The idea of Giada’s burrata and kale salsa verde bruschetta came from Kim, at IHCC. Thank you, Kim for bringing this recipe to our attention. She…
If you like the taste of the sea, a seafood paella is hard to beat. This classic dish never gets old. A seafood paella reminds me…
It is much easier to eat healthy these days with the widely available gluten-free, low-fat and sugar substitutes out there. Heathy and delicious are achievable on…
breakfast/ cheese/ Dorie Greenspan/ Low fat/ Side/ Sugar free
Savory Apple Matafan | Baking Chez Moi
Dorie Greenspan got her inspiration for this apple matafan in her book Baking Chez Moi from the potato matafan, which was meant to stave off morning…
Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Side/ Sugar free/ Toss
Beet Hummus | A Color Explosion
You see colors of the rainbow of the visible spectrum on this plate. It’s stunningly spring-like although it might not feel that way. We have been…
It’s a new beginning of sorts. It’s Spring! We are cooking along with a new chef, Eric Ripert, at IHCC for the next six months. That…
classics/ Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Side
Hard-cooked Eggs with Tarragon Mayonnaise | #Glutenfree #Dairyfree
I made hard-cooked eggs with tarragon mayonnaise, along with our friends at Cook-the-Book-Fridays. No surprise that it is a popular time to do something with eggs…
Braise/ Dairy free/ Gluten free/ my favorites/ Side/ Simmer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Spiced Maqluba With Tomatoes and Tahini Sauce | A Feast with Rice
How do you turn rice from what’s normally a side dish into the centerpiece of a meal? Spanish Paella comes to mind. Last week, Yotam Ottolenghi…
Roasting is one of my favorite ways of cooking vegetables, especially squashes. Vegetables roasted at high temperature concentrate flavor in remarkable ways that steaming or sautéing…
There are reasons why numerous chefs have this dish, rigatoni with sausage and fennel, in their repertoire. Ina Garten, Martha Stewart, Lidia Bastianbich, Yotam Ottolenghi have…
Cooking cuisine of the world is almost as much fun as traveling to those places. The lamb shank tagine recipe comes from David Lebovitz’s My Paris…
This is a Rick Bayless recipe, except he uses pasilla chili, a mild chili similar to ancho chili, for the sauce. I have had a bag…
bread with preferment/ breakfast/ cheese/ Ina Garten/ Jeffery Hamelman/ Pantry essentials/ scalable/ Side/ Yeast bread
Herbed-Baked Eggs | Shirred Eggs
The herbed-baked eggs are also known as shirred eggs. A dish consisting of an egg that is placed in a small buttered dish and broiled until the white…
easy everyday/ Fish/ year round/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Pan-Seared Salmon With Celery, Olives & Capers | #Ottolenghi
The pan-seared salmon with celery, olives and capers dish is inspired by Yotam Ottolenghi. In a recent article he wrote on the New York Times, he…
Artichokes are produced year round in California and the peak season is from March to May. On the East Coast, I’m starting to see more globe…
This is a one-pot meal without any cooking whatsoever, other than boiling water. It is a great recipe I found in Jamie Oliver’s Comfort Food. Undoubtedly,…
How can a one-pot meal of chicken with Marsala, olives and blood oranges not be good? I like blood oranges and can’t have enough of them.…
Appetizer/ Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Pantry essentials
Black Olive Tapenade | #MyParisKitchen
A black olive tapenade, a loaf of freshly baked bread and some artisanal cheese from Vermont were casually assembled. I have been relying on a simple…
classics/ David Lebovitz/ Meat/ my favorites/ Poultry/ winter
Cassoulet: White Bean, Sausage, Duck Confit Casserole
Cassoulet takes time to prepare. It’s a project especially when you make the duck confit from scratch, as we did a few weeks ago. No shortcut…
David Lebovitz/ Low fat/ Side/ year round
Russet and New Potatoes Cooked in Duck Fat | #DavidLebovitz
Can’t wait for the gentle aroma of warm duck fat filling my kitchen and transforming it into the French country inn of my dream. This is…
breakfast/ Gluten free/ Ina Garten/ Pantry essentials/ Side
Country Omelet | Warm Hearty Breakfast to Jumpstart the Day
I don’t have a list of 2018 resolutions. But I can single out one priority I want to do more often: get a warm hearty breakfast…
Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Pantry essentials/ Soup/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Curried Lentil Tomato and Coconut Soup
Made the second lentil soup this week, although using red lentils rather than green lentils. The idea is the same: comfort food during the busy yearend…
Ina Garten/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ Soup/ year round
Lentil Vegetable Soup | Calming Holiday Jitters
There is no better way to calm the holiday jitters than a big pot of lentil vegetable soup. I make sure I have enough to last…
A lot of our grocery shopping experience has changed, I’ve noticed. New supermarket chain is moving into the area. Old supermarkets are constantly refashioning their look…
“It’s five o’clock somewhere,” the theme of the week at IHCC. It also means it’s time to have a drink and socialize; holidays are here. A…