Who would title a chef recipe chicken satay with fake-ass spicy peanut sauce? None other than Anthony Bourdain. This post is dedicated to him for his…
kitchen hack/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ Pizza/ straight dough/ year round/ Yeast bread
No-Roll Stuffed Pizza with Ricotta and Arugula | A New Twist
An old adage goes: “guests and fish begin to smell after three days.” So the rule for house guests is generally a three-day max, even for…
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…
dessert/ easy everyday/ Fruit/ my favorites/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake (National Trust Version)
The “national trust version” of this lemon and poppy seed cake recipe comes with a warranty, metaphorically speaking. The cake is as trustworthy and predictable as any…
bread with preferment/ Chad Robertson/ Levain bread/ my favorites/ Tartine
Tartine Blue Corn Polenta Bread | BBB
The real challenge in bread making is to be on point every step of the way, pushing the limit at times, showing restraint at others and…
classics/ David Lebovitz/ Meat/ my favorites/ Poultry/ winter
Cassoulet: White Bean, Sausage, Duck Confit Casserole
Cassoulet takes time to prepare. It’s a project especially when you make the duck confit from scratch, as we did a few weeks ago. No shortcut…
Chocolate/ Levain & Yeast Hybrid/ modernist/ my favorites
Chocolate Cherry Sourdough Bread in “Modernist Bread”
The chocolate cherry sourdough bread recipe is published in the New York Times article, “slicing through the myths to rethink bread.” The article reviews the new…
The credit goes to dmsynder, a Freshloaf bread enthusiast, who bakes and writes extensively on the San Joaquin sourdough bread. When you think your bread baking…
dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ Fruit/ my favorites/ summer/ Sweet
Brown Butter Peach Tourte | Tuesdays with Dorie
This brown butter peach tourte came out better and bigger than I’ve expected. The caramelized brown butter makes for a fragrant tourte. Furthermore, I made the…
Chad Robertson/ Levain bread/ my favorites/ sourdough/ Tartine/ whole wheat
Tartine Olive Walnut Bread | #Naturally leavened
My husband requested an olive bread which I have not made for quite some time. If you like olives, this Tartine olive walnut bread is irresistible.…
Bake/ breakfast/ Cream/ dessert/ Fruit/ my favorites/ summer
Stone Fruits Clafoutis or Dutch Baby in a Cast-Iron Pan
Cherries, apricots and peaches are at their seasonal best. They are sweet, juicy and luscious; there is nothing I want to eat more. The season for…
David Lebovitz/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ Side/ Simmer/ Soup/ year round
Vegetable Soup with Basil Puree: Best in Class #Soup
Vegetable soup can be exciting; this recipe is the proof. It can be more than comfort food. This vegetable soup has such depth of flavor that…
cheese/ David Lebovitz/ enriched dough/ my favorites/ pasta/ Side
Fresh Herbed Pasta with Lemon and Ricotta | Is #Fresh Pasta Better?
My dough hands love making fresh pasta. The project this week is fresh herbed pasta at Cook-the-Book-Fridays, the online group whose members are making our way…
enriched dough/ Fry/ my favorites/ Pizza/ quick bread/ Roast/ Side/ summer/ Yeast bread/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Lavash Flatbreads with Mint Yogurt and Vegetables | Flat’s the Way
Getting a flatbread recipe to work right, taste great, keep well and a dough that’s foolproof, has been on my list for a long time.…
David Lebovitz/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ my favorites/ Salad/ Side/ Simmer
Black Lentil Salad with Goat Cheese and Walnuts
There are three bags of lentil in the pantry: black beluga lentil from Canada, brownish lentil from the Pacific Northwest (Bob’s Red Mill) and red split…
dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ my favorites/ Nut
Plain & Simple Almond Cake – Gluten-Free (Tuesdays with Dorie)
Making a cake usually involves four ingredients. This recipe needs only three. Nothing more than its magic trinity of ingredients–eggs, sugar and almond flour, according to…
Artisan bread/ Crack/ David Lebovitz/ French/ modernist/ my favorites/ Salad
Bacon, Sous-Vide Eggs, Garlic Toasts and Escarole Salad – Salade Lyonnaise
Salade Lyonnaise is universally beloved across France, but not in America. You would think any breakfast-like dishes that answer the early morning cravings for salty…
Artisan bread/ BBB/ my favorites/ Peter Reinhart/ sourdough/ sprouted/ whole grain
Sprouted Sourdough Struan Bread #kingarthurflour | BBB
Struan bread is a traditional bread, and project of the month at BBB, hosted by Elle at Feeding my Enthusiasms. It’s origins are in the Michaelmas…
Heidi Swanson/ my favorites/ Savory/ Vegetable
Braised Spring Vegetables with a Parchment Lid – IHCC Picture Perfect
What makes a dish picture perfect? Spring vegetables, such as carrots and asparagus, with their brilliance and vibrancy have all the visual appeal I’m looking for.…
Onion tart is such an ordinary name, but this tart is anything but ordinary. I had this for lunch, because I wanted to take pictures…
Artisan bread/ David Lebovitz/ Jeffery Hamelman/ Levain bread/ my favorites/ sourdough/ Vegetable
Cherry Tomato Crostini with Vermont Sourdough & Herbed Cheese
Tomatoes are here, in all their glory. Big and small. Red and green. Round and sphere. Perfect time to be making something and everything I…
This is the start of restaurant week in New York city. It’s a great opportunity to explore the diverse offering of international cuisines and to meet…
Alice Waters/ Curtis Stone/ Dorie Greenspan/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ pastry/ Savory/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Tomato Tart Goat Cheese Herb Salad with Homemade Crème Fraîche & Ricotta
The fresh and sunny glow of summer tomatoes is fully echoed in this dish. I can’t decide whether this is really a salad or a…
Summer galette puts a smile on my face for the wide variety of juicy and delicious fruits I can use in it. This is the…
my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ Savory/ Soup/ Vegetable/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Hazelnut and Spinach Pesto
If there is one thing I would change about this dish from Ottolenghi’s NOPI, it is that I wish I have made a double portion. I…