This recipe is adapted from Dorie Greenspan’s Odile’s fresh orange cake in Baking with Chez Moi. Like all things in life, there are so many ways…
Try to think about all the exciting vegetable and citrus (or fruit) combinations that capture my imagination and taste buds, this brussels sprouts and pomelo salad…
Artisan bread/ BBB/ bread with preferment/ Levain & Yeast Hybrid/ my favorites/ Savory/ sourdough
Caramelized Onion Levain Bread – BBB
The appropriate title of this bread should be: caramelized onion levain bread with whole-grain buckwheat, rye and wheat, which closely reflects its key characteristics. Yes, it…
convection steam/ my favorites/ Roast/ Savory/ Vegetable
Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Parsley Sauce in a Convection Steam Oven
This whole-roasted cauliflower dish has been in the making for quite a while. I first tasted it in a restaurant in D.C. and have been…
Blueberry Spelt & Oat Scone Currant & Pine Nut Cream Scone Name the most common ingredients in scones. Probably, you would find all-purpose flour, sugar, butter…
Vegetable soup. Warm soup. Spicy soup. Soup for dinner served with some homemade bread. A parsnip soup that’s so earthy, naturally sweet and comforting. It…
The last of the basket of butternut squash harvested in the fall was finally put into another inviting dish among all the wonderful squash dishes posted…
This is the season of cookies making – and giving. I make these special macarons once a year for friends whom I don’t get to know…
Meat/ my favorites/ Poultry/ Savory/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Squab (Any Small Bird) with Burnt Miso Butterscotch and Pomegranate-Walnut Salsa
Instead of having an oversize turkey, we had a much smaller bird for the Thanksgiving meal today. We had squabs. This sqaub recipe is adapted from…
One of the best chickens I’ve ever eaten My family was not a fan of roasted chickens. In their heads, it is not a good idea…
Stewed red onion: mouth-watering flavor The sausage and potato packet is my choice for “the dish of the day” at IHCC, from Jacques Pepin’s Fast Food…
Braise/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ Vegetable/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Sweet Corn Polenta with Eggplant Sauce
This dish is using ingredients from the local farmers’ market. Among my favorites vegetables I have been stocking up on are: white corn (Jersey Silver Queen),…
This fish dish gives the impression that you’ve been laboring in the kitchen. Poached halibut set on top of a bed of polenta and a red…
Best cake I’ve ever eaten Desserts with a distinctly French accent have quickly filled up the page for sweets on this blog. Not clearly knowing why!…
I’ve never had a bad day in Paris; I’ve never had a bad meal in Paris either. A jovial and romantic place where it’s impossible to…
Fun to eat bouchons with your fingers We know beets; we know chocolate, of course. But what the heck are bouchons? They mean corks, shaped by…
I have made this quiche several times in recent weeks, but for the wrong reasons! I just did not seem to get the right camera shots.…
I’ve always been a fan of cauliflower since childhood. Over the years, I’ve found recipes to dress up this plain vegetable or transform it into something…
Dear Yotam Ottolenghi, Beet is one of my favorite vegetables. Maybe it’s the deep vibrant color purple red that captivates my imagination. About…
I made this salad with soup and bread for dinner. A few hours later, I found my husband putting together and enjoying a…
Artisan bread/ King Arthur Flour/ Levain bread/ my favorites/ Tartine
Cranberry-Pecan Harvest Bread – A Tale of Baking in Two Cities
Perfect size for one round loaf of bread My favorite easy no-knead bread Packed with a brand new Dutch oven and my favorite no-knead bread…
Red macaron cookies dressed with light green pistachio pastry cream (see chocolate eclair post) are echoing the winsome jolly spirits of the holidays season. For me, there…
Fruit/ my favorites/ quick bread/ Tartine/ whole wheat/ Yeast bread
Banana Sourdough Whole-Grains Tea Cake
The smell of ripe bananas wafted from the pantry. A lively discussion ensued, within my earshot, between my husband and my teenage daughter. Why was…
Chad Robertson/ Fruit/ Low fat/ my favorites/ Other Breads/ sourdough/ Tartine/ whole wheat
Apple-Walnut Tea Cake with 100% Spelt
Spelt is ancient heirloom variety wheat first cultivated in 5000 BC and can be traced back to Mesopotamia. Spelt is high in protein and contains sufficient…
Artisan bread/ Chad Robertson/ Levain bread/ my favorites/ sourdough/ Tartine
Olive Bread with Walnuts and Sunflower Seeds
You can make a meal with this olive bread or dip the bread in your favorite olive oil together with some cheeses as a side.…