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making bacon with, 174–75

making Canadian bacon with, 170–71

making lard with, 155–56

making pancetta with, 176–77

making prosciutto with, 178–80

making salt pork with, 167–68

pot stickers, 98–100

prosciutto, about, 177

Post, Charles, 43

potato(es)

chips, 112–13

french fries, 108–9

hash browns, 51

mashed, 222–23

sweet, 223–24

pot stickers, 98–100

poultry

chicken and rice soup, 105–6

chicken stock, 106–7

duck egg ravioli, 194–95

duck prosciutto, 177–78

fried chicken, 117–20

oven-fried chicken, 121

raising your own chickens, 34–39

raising your own ducks, 191–93

raising your own turkeys, 216–19

roasted chicken, 133–36

store-bought turkeys, 219

pound cake, 259–60

preserve, orange-apricot, 239–40

prosciutto

about, 177

duck, 177–78

pork, homemade, 178–80

Prudhomme, Paul, 221

pudding

biscuit, 76

butterscotch, 267–68

chocolate, 269

rice, buying, 267

vanilla, 269

pumpkin

–chocolate chip muffins, 71–72

pie, 224–25

quesadillas, 146

raisin cinnamon bagels, 19

ravioli, duck egg, 194–95

Reinhart, Peter, 17

relish, sweet-hot pickle, 241–42

restaurant food

banh mi, 83

barbecue, 84–86

barbecue spaghetti, 87

braised beef, 88–89

burritos, 90

crème brûlée, 90–91

crème fraîche, 93

Dr Pepper barbecue sauce, 86–87

dumpling wrappers, 100–101

flourless chocolate cake, 92–93

horseradish, 89–90

mignonette, 96

Napoleons, 94–95

oysters, 95–96

pizza, 96–98

pot stickers, 98–100

sashimi, 101–2

steak tartare, 102

Reuben sandwiches, about, 180

rice

and chicken soup, 105–6

pudding, buying, 267

Rice Krispie treats, 132

ricotta

duck egg ravioli, 194–95

homemade, 198

The River Cottage Cookbook (Fearnley-Whittingstall), 242

roasted chicken, 133–36

Robertson, Laurel, 7–8

Roden, Claudia, 181

Ruhlman, Michael, 167, 176, 177, 178–79, 181, 187

Russian dressing, 184

rye bread, 12–13

salad, 136–38

salad dressings

Russian dressing, 184

vinaigrette, 138

salmon

cured, homemade, 22–23

farmed, toxins in, 22

and parasites, 22, 23

smoked, two types of, 22

salmonella, 39, 40, 164

salsa, 82

salt, kosher, about, 22

salt pork, homemade, 167–68

Samuelsson, Marcus, 181

sandwiches

banh mi, buying, 83

Reuben, about, 180

Uncrustables, about, 1, 3–4

sashimi, buying, 101–2

sauces

chocolate, 275

cranberry, buying, 221–22

Dr Pepper barbecue, 86–87

hollandaise, 58–59

hot sauce, 81

marinara, 145–46

mignonette, 96

pesto, 143–44

vinegar, for barbecue, 85–86

Worcestershire, 166

sauerkraut, homemade, 183–84

sausage

apple-sage breakfast, 186

layered polenta, 251–52

scones, maple nut, 68–69

seafood. See fish and shellfish

See’s chocolates, 130

semifreddo, espresso and mascarpone, 199–201

The Serial (McFadden), 150

sesame seeds, making tahini with, 30

Shapson, Steve, 196

shellfish. See oysters Shrecker, Ellen, 98

simplest buttercream, 280

simple syrup, 228

Skippy’s apricot cake, 282–83

Smitten Kitchen (website), 126

smoking foods

in a charcoal grill, 172

on the stovetop, 172–73

sorbet, grape ambrosia, 272–73

sorbet, pink grapefruit, 271

soup, chicken and rice, 105–6

soy yogurt, 47–48

spices

buying and storing, 72

spice rub for barbecue, 84–85

vadouvan, making your own, 255

white peppercorns, buying, 249

Splendid Table (Kasper), 199

spreads and dips

almond butter, 16

clotted cream, 69–70

cream cheese, 20–21

guacamole, 80

hot sauce, 81

hummus, 28–29

lemon curd, 49–50

mayonnaise, 39–40

milk mayonnaise, 40–41

Nutella, 31–33

onion dip, 114

salsa, 82

tahini, 30

steak tartare, buying, 102

stock, chicken, 106–7

Stowell, Ethan, 174, 194

stuffing, 220–21

Sullivan Street Bakery (New York), 14

sweet-hot pickle relish, 241–42

sweet potatoes, 223–24