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…
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Panna Cotta with Balsamic Strawberries | Ina Garten
Kick off the summer season with panna cotta with balsamic strawberries. This is a recipe you can find on Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa website. A cold…
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Western Frittata | Everyday Dorie
“A frittata is a dish that every cook should know how to make,” says Dorie in the opening sentence of the western frittata recipe in Everyday…
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Cacio e Pepe Roasted Asparagus | Ina Garten
Cacio e pepe literally means “cheese and pepper.” It’s a minimalist approach to pasta but not so minimalist when it comes to asparagus. Most of the…
Chocolate/ dessert/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Pantry essentials/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Hot Chocolate and Citrus Puddings | Pandemic Recipes
This hot chocolate and citrus puddings deliver the lightness of soufflé without any of the anxiety. Meanwhile, a closer examination of the ingredients reviews there is…
Bake/ Pantry essentials/ Side/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Spicy Roast Potatoes with Tahini and Soy | Ottolenghi
The spicy roast potatoes with tahini and soy recipe is easy and spicy, as promised by Yotam Ottolenghi. The kick comes from rose harissa, a staple…
Don’t let not having the time to soak white bean overnight stop you from making the Tuscan white bean soup. I say that because Ina Garten…
Cranberry is a must-have on the Thanksgiving table. After making a parsnip and cranberry cake, I have close to a bag of leftover cranberry. The idea…
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Charred Carrots with Orange and Balsamic
I have to find ways to use up all the carrots from the recent CSA deliveries. Ina Garten’s recipe of charred carrots with orange and balsamic…
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Miso-Maple-Jammed and Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are showing up in droves in the CSA boxes recently. Hence, I’ve been making sweet potatoes with miso-maple two ways: as a jam and…
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Miso Corn and Squid | Everyday Dorie
Dorie writes about her encounter with the mythical Kyoto corn and the other Japanese culinary wizardry. That stirs up the sensational memory of my solo trip…
The abundance of the seasonal Jersey white corn gets me thinking about a summer vegetable succotash. “We’ll wager that for as long as there have been…
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Ricotta Spoonable | Everyday Dorie
The idea of having a ricotta spoonable to go with almost anything is appealing. I serve the spoonable with some steamed yellow beans and crabmeat. I’m…
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Banana Bread Scones | Freezer to Table
What do you do with the last-of-the-bunch, single banana which is past its prime? Make some quick banana bread scones. Once you make the batter, you…
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Squash, Butter beans and Thyme | Heirloom Beans
What Nigel Slater calls butter beans is the same as white lima beans in the US. Butter beans generally refer to the mature flat, white lima…
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Potato & Chorizo Breakfast Hash | Jamie Oliver
It’s a cloudy rainy summer morning when I made the potato & chorizo breakfast hash. The stillness of the soft egg yolk in the pool of…
Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials/ Sauté/ Side/ Simmer
Garlic & Chili Baked Beans | Jamie Oliver
When the external conditions are grim, don’t despair, be prepared. Faced with a pandemic with an uncertain end point, let’s get our food supply in order.…
I need some burger buns to go with veggies burgers I’m making; so they have to be easy. I find this recipe on the King Arthur…
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Three-Pepper Veggie Burgers | Everyday Dorie
I make a three pepper veggie burger instead of a conventional beef burger because we generally prefer a plant-based diet. Now the challenge becomes whether I…
Dairy free/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ whole grain/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Farro Risotto with Marinated Feta | Ottolenghi
Unlike the proper Italian risotto, the farro risotto with marinated feta does not require the precision and meticulous preparations. So when I run out of Arborio…
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Cornmeal-Buttermilk Skillet Cake | Everyday Dorie
This cake has a lot going for it, even in the midst of the Covid season. I say that because all-purpose flour is in short supply.…
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Herby Zucchini and Peas with Semolina Porridge | Ottolenghi’s “Simple”
In lockdown, nights roll into mornings, mornings into days, and days upon days with no defined schedules or boundaries. Likewise, it seems to me our appetite…
easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ Steam/ Toss/ whole grain/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Buckwheat and Haricots Verts Salad | Ottolenghi’s Simple
How do we make it through another day? Exercise our ingenuity and steel our resolve to combat the virus day by day. It’s going to be…
What does a bread baker do with all the time on her hands amid the lockdown? Well, my focus has been to bake breads that require…
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Butter-Poached Corn with Squid-Ink Pasta | Everyday Dorie
Three weeks into the lockdown, we can cook anything we want for the coronavirus edition at Cook-the-Book-Friday. I choose the butter-poached corn with egg noodles since…