The Bakewell tart is a British classic. It combines a buttery shortcrust pastry, a filling of raspberry jam, almond sponge cake (or frangipane in some versions),…
Boozy jumbled-fruit croustade in Everyday Dorie can take different types of dough. Among them, the phyllo dough is Dorie’s choice, but my least favorite. The last…
Chocolate/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ my favorites
Mokonuts’ Rye-Cranberry Chocolate Chunk Cookies | Baking with Dorie
I’ve been busy making and eating these cookie, and somehow, it escapes me to tell our readers all about them. Dorie says: To describe the…
Coeur a la creme is a lustrous cream-based dessert molded to the shape of a heart. Putting the two elements together on Valentine’s Day makes my…
Mindful eating starts early in the morning with breakfast. A foundational element for me is a homemade vegetarian yogurt, which is far easier to produce than…
There are food you may be less inclined to make at home. Bagels fall in that category. The pandemic does many things. It upends our…
A warm breakfast on a cold wintery morning gives me a shot of energy I need to jumpstart the day. A plain Dutch baby recipe from…
breakfast/ classics/ foundation recipe/ scalable
Buttermilk Scones with Green Onions | Mindful Eating
Start the day with a great breakfast. And start the year with the casual scones. Besides breakfast, what about scones for tea? The idea of…
I get ambitious with my baking during the holidays and special occasions. I make Dominique Ansel’s champagne macarons. In full disclosure, they come with a warning…
The raspberry shortbread hearts look cute. They surely belong to a bag of holidays goodies — for giving, cookie exchanges or the kitchen table. I had…
Chocolate/ classics/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ foundation recipe
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies | Baking with Dorie
After 30 years of publishing and 14 cookbooks later, Dorie Greenspan’s new book Baking with Dorie wins instant acclaim from believers like me. When I look…
Bake/ brunch/ cheese/ my favorites/ one-pan/ Side/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Five-Spice Butternut Squash in Cheesy Custard
The idea of a one-pan butternut squash cheesy custard that I can serve for a festive brunch during the holidays is golden. More than any other…
Chocolate/ dessert/ foundation recipe/ Gluten free/ holidays/ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall/ Nut
Chestnut and Chocolate Cake | Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
The chestnut and chocolate cake evokes the essence of a celebration cake. This is already a lovely and rich cake, although you won’t think of it…
Instead of a cranberry side, what about having cranberry front and center in a seasonal Thanksgiving dessert? We made an elaborate triple-layer parsnip and cranberry cake…
For a change, I want to do something goofy and fun for halloween. The inspiration and recipe come from Sweet by Ottolenghi and Goh. In the…
Everyone in my family loves poached pears. We have the saffron poached pear here and there is a similar marsala-baked pear that got top billings. One…
This is a drink that speaks to me at this time of the year when you see pumpkins everywhere. It’s tough to resist the seasonal flavor…
There are all sorts of apple desserts I’ve baked over the years: apple pie, tart, cake, challah, crisp, crumble, galette, kuchen, tarte tatin, you name it.…
Cream/ dessert/ Fruit/ Gluten free/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Lemon-Labneh Possets with Meringue and Burnt Lemon Powder
Amid the season of storms, floods and wildfires, I hope it’s not too late to organize our life for planet resiliency. The first order of business…
Berry/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Fruit
Drop-Biscuit Apricot and Blueberry Cobbler | Everyday Dorie
Instead of a peach cobbler that Dorie makes in Everyday Dorie, I bake an apricot and blueberry cobbler — for several reasons. I did a southern-style…
When it comes to peanut butter hummus, anything goes as long as there are peanuts in the mix. Unlike the classic hummus, recipe writers and purists…
Which season do you crave ice cream the most? Is it summer, or is it winter? I’ll say winter. The chilly ice cream may cause you…
Berry/ cheese/ Cream/ dessert/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ year round
Ricotta Cake with Berry Compote | Dessert Person
The ricotta cake, from the Dessert Person by Claire Saffitz, is a light and creamy cheesecake. It’s eggy and cakey and not at all cheesy. Maybe…
Berry/ classics/ Cream/ dessert/ easy everyday/ Ina Garten/ Pantry essentials/ summer
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…
Appetizer/ foundation recipe/ mezze (small plates)/ Other Breads/ Roast/ Side/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Oyster Mushrooms Tacos with the Fixin’s | Ottolenghi
The “fixings” is the key word in this oyster mushroom tacos dish in Ottolenghi’s Flavor. What I mean is there is a lot of flexibility when…