February 2009 Table of Contents

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Recipes

SPECIAL FEATURE

68/
50 easy ways
to eat green

From quick eco-friendly recipes to sustainable cooking and shopping tips, here are 50 things any foodie can do right now for a greener, cleaner,
more healthy world.

Text by Hugh Garvey

Recipes by Jeanne Thiel Kelley

84/
cooking club:

cozy winter supper

There's nothing like a hearty dinner with friends to take the chill out of winter: blue cheese-pear strudel, watercress salad, steamed mussels with sausages, and little lemon custard cakes.

By Josie Le Balch

90/
the road to
river cottage

With family in tow, hugh garvey gets to know dinner
on and off the table at a
sustainable farm and
cooking school in the
English countryside.

96/
a big bowl for super sunday

Kick off Super Bowl weekend right with a recipe for the best
Texas-style chili around.

By Cheryl Alters Jamison and
Bill Jamison

98/
chocolate,
outside the box

Whether you're celebrating Valentine's Day or any other day, these luscious, inventive treats are a chocolate lover's dream. Recipes include smoked-tea-infused pots de crème, homemade chocolate liqueur, a cocoa nib and citrus dacquoise, and more.

By Elizabeth Falkner

ganache tart with malted candy brittle

christopher griffith

starters

29/ why we love/
California organic extra-virgin olive oils.

30/ restaurants/
Modern vegetarian.

33/ q&a/
Oyster expert Rowan Jacobsen.

34/ drinks/
The new hot toddy; organic beers.

36/ navigator/
Oaxaca City, Mexico.

40/ culture/
Pandigital's Kitchen Technology Center;
cool tunes playlist;
books.
20/
r.s.v.p.

Readers' favorite restaurant recipes.

43/
fast easy fresh

Quick everyday recipes from
the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen.

50/
family style

This Valentine's Day, your sweethearts big and small will love herb-roasted lamb chops and heart-shaped raspberry
jam and lemon curd cakes.

By Maria Helm Sinskey

54/
at the market

Kale

Kale is a delectable powerhouse of vitamins and antioxidants.
Enjoy its peppery, rich flavor four ways.

Text by Amy Albert

Recipes by Dan Barber

58/
wine & spirits

Is high-tech innovation or traditional technique best for winemaking? PATRICK COMISKEY looks at the mixed messages in our bottles.

62/
cooking life

MOLLY WIZENBERG finds
a secret Coffee Crunch Bar recipe that's too good to keep
to herself.

64/
health wise

Red meat lovers, take note:
With some commonsense tricks, you can still enjoy good health and your favorite proteins.

By Sara Dickerman

106/
prep school

Making strudel from scratch; toasting cumin; assembling
a roast
; and more.

Text by Amy Albert

112/
feedback:

Sasha cohen.

When not on the ice, the figure-skating superstar works up an appetite by traveling the world for the best eats.

Interview by Elisa Huang

IN EVERY ISSUE

18/ letter from the editor

22/ bonappetit.com

109/ menu guide

110/ sourcebook

111/ recipe index

ABOUT THE COVER Grass-Fed Steak with Kalamata-Olive Chimichurri from "50 Easy Ways to Eat Green," page 68; recipe by Jeanne Thiel Kelley/ photography by José Picayo/
food styling by Susan Ottaviano for Halley Resources/ prop styling by Beverley Hyde

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RECIPES
cover recipe

Grass-Fed Steaks with Kalamata-Olive Chimichurri 79

appetizers

Chili-Lime Peanuts 100

Roquefort and
Pear Strudel
88

Tuscan Kale Chips 56

beverages

Catch-22 Cocktail 105

Homemade Chocolate Liqueur 105

The Laureate 34

soups, breads

Five-Spice Beet Soup 49

Kale and White Bean Stew 56

Parmesan-Herb Biscuits 20

salads

Kale Salad with Pine Nuts, Currants, and Parmesan 57

Watercress Salad with
Port-Braised Figs and Pickled Onion
89

breakfast dishes

Parmesan-Herb Biscuits 20

Quick Omega-3 Granola 78

Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon and Lemon Cream 44

main courses

Fish, seafood

Moroccan-Spiced Scallops and Lentils 49

Roasted Farm-Raised Barramundi with Fennel
and Orange
77

Shrimp and Fingerlings in Tomato Broth 79

Steamed Mussels with Sausages and Fennel 89

Thai Black Cod with Beets and Chinese Broccoli 20

meats

Beef Chili with Ancho, Mole, and Cumin 97

Bison Burgers with
Cabernet Onions and Wisconsin Cheddar
70

Grass-Fed Steaks with Kalamata-Olive Chimichurri 79

Herb-Roasted
Lamb Chops
52

Roast Pork Loin and
Root Vegetables with Cracklings and
Italian-Style Salsa Verde 95

Steamed Mussels with Sausages and Fennel 89

poultry

Chicken Stir-Fry with Yams, Red Cabbage, and Hoisin 44

Duck Breasts with
Roasted Vegetables
and Madeira Sauce 22