Potluck with Ali Rosen: Bring It!
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Ali Rosen is redefining potluck one dish at a time. As she says, “If potlucks bring to mind covered dish dinners, it’s time to rebrand. Think of them instead as outsourced dinner parties: when everyone brings a dish to share, entertaining is as easy as setting the table.”
As a Southern transplant living and working in New York City, Ali hosts a weekly television show, “Potluck.” Her new cookbook Bring It: Tried and True Recipes for Potlucks and Casual Entertaining (https://amzn.to/2JOmkvr) will inspire you to elevate what you bring to your next potluck. Have you considered making Cauliflower Salad with Lime and Turmeric? As Ali explains, a potluck is no longer confined to casseroles in church basements, it can be a group of friends meeting in a home to celebrate events such as The Oscars or The Super Bowl and bringing dishes that fit with the theme.
If you are a guest at a potluck, make sure you ask a lot of questions, such as “Will I be able to warm this dish up in the oven?” As a host, you should make suggestions of types of dishes that your guests should bring. That way you don’t end up with a dinner of desserts – although that might be a fun theme.
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Here are Ali’s three tips for the home chef:
* Bake with lard. (Ali’s grandmother passed this cooking tip down to her)
* Make food ahead
* Microplane garlic
What are your favorite dishes to bring to a potluck?
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