting this simple and elegant dish speak for itself.

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7 Comments on All-Purpose Recipe for Food (a la Bittman)

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So cute!

110 Reply

Not even I deserves "cute". But thanks the same, chef.

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What if you have no foil, is there a substitute?

110 Reply

Tomorrow could be the day you start making your own parchment paper!

Oldies_joemare_bd Reply

Or don't

Scan0004 Reply

I'm making it for sure -- maybe.

110 Reply

Glad you loved the recipe, g person. Make it again and again!

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