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farro

  • Mustardy Chicken Thighs with Farro, Brown Butter Squash, Kale, and Bacon

    Mustardy Chicken Thighs with Farro, Brown Butter Squash, Kale, and Bacon

    Last night I was in the weeds: it was five o’clock, we had dinner guests coming at seven, and I had eight chicken thighs, a bag of farro, two Delicata squash, kale, and some bacon. Two Google searches later — one that landed me on a Thomas Keller recipe for Farro and Black Rice with…

  • The Best Way To Cook Farro

    The Best Way To Cook Farro

    Talking about the best way to cook farro is a bit like talking about the best place to have a colonoscopy; useful information, perhaps, but not anything to get excited about. Hey, I shared your feelings until I had the privilege of cooking with the great American chef Suzanne Goin at the LA Times Book…

  • Fun Times with Farro: Cauliflower and Cara Cara Oranges, Smoked Trout and Parmesan

    Fun Times with Farro: Cauliflower and Cara Cara Oranges, Smoked Trout and Parmesan

    They say you’ve gotta know the rules before you break the rules and I think that’s true of cooking as much as it’s true of art or writing or any other discipline. Before you make deconstructed spaghetti and meatballs with foam and fruit leather and dehydrated beef essence, you should probably learn how to make…

  • Fun with Farro

    Fun with Farro

    I’m starting to enjoy blank canvas foods like quinoa and farro and cous cous. (Autocorrect just tried to change that to “cous cows.”) The fun comes from dressing them up, like a Christmas tree or an Oscar nominee on Oscar night. The more ingredients you know to add to the mix, the more fun you…