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Sophia Real | Real Simple Food's avatar

That black garlic bbq sauce sounds amazing! Gotta give that a try (I have been experimenting with a black garlic take on Toum to have with grilled chicken, red cabbage slaw and nigella seed studded flatbreads but this bbq sauce sounds worth trying too).

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Maggie Hoffman's avatar

ooh that toum! Black garlic is so fun to work with.

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Sophia Real | Real Simple Food's avatar

What else do you make with it?

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Maggie Hoffman's avatar

very fun blitzed into mayo/ aioli for dipping/drizzling (at Bar Tartine they served it with crispy potatoes.) It can be awesome mixed with regular garlic in buttery noodles w/ crab or scallops too. A little can amp up hoisin sauce too!

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Sophia Real | Real Simple Food's avatar

Buttery noodles with black garlic sounds fantastic! And I am intrigued by the hoisin sauce idea as well!

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Sarah's avatar

Excited to try this recipe!

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Kaylee Cubbage's avatar

Yum! Black Garlic BBQ sauce sounds delicious!

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Lauren's avatar

Loved listening to this convo! Cant wait to try this harissa recipe!

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Maggie Hoffman's avatar

thank you so much for listening, Lauren!

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Maria Bingham's avatar

The frittata is so often suggested as the solution of what to do with random vegetable odds and ends, but I love the idea of fermenting them. Calling all mason jars, LFG!

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Tiffany's avatar

Loved Cortney’s cooking at Bar Tartine so much & Darra is a legend. Would be dreamy to add this set to my cookbook collection . Looking forward to listening to the podcast ❤️

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Lauren Gitlin's avatar

Absolutely lorved this convo. Currently R+D-ing a whey soda myself so I’m dying to get my hooves on that “Drinks” volume ❤️

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Jonathan Moxey's avatar

I’m here for all of this. Grilling season is close at hand!

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Maggie Hoffman's avatar

SO TRUE! (and hiiii Jonathan! miss you guys!)

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Cporcari's avatar

Great episode!

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Chessa's avatar

OMG where was this harissa recipes when I needed it 2 years ago with a bumper crop of peppers (that are still hanging out in my freezer 😅)?? Amazing! And I have never wanted to try something more than black garlic BBQ ribs 🤤

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Maggie Hoffman's avatar

Same!!

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Stef's avatar

Added black garlic to my grocery list. Working on garden plans and I was wavering on peppers but now I’m thinking we will try and grow some.

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Maggie Hoffman's avatar

I will be so jealous of your pepper patch. You could do Jimmy Nardellos!

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Tamara's avatar

ooh that black garlic sauce sounds amazing. we used to have a local farmer that made it, but sadly he passed away

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Rebekah Jones's avatar

I’m so excited for the harissa recipe!

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Elizabeth Floyd's avatar

I haven't made fresh harissa in a long time, but I'm feeling inspired!

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Michele Lunt's avatar

I'm a big fan of both Darra and Cortney and have had my eye on the book series.

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Lisa's avatar

Loved this conversation and wish I had you both in my kitchen to chat about all these tips and ideas - wow!

I do have a question, do you happen to have a resource to point me to where I can learn more about the reverse cooking technique for proteins? I am an experienced home cook, but I struggle with my proteins. I have luck with sous vide and the IP to get meat tender, but the oven, I can follow a recipe exactly and get different results each the time. It drives me crazy!

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Maggie Hoffman's avatar

Kenji has written a bunch about this technique. Maybe start here? https://www.patreon.com/posts/food-lab-nearly-122070097

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Lisa's avatar

Thanks Maggie! I do have both of his cookbooks - I will check this out and dive back into his books. Thanks for the reminder!

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