Real-Time Recipes
Taste Bud Tango : Recipes for an Easy Sweet & Sour Meal
Sweet and sour flavors dance together beautifully in this simple, inspired menu.
It seems opposites attract—sweet-and-sour combinations are common across so many cultures, from Italian agrodolce to Filipino adobo to German-braised cabbage to Vietnamese nuoc cham dipping sauce. Dishes featuring a balanced combination of tart and sweet ingredients are appealing the world over. Here is a seasonal California take on a sweet-and-sour menu for fall.
Thyme and Lemon Chicken with Delicata Squash
Oven-roasting delicata squash with onions yields a velvety, slightly sweet vegetable side to pair with the lightly lemon-splashed chicken. Smaller juicy chicken leg quarters are roasted at the same...
Oven-Seared Cauliflower with Grapes and Agrodolce
Agrodolce—a tart-sweet sauce made by reducing honey and vinegar—is all about the tangy contrast. Deeply seared florets of cauliflower shine when dressed with this Italian-inspired condimento. A...
Oatmeal Cookies with Cranberries, Apricots and Walnuts
Everyone has a special place in their heart for cookies, especially in the fall when the weather turns cool and the smell of the cookies baking in the kitchen makes us want hunker to down. The tart...
