Dorie Greenspan’s Giverny tomatoes are inspired by a similar confit dish served in a restaurant in Giverny. Claude Monet’s house and famous garden is located there; it’s worth a…
easy everyday/ Sauté/ Side/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Garlicky Chard with Five-Spice Tomatoes | Yotam Ottolenghi
Rainbow chard never fails to catch my attention at the farmers market. It’s colorful, vibrant and always showy, next to mounds of dark-green bundles of kale. Knowing that these…
Salad/ Sugar free/ summer/ Toss/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Summer Tomatoes with Mango Miso Dressing | Ottolenghi
When there are sun-kissed seasonal ingredients on hands, you have a wonderful dish made. In this case, the inspirations are the summer tomatoes in ruby red and mangoes in…
This recipe is adapted so that you don’t need a tagine vessel to make a Moroccan-style fish stew — with tomatoes, olives and preserved lemon. In fact, any shallow…
Sauté/ Side/ summer/ vegetarian/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Rainbow Chard with Tomatoes and Green Olives | Ottolenghi’s Flavor
The fresh and bountiful farmers market produce inspires this dish. I came across the rainbow chard with tomatoes and green olives recipe in Ottolenghi’s Flavor. A quick sautè of…
Grill/ Roast/ Side/ Simmer/ two ways/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Lentils with Eggplant and Tomatoes | A Study of Contrast
It’s a study of contrast comparing lentils two ways: 1) lentils with eggplant, tomatoes and yogurt (the “recipe”) and 2) lentil and eggplant stew (the “stew”) posted earlier. My…
As far as cooking perfect rice goes, the method by Ottolenghi in this recipe is unparalleled. I base my comparison against the top-of-the-line highly-rated Zojirushi pressure induction rice cooker.…
Braise/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Meat
Braised Lamb Shanks with Tomatoes and Olives | Everyday Dorie
Do you remember the last restaurant meal you had before the lockdown? Yes, it was in a restaurant in Vermont on one of our ski weekends in early March.…
Appetizer/ Bake/ Grill/ pasta/ Salad/ Side/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Grilled Tomatoes and Onions with Feta-Harissa Pine Nuts | Ottolenghi
It may sound far-fetched, but the grilled tomatoes and onions with feta-harissa pine nuts has all the beauty and poetry of “hare in the woods.” Picasso saw cubism in…
easy everyday/ Poultry/ Roast/ Ruth Reichl/ scalable
Sheet-pan Roasted Chicken with Fennel, Potatoes, Tomatoes and Olives
Sheet pans and cast-iron pans are indispensable tools in my kitchen. I regularly sing their praises. Not only do I use them for cooking, roasting and baking, sheet pans…
This scallops with orzo, tomatoes and ginger recipe comes from Eric Ripert. It feels like I’ve found the roadmap to many delicious everyday seafood dishes—with some variations. Substitute scallops…
Braise/ Dairy free/ Gluten free/ my favorites/ Side/ Simmer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Spiced Maqluba With Tomatoes and Tahini Sauce | A Feast with Rice
How do you turn rice from what’s normally a side dish into the centerpiece of a meal? Spanish Paella comes to mind. Last week, Yotam Ottolenghi published a spiced…
The bounty of heirloom tomatoes is unmatched at this time of the year. I want to savor every large tiger, green and red plum tomatoes as much as I…
cheese/ easy everyday/ Salad/ Side/ summer/ Toss/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Tomatoes with Wasabi Mascarpone and Pine Nuts #Ottolenghi
When you think you’re running out of new ways to serve tomatoes, consider wasabi mascarpone? Really? That may seem like an odd combination, but wait till you taste it.…
José Andrés/ make ahead/ Middle Eastern/ my favorites/ Poultry/ summer
Marinated Chicken Kebabs with Sumac Onions | José Andrés
Chicken kebabs might be one of the most famous chicken dishes of the Middle East. It has roots in the Ottoman Empire, namely the Turkish tavuk sis or the…
Appetizer/ featured/ French/ my favorites/ Roast/ summer/ vegetarian/ whole wheat
Cherry Tomato Tart with an Olive Crust
I see the artistry as well as the seasonal nature of Chef Yann Nury’s cherry tomato tart. The picture of him sketching the cherry tomato tart in the New…
How do you transform a humble can of white beans into a weekday meal that’s both satisfying and nutritious? It’s advantageous to have this recipe of creamy spicy tomato…
5 ingredients or less/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ summer/ Toss/ vegetarian
Cucumber-Avocado Salad and Summer Vegetables
The summer months are what I look forward to when cucumber and avocado are everywhere and at their seasonal peak. Perhaps you have your favorite summer ingredients: like watermelons,…
I have my favorite and an easier version of the bolognese sauce. I make it from time to time, but have never made Marcella Hazan’s bolognese sauce in its…
Dorie Greenspan/ Meat/ Mediterranean/ my favorites/ one-pan/ winter
Braised Lamb Shanks with Carrots and Olives | Everyday Dorie
Last time I made Dorie’s braised lamb shanks for the blog was at the height of the pandemic in April 2020. (See the full recipe here.) I loved the…
“Poke-ay” conjures up the image of enjoying a bowl of it in the open air by the ocean in Hawaii wearing flip-flops. The polarity between the real and the…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ holidays/ Mediterranean/ pasta/ scalable/ Seafood
Seafood Pasta | Everyday Dorie
The seafood pasta has a similar vibe to the holiday fish soup in the same section of Dorie’s book Everyday Dorie. Just substitute pasta in stead of a broth…
One huge and unexpected culinary discovery in 2023 for me is the Moroccan tagine. A trip to Morocco spurs the interest and exposure in the subtleties of its local…
Bake/ brunch/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Side/ summer
Double-Corn Tomato Crisp | Baking with Dorie
When Dorie starts the recipe description with: There’s a time…, I feel compelled to hear her out in its entirety. (See the quote below.) I can relate to the…
We are fortunately that we don’t have too many days of triple-digit heat in the New York area. But the ongoing heat wave, together with the air quality alert,…