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AOTW: What was the first recipe you ever tried? What are some of your favorite dishes in general, and from your own books, in particular?
Smita Chandra: Since I grew up in an all-vegetarian family, my recipe testing had to be vegetarian, too. As I recall, the first recipe I ever made was a potato, tomato, and green pea curry. I used to cut out recipes from magazines and try them out at home when I had a chance. My all time favorite Indian dishes have to be Chicken curry and Tandoori chicken. I like Shah Jahani Makhani Dum Murghi (grilled marinated chicken baked in a tomato nut cream sauce) from Cuisines of India as well as Gosht Ka salan (lamb curry with sautéed onions, tomatoes, yogurt and baby potatoes) from the same book. I like Murgh kasoori (Skewers of ground chicken marinated with fried onion and dried fenugreek leaves) and Tandoori panerr (cottage cheese marinated in yogurt and spices) from Indian Grill.
Stan Frankenthaler: I cooked as a kid --- omelettes, fancy, composed grilled sandwiches...then got into pastas and grilling. I especially like fish and seafood; I love crabs, scallops, halibut and all sorts of sashimi and sushi. The recipes I particularly like in The Occidental Tourist are the Shrimp Fritters, the Twice Cooked Chicken and the Salmon with Fresh Oyster Sauce.
Victoria Granof: The first recipe I ever tried? That would have to have been pancakes, with which I tortured my sisters every Sunday throughout our childhood until I got it right! To be truthful, we're talking about an anti-recipe, since I didn't actually follow a recipe but attempted to create one from eggs, milk and powdery white substances found in the pantry!
I like very simple, flavorful foods, generally. Currently, I'm living on grilled hanger steak over arugula with lemon and shaved Parmigiano Reggiano. My lemon semolina cookies and my grandmother's sesame biscotti always make me very happy...
Kathy Gunst: My mother's recipe for Baked Stuffed Potatoes.
Elinor Klivans: The first recipe that I ever baked with my mother was the butter cookie recipe from my grandmother Sophie. Ice cream pies with lots of fudgy and crunchy mix-ins are one of my favorites. Others are chocolate cakes of any sort, pecan-type nut pies, crumb topped desserts and anything with praline or hazelnuts and milk chocolate. Yum!
David Lebovitz: When I was old enough to be left on my own, my parents would leave me and my sister home with a couple of TV dinners to bake. I clearly remember taking out my mother's copy of The Settlement Cookbook and making a chocolate souffle for us. I think I even baked it in a Pyrex measuring cup. And I learned to measure by mixing up Good Seasons salad dressing!
Sheila Lukins: The first recipe I ever tried with great success was Moussaka and I always built dinner parties around this Greek theme.
Steven Raichlen: The first recipe I ever tried was Caesar salad --- I learned it from an old-school black waiter at a restaurant my parents used to dine at once a week: the 3900 in Baltimore. Mr. Louis was his name and he'd let me stand at the cart with him and mix the salad with great ceremony.
Joanne Weir: I recall making oatmeal cookies the first time I baked. I am not sure if it was the first time but I remember baking them because I put a cup and a half of baking soda in them instead of a teaspoon and a half. I remember when I baked them they spread over the entire cooking sheet and off the edges onto the floor of the oven. I remember tasting them with my mother and she said they still tasted good!
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