Ideally, to make lox (cured salmon), you need salmon belly, writes Cathy Barrow in "Bagels, Schmears, and a Nice Piece of Fish," "but I'll cure any part of the salmon I'm given. If it's a thinner tail ...

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When buying your salmon, try to buy a section from the thickest part of a whole fish, and ask for it to be filleted into 2 pieces, leaving the skin on. To hold the fish while curing, ideally use two ...

Neil Doherty, the executive chef at the Marker in Houston’s Adam’s Mark Hotel (2900 Briarpark Drive) was something of a child prodigy. By 21, he was already a head chef in his native Ireland, where he ...

1 2-4 lb. piece of salmon, belly cut, Faroe Island (preferred) or Verlasso, as close to an even rectangle of uniform thickness as possible for best results. You may want to start with a smaller piece ...

You say holidays, and I say gravlax. In our Danish-American home, the winter holiday season is not complete without making home-cured salmon gravlax. It’s simple to make and an easy, elegant appetizer ...

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You say holidays, and I say gravlax. In our Danish-American home, the winter holiday season is not complete without making home-cured salmon gravlax. It’s simple to make and an easy, elegant appetizer ...

1 medium onion, peeled, grated and quickly pulsed in a food processor 1 large egg 2 pounds large russet potatoes, peeled and kept cold in the fridge ¼ cup matzoh meal 2 tablespoons chives, sliced thin ...

The salmon, chives and creme fraiche in Dominique Crenn’s home fridge come together in this luxurious but simple, house-cured salmon dish. Crenn, chef-owner of San Francisco’s three-Michelin-starred ...