This recipe is inspired by the silky zucchini and salmon salad I see in Yotam Ottolenghi’s Comfort. In this season, I’m all in for comfort food,…
The secret is out on the brown butter lentil and sweet potato salad. There is no big surprise, really. it has everything to do with the…
Asian/ breakfast/ brunch/ Poultry/ year round/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Poached Chicken Congee | Ottolenghi Comfort
This is the first recipe from Ottolenghi’s new cook book, Comfort. It is poached chicken congee. It is not a complicated dish, but may take sometime…
Cabbage is such a versatile ingredient. With the right treatment, cabbage can be elevated to something totally unexpected and deeply comforting. Moreover, cabbage is a humble…
cheese/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ vegetarian
Kale Salad with Apples and Cheddar and a Lemon-Honey Dressing
Kale, checked; apple, checked; cheddar, checked. I have all the key ingredients on hand to make a healthy salad. This is exactly what I need to…
This is a summer green salad with vibrant colors and healthful ingredients. The greens can be anything fresh you just pick up from the farmers market.…
José Andrés/ make ahead/ Middle Eastern/ my favorites/ Poultry/ summer
Marinated Chicken Kebabs with Sumac Onions | José Andrés
Chicken kebabs might be one of the most famous chicken dishes of the Middle East. It has roots in the Ottoman Empire, namely the Turkish tavuk…
Appetizer/ featured/ French/ my favorites/ Roast/ summer/ vegetarian/ whole wheat
Cherry Tomato Tart with an Olive Crust
I see the artistry as well as the seasonal nature of Chef Yann Nury’s cherry tomato tart. The picture of him sketching the cherry tomato tart…
easy everyday/ Mediterranean/ Salad/ Sauté/ Seafood/ summer
Couscous Salad With Shrimp and Feta | Summer Cooking
This salad is a celebration of the bounty of summer. I buy white corn by the half-dozen. Combine it with cucumber, radishes, avocado, and feta over…
5 ingredients or less/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ summer/ Toss/ vegetarian
Cucumber-Avocado Salad and Summer Vegetables
The summer months are what I look forward to when cucumber and avocado are everywhere and at their seasonal peak. Perhaps you have your favorite summer…
I cooked the three-cup chicken dish on Monther’s Day. My husband emailed me this recipe because it’s one of his grandma’s favorite dishes. Maybe I’ll come…
This one-pot ginger salmon and rice follows the tradition of takikomi gohan, or Japanese mixed rice. It has the ease of a one-pot meal. If you use…
I have my favorite and an easier version of the bolognese sauce. I make it from time to time, but have never made Marcella Hazan’s bolognese…
This soup checks all the boxes. For that, I mean the green curry lentil soup brings together harmoniously the primary flavor components we crave. Specifically, the…
When I’m cooking for one for a weekday meal that’d check all the boxes for nutrition and deliciousness, this is one recipe. You don’t only feel…
Dorie Greenspan/ Fish/ French/ my favorites
Rosa Jackson’s Bourride | Last Recipe from Everyday Dorie
Hard to believe this is going to be the last Everyday Dorie‘s recipe I’m participating in the cooking club Cook-the-Book-Fridays since the first post in October,…
breakfast/ cheese/ Dorie Greenspan/ make ahead/ quick bread/ Side
Potato Flake Biscuits | Baking with Dorie
Do I really need potato flakes to make these biscuits? Well, potato flakes are something umfamiliar. I google and see that Bob’s Red Mill sells it…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Meat/ my favorites/ one-pan/ winter
Bourbon-Roasted Pork Loin | Everyday Dorie
The idea of a bourbon-roasted pork loin did not excite me until I tested the recipe. It passed with flying color. In fact, the dish is…
A pot of stew is so cozy and welcoming in the depth of winter. We had gochujang potato stew one night, a New York Times recipe,…
Dorie Greenspan/ Meat/ Mediterranean/ my favorites/ one-pan/ winter
Braised Lamb Shanks with Carrots and Olives | Everyday Dorie
Last time I made Dorie’s braised lamb shanks for the blog was at the height of the pandemic in April 2020. (See the full recipe here.)…
“Poke-ay” conjures up the image of enjoying a bowl of it in the open air by the ocean in Hawaii wearing flip-flops. The polarity between the…
The travel rebound from years of Covid restrictions was in full force in 2023. As a results, new dishes I’ve been cooking reflect the inspiration from…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ holidays/ Mediterranean/ pasta/ scalable/ Seafood
Seafood Pasta | Everyday Dorie
The seafood pasta has a similar vibe to the holiday fish soup in the same section of Dorie’s book Everyday Dorie. Just substitute pasta in stead…
holidays/ make ahead/ one-pan/ Roast/ Side/ Steam/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Brussels Sprouts, Chestnuts and Grapes | Ottolenghi
The reason for this dish is simple. No holiday meals will be complete without a brussels sprouts side. The combination of brussels sprouts, chestnuts and grapes…
Bake/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Side/ year round
Christiane’s Dinner-Party Terrine | Everyday Dorie
The Christiane’s dinner-party terrine brings me back to the last terrine I made which was a duck terrine with figs. It is hard to compare a…