My interest in roast cabbage soared when I saw a big tray of it as a family meal for the kitchen staff. On that day, I…
Roasting or steaming a whole fish is a centerpiece for an Asian-style feast. Serve it with rice and broccolini in a soy, ginger and garlic sauce.…
New York, Chicago or Turkish pizza — take your pick. Let’s start with the least well known of the three, the Turkish pizza. They are smaller…
There are big flavor bombs in the brown rice with caramelized onions and black garlic dish. I can taste it the moment I read this recipe.…
Appetizer/ breakfast/ easy everyday/ Fish/ make ahead/ Pantry essentials/ Seafood/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Smoked Fish and Parsnip Cakes | Make Ahead
How do you make a cake without the usual sugar and wheat flour, in other words, a more nutritious kind for everyday eating? The answer is…
Pantry essentials/ pasta/ Sauté/ Side/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Pappardelle with Harissa, Olives and Capers | Ottolenghi #Simple
Yotam Ottolenghi publishes a new book titled Simple. Yes, just one word, simple, which has layers of meaning. This pappardelle with harissa, olives and capers recipe is…
Yotam Ottolenghi adapts a classic Waldorf salad to this sort-of-Waldorf in Plenty More. The classic is a fruit and nut salad generally made of fresh apples,…
No one can tell the story of honeynut squash better than Dan Barber. He made a compelling case for democratizing better seeds, honeynut squash being a…
easy everyday/ Fruit/ my favorites/ pastry/ puff pastry/ year round/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Apricot and Thyme Galettes
The apricot season is short. When it’s in season, apricot is one of my favorite fruits for baking. However, the canned or preserved version can be…
Dairy free/ Fish/ Gluten free/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Spiced Cod With Spinach and Chickpea Stew
“Yet another way to eat your spinach” is the title of this Yotam Ottolenghi’s article in the New York Times. Then he expands on how a…
This dish is striking. I can look and adore the beauty of it all day. The zucchini blossoms open up their interior anatomy for all to…
Zucchini blossoms are one of those ingredients you can only get your hands on once a year. I have my sights set on them for a…
There is so much you can do with the bountiful sweet corn in the summer. Corn cakes, corn chowder, corn bread or polenta made with fresh…
Which amazing salad would hold up against an epic French charcuterie? That’s the spirit when I chose to make the grilled radicchio and sugar snap pea salad…
This harissa-spiced tomato and tuna cake is awesome. The cake is not only good for picnic eaten outdoor as originally conceived by Yotam Ottolenghi. I want it…
Fish/ Gluten free/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Fish Koftas in Tomato and Cardamom Sauce | Engaging your Inner Chef
It has become more evident overtime that the success of a dish has less to do with the recipe, and everything to do with the state…
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…
easy everyday/ Fish/ year round/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Pan-Seared Salmon With Celery, Olives & Capers | #Ottolenghi
The pan-seared salmon with celery, olives and capers dish is inspired by Yotam Ottolenghi. In a recent article he wrote on the New York Times, he…
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…
Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Pantry essentials/ Soup/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Curried Lentil Tomato and Coconut Soup
Made the second lentil soup this week, although using red lentils rather than green lentils. The idea is the same: comfort food during the busy yearend…
This Yotam Ottolenghi’s flourless chocolate teacakes from his new book Sweet call for dark chocolate with 70% cocoa solids. What is it? In general, the higher…
Black Friday, cyber Monday and now giving Tuesday. There are much to do at this time of the year. Furthermore, you can always go an extra mile making food…
dessert/ featured/ Other Sweets/ pastry/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Saffron, Orange and Honey Madeleines | Giving Thanks
I so look forward to the Thanksgiving celebration with family and friends, while enjoying some good home-cooked Thanksgiving staples. It helps tremendously when you know your…
Appetizer/ Fruit/ quick bread/ Side/ Yeast bread/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Black Grape, Blue Cheese and Thyme Flatbread #YotamOttolenghi
I felt a real connection of place, history and food when I stayed on a farm in Tuscany years ago. That was a place where acres…
We made these blueberry, almond and lemon cakes when Yotam Ottolenghi wrote about his relationship with berries in his column “Head Over Heels for Berries” published…