This is my first encounter with pimento cheese. It is a creamy spread made with cheese, pimentos and mayonnaise, often referred to as the pâté of…
easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Side/ Simmer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Puy Lentil and Eggplant Stew | Ottolenghi
I’m excited about learning the nuances and subtleties of cooking by following two similar Ottolenghi’s recipes that yield different tasting results. In these recipes, the ingredients…
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…
I can’t be more grateful to have the minimalist simplest roast chicken among my repertoire of goto recipes for everyday cooking. There are several great roast…
Dorie is surprised how much she enjoys the process of making these oven-charred tomato-stuffed peppers. My surprise has more to do with the reactions from my…
There are a few seasonal ingredients in which we indulge: wild-caught Chilean sea bass and blood oranges. That’s what we have and I put them into…
Dairy free/ easy everyday/ Mark Bittman/ Salad/ Toss
Cabbage Salad with Apple and Walnut | Mark Bittman
This is just one of the many ways to use cabbages, which are in season. Matt Bittman has a recipe presenting cabbage — 12 ways. He…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Low fat/ Side/ Soup
Green Goddess Sipper, Soup or Shots | Everyday Dorie
The green goddess sipper, soup or shots remind me of gazpacho, except it’s green rather than red. The green tone comes from the demi-goddess dressing (more…
Is it make-believe chorizo or tofu? The “chorizo” tacos by Mark Bittman are the meatless alternative to the real thing. It might be fake chorizo, but…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Poultry/ Toss
Luang Prabang Chicken-Chili Sandwiches | Everyday Dorie
Dorie takes us to Luang Prabang, Laos, where street vendors in the night market make chicken-chili sandwiches with chutzpah. Basically, these are bamboo-skewered grilled chicken stuffed…
Tomatoes kissed by the sun are essential for a summer salad. With cucumbers suitable for the great outdoors, you can take the salad outside and they…
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…
Berry/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Fruit/ Salad/ spring
Spring Avocado and Berry Salad | Everyday Dorie
If you like berry and cream, the combination of avocado and berry in a salad sounds like a natural extension. Nevertheless, it’s a surprise to see…
Bake/ breakfast/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Side
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…
There is a lot to like about a citrus-flavored cheesecake — sweet and tangy and velvety. Dorie’s tangerine-topped cheesecake is streamlined, meaning “it has convenience on…
easy everyday/ Ellie Krieger/ Salad/ Simmer
White Bean Stew and Radicchio-Apple Salad | Ellie Krieger
It’s fast food to me when it involves opening a can of beans and making a salad. Ellie Krieger nails it with the white bean stew…
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…
You’d lick your spoon clean with this creamy dark chocolate pudding. That what Dorie says how her Paris friends do it (while thinking it’s the equivalent…
Meatballs and spaghetti is a common dish that shows up in a lot of places. In Everyday Dorie, Dorie Greenspan makes the meatballs dishes special by…
Braise/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Meat
Slow-cook Brisket with Carrots and Sweet Potatoes | Everyday Dorie
Among the many appliances I have in the kitchen, slow-cooker is not one of them, surprisingly. To slow cook, I prefer sous vide or use a…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ holidays/ Other Sweets/ whole wheat
Molasses Coffee Cake | Everyday Dorie
This cake is a perfect embodiment of the seasonal flavor and filled with layers of metaphors. I like the idea of bottling all the dry ingredients…
easy everyday/ holidays/ Ina Garten/ Pantry essentials/ Roast/ Side
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…
autumn/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ holidays/ Roast/ Side
Roasted Acorn Squash Wedges | Everyday Dorie
We might not be able to gather in a big way for Thanksgiving this year. However, it shouldn’t stop us from putting together a spectacular spread…
The source of inspiration comes from a NOPI recipe, the black radish, red endive and apple salad, from Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully. I adapt the…
I can’t think of a more appropriate place to deploy the kitchen-sink approach to cooking than the bean and tortilla soup. Besides a long list of…