Cosme in New York City is ranked 23rd among the World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2019. Chef Daniela Soto-Innes (age 28), who runs this modern Mexican…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Simmer/ Soup/ summer
Fresh-Off-The-Cob Corn Chowder | Everyday Dorie
This is a win-win fresh corn chowder from Everyday Dorie. If you’re concerned about food waste in your own home, this fresh-off-the-cob corn chowder scores a…
The chicken with Mustard is the last recipe from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen. Meanwhile, I can proudly say: I’ve finished cooking through the book from…
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…
David Lebovitz/ Salad/ Seafood/ summer/ Toss
Fennel, Radish, Orange and Crab Salad | “My Paris Kitchen”
Fennel, radish, orange and crab salad is not your everyday salad. Chances are you can’t get all the ingredients in one place. Here’s my shopping expedition.…
Sweet and savory galettes are slowly becoming my favorite dish to make and serve when I have company. Depending on the seasons and tastes of the…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ mezze (small plates)/ Seafood/ Toss
Shrimp Tacos/Wraps | Everyday Dorie
This shrimp tacos recipe brought back fond memories. I signed my daughter up for a junior chef summer program when she was a preteen. Among the…
breakfast/ foundation recipe/ Fry/ my favorites/ Salad/ Simmer/ Toss/ Yeast bread/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Sabich | Stuffed into Pita
I received two books as gifts recently: Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Israeli Soul by Michael Solomonov. These are exceptional cookbooks with a strong sense of…
Trofie is a small and spiral-shaped pasta traditionally paired with pesto in the Italian region of Liguria. I use a similar twisted pasta, but slightly larger,…
We might not have beach weather in the soggy June of late. Yet it’s not too early to think about the beach. Slowly, the thoughts of…
I haven’t met a galette that I don’t like —either making or tasting. Making galette can’t be easier because you can throw perfection out the window.…
Braised chicken is not as popular as roasted chicken in my kitchen. Simply because it’s more time consuming to do. And you need to watch the…
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…
As summer approaches, our meals are slowly moving out of doors and around the grill. You might be thinking about that steak on the BBQ. But…
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…
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…
Indian cuisine spotlight at IHCC has me thinking: a meal at an Indian restaurant is incomplete without tandoori chicken. Basically, the tandoor is a vat-shaped clay…
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…
Every dish has a story. Paella is a Valencian rice dish that has ancient roots but its modern form originated in the mid-19th century on the…
Among the three items in this week Cook-the-book-Fridays David Lebovit’z’s dish, roast lamb with braised vegetables and salsa verde, my favorite is the vegetables. In all…
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…
Appetizer/ classics/ enriched dough/ Fish/ Other Breads/ scalable/ Side/ straight dough
Baby Yorkshire Puddings with Trout & Horseradish Pate
Yorkshire puddings have a rather long history throughout the British Isles. Hannah Glasse, in her 1747 cookbook The Art of Cookery, was the first to categorise…