How to make oven-baked fries without a deep-fryer? In David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen, he shows us a method that’s simple to do and a lot…
Dairy free/ Jim Lahey/ Low fat/ straight dough/ whole grain/ whole wheat/ Yeast bread
Whole Wheat Pita Bread | Jim Lahey
It has been a while since I last wrote about pita bread. Meanwhile, many of my favorite Middle Eastern dishes are best eaten handheld, like a…
It behooves a coffee lover, one who also writes a food blog to know what cold brew coffee is. But I didn’t, until now! In New…
Braise/ breakfast/ Crack/ David Lebovitz/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Shakshuka | My Paris Kitchen
Shakshuka is a dish of eggs poached in a spiced sauce of tomatoes. It has its origin in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia), although the dish…
Let’s talk science. What’s the difference between sorbet and ice cream? It’s the greater amount of fat, that gives ice cream the richness and creaminess, as…
June starts with the letter J. How many ingredients starting with “J” can I put into a summer dish? That’s the IHCC’S challenge this week. Thanks,…
Bake/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Side/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Herby Polenta with Corn, Eggs and Feta | One-Pot Game Changer
Polenta is a good ingredient to use as an alternative to pasta or mashed potatoes. Gluten free as well as low carb. Thus there is very…
Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Nigel Slater/ Pantry essentials/ Roast/ Side/ Steam
Lokanta Stew | Roasted Vegetables with Butter Beans
A lokanta, or “tradesmen’s restaurant,” is where you can find delicious home-cooked style food in Turkey. This dish is a healthy, vegan, roasted vegetable stew. Other…
Nigel Slater/ Other Breads/ Pantry essentials/ quick bread/ whole wheat
Irish Soda Bread | Nigel’s Lazy Loaf
Nigel Slater calls this bread his lazy loaf, I’ll rather call it the Irish soda bread. Although there are only four to five ingredients involved, I…
Dairy free/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Simmer/ Soup
Green-as-Spring Soup | Everyday Dorie
If you ever doubt that an all-vegetable soup can be flavorful, this green-as-spring soup is a solid proof that it can be done. Meanwhile, which vegetable…
Appetizer/ Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ Gluten free/ Levain & Yeast Hybrid/ Pantry essentials/ Side/ Toss
Green Olive, Basil and Almond Tapenade
This is the third tapenade we make from David Lebovitz’s recipes in My Paris Kitchen with our friends at Cook-the-Book-Fridays. Years ago, we made artichoke tapenade,…
Every time I walk by the Trader Joe’s freezer section and see siu mai, I want some to go. One little bite of the juicy, bouncy…
Gluten free/ kitchen hack/ Low fat/ Nigel Slater/ Side/ spring
Roast New Potatoes with Creamed Spinach
Fudgy new potatoes over a green field of creamy spinach, with a pile of pea sprouts on top, evokes the essence of spring. I came across…
I made salmon burger together with our friends at Cook-the-Book-Fridays, as we cook through the recipes in Dorie Greenspan’s Everyday Dorie. Instead of commenting about the…
Berry/ breakfast/ classics/ easy everyday/ Fruit/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ quick cake/ Ruth Reichl/ straight dough
Fannie Farmer’s Classic Yeast-Raised Waffles
The 1896 original Fannie Farmer’s classic yeast-raised waffles are finding their ways on this blog via Marion Cunningham’s completely updated cookbook published in 1979. I don’t…
Cooking the sugar syrup in the style of the Italian meringue has always been a challenge for me. It’s no exception this time for one of…
Dairy free/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Grill/ Low fat/ Ruth Reichl/ Salad
Asian Eggplant Salad | First Day of the Pig Year
There is no better time to cook a global delight than on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Pig. Pick the Asian…
I never thought of celery root purée as a low-carb mashed potatoes until I made it — based on David Lebovitz recipe in My Paris Kitchen.…
Jamie Oliver makes this for his kids for breakfast on the way to school. He calls it Jool’s breakfast on the go. I make it for…
The roasted root vegetables are similar to the baked Provençal vegetables (tian), which we made a while ago, from My Paris Kitchen. The roasted root vegetable may not…
Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ dessert/ Fruit/ Gluten free/ holidays/ Low fat
Clementine Prosecco Sorbet with Candied Citrus Peel
A few days into the New Year, we’re still in the mood of welcoming a fresh beginning. What can be more festive than a dish of…
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…
It’s starting to feel like December when the temperature is dropping by each passing day. Ruth Reichl writes: “the Tuscan bean soup is one of the…
David Lebovitz/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ Side/ Toss/ whole wheat
Traditional Tabbouleh | My Paris Kitchen
We made tabbouleh this week at Cook-the-Book-Fridays. This is another raw vegetable dish from My Paris Kitchen by David Lebovitz. He also introduced us to fattoush…