Tag Archives: Signature Dish

Signature Dish: Bastardizing Cook’s Illustrated

May 1, 2009 – 6:00 am

by Charlotte Beal My favorite cooking magazine right now is Cook’s Illustrated. It appeals to the control freak in me because the editors OBSESSIVELY tinker with and test recipes, like hundreds of times, until absolute perfection is achieved. Science is their friend, and muse. And yet, it does not speak to my lifestage at the […]

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Signature Dish: Winging Pasta Sauce

April 24, 2009 – 10:08 am

by Charlotte Beal Serious Eats alerted me to a new book by Michael Ruhlman called Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking. In a way, it’s what I’ve been trying to do with Signature Dish – empower beginner cooks (whose ranks are growing thanks to the Great Recession) to know that they […]

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Signature Dish:  The Weight of Food

January 12, 2009 – 2:49 pm

by Charlotte Beal Recently, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review said fad diets are out. The next day, TrendCentral.com said they’re in. (For the record, Iconoculture has documented a general trending toward consumer embrace of lifestyle overhauls rather than periodic “diets” in the old-school sense of the word.) The interplay of health, food and (let’s face it) vanity […]

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Signature Dish: List Making

January 9, 2009 – 9:56 am

by Charlotte Beal A colleague recently alerted me to Real Simple’s online series, “Time-Saving Tips for Busy Parents,” specifically the Supermarket Strategies story. It’s a mix of fairly “duh” tips like digging back in the produce and dairy sections for the freshest items and stooping to notice that the cheaper items are shelved on the […]

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Signature Dish: Focaccia

December 17, 2008 – 10:45 am

by Charlotte Beal Last week I got the most intense craving for homemade focaccia. This involves a bit more effort than buying one at Trader Joe’s, of course, which is why I gave myself permission to focus on focaccia as the main event and round out dinner with a simple salad, prosciutto and St. Andre […]

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Signature Dish: Meal Planning

December 11, 2008 – 3:41 am

by Charlotte Beal Today’s dish is all about attempting to save money by using up tired or frozen ingredients. When I went to plan this week’s meals last weekend, here were some of the dying or patiently waiting foods I needed to consume: frozen country-style pork ribs, frozen chicken breasts, bacon, heavy cream, ricotta and […]

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Signature Dish: Chicken Pot Pie Leftovers

November 22, 2008 – 10:26 am

by Charlotte Beal The other night I was too tired to cook (it happens to the best of us), plus I had some yummy leftovers in the fridge. So my husband Josh and I dined on leftover chicken pot pie. This is a convenience version of this comforting staple – another Bon Appetit recipe – […]

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Signature Dish: Processor Burgers

November 20, 2008 – 8:16 pm

by Charlotte Beal Sounds so not like me, right? “Processor burgers” are just what I call the amazing, food-processor-ground burgers from Cook’s Illustrated magazine. They are juicy and easy, and provide simple comfort – not to mention confidence (no sketchy ground meat from the supermarket) and bragging rights (I ground my own burgers!). They’re about […]

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Signature Dish: Pan-Pizza Party

November 19, 2008 – 6:12 am

by Charlotte Beal Today I want to dish about super-easy quasi-homemade pizza. Recently my parents were in town, so I tried to come up with some impressive yet still budget-friendly and simple-to-make-after-a-long-day-of-editing dishes. Skillet pizza, a recipe from my Bon Appetit days, fits the bill, made even easier if your favorite grocery store sells fresh […]

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Welcome to Signature Dish

November 13, 2008 – 10:54 am

by Charlotte Beal My job is to bring consumer insights to Iconoculture clients. My passion is to cook as many interesting, delicious meals as possible. Cooking is my one true creative outlet, and I’ve always said that a boring meal is a moment wasted. As food prices have soared and my time has contracted (I […]

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