One huge and unexpected culinary discovery in 2023 for me is the Moroccan tagine. A trip to Morocco spurs the interest and exposure in the subtleties…
Here is my solution to the leftover Thanksgiving turkey: make s turkey tikka masala. The recipe below is a long version which includes cooking fresh turkey…
I made this savory bread pudding as a side for the Thanksgiving dinner. Notably, it stands in for the traditional stuffing along with the roasted turkey.…
The herb-butter chicken from Everyday Dorie is the ultimate no-recipe recipe that’d serve you well for years to come. Whip it up in a moment’s notice…
classics/ Dorie Greenspan/ Fish/ foundation recipe/ French
Flounder Meunière with Onion-Walnut Relish | Everyday Dorie
Le meunière is “the miller’s wife” in French. It’s a classic technique of sautèing fish fillets in melted butter until a nutty brown, then finish it…
Fry/ Roast/ Salad/ Toss/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Quiona Salad with Dried Persian Lime | Plenty by Ottolenghi
I’ve found a new substance: dried lime or lemon, that adds wonder to a salad. Very much like salt, pepper and oil, lemon or lime is…
Appetizer/ Bake/ classics/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ French/ summer/ vegetarian
Giverny Tomatoes | Everyday Dorie
Dorie Greenspan’s Giverny tomatoes are inspired by a similar confit dish served in a restaurant in Giverny. Claude Monet’s house and famous garden is located there;…
easy everyday/ Sauté/ Side/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Garlicky Chard with Five-Spice Tomatoes | Yotam Ottolenghi
Rainbow chard never fails to catch my attention at the farmers market. It’s colorful, vibrant and always showy, next to mounds of dark-green bundles of kale.…
Asian/ brunch/ Dorie Greenspan/ Fish/ French/ mezze (small plates)
French-Asian Salmon Rillettes | Everyday Dorie
Which rillette variation should I make? 1) The classic honey-mustard salmon, 2) the miso-salmon or 3) the French-Asian salmon rillettes. The common ingredient is the salmon…
Bake/ brunch/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Side/ summer
Double-Corn Tomato Crisp | Baking with Dorie
When Dorie starts the recipe description with: There’s a time…, I feel compelled to hear her out in its entirety. (See the quote below.) I can…
African/ foundation recipe/ Mediterranean/ one-pan/ Poultry/ year round
Chicken Tagine with Apricot and Pine Nuts | The Food of Morocco
If I have to pick my absolute favorite one-pan chicken dish, the chicken tagine with apricot and pine nuts gets the price. It has taken me…
Salad/ Sugar free/ summer/ Toss/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Summer Tomatoes with Mango Miso Dressing | Ottolenghi
When there are sun-kissed seasonal ingredients on hands, you have a wonderful dish made. In this case, the inspirations are the summer tomatoes in ruby red…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ French/ one-pan/ Poultry
Whole Roast Chicken with Pan-Sauce Vinaigrette | Everyday Dorie
The roast chicken with pan-sauce vinaigrette sets it apart from other roast chicken dishes because it tastes France in every bite. While the chicken is roasting…
Morocco, Algeria and Sicily share fame for producing some of the most tender, juicy and flavorful blood oranges. During the recent visit to Morocco, oranges showed…
Asian/ Madhur Jaffrey/ Sauté/ Side/ vegetarian/ whole grain
Quinoa “Upma” with Corn and Mint | Madhur Jaffrey
Upma: “The Western world has no real equivalent for upma,” Jaffrey writes. She describes these savory pilaf-like dishes as less dense, less heavy, less wet versions…
It seems like everyone in the farmers’ market has strawberries in their shopping bags or in their hands. Who can walk by the tables — brimming…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ Soup/ summer
Lettuce Soup | Everyday Dorie
The ingredients that go into a salad can turn into a soup. That’s the inspiration behind the lettuce soup. Heads of lettuce, scallions, celery, garlic and…
This recipe is adapted so that you don’t need a tagine vessel to make a Moroccan-style fish stew — with tomatoes, olives and preserved lemon. In…
This is a chicken dish. To be exact, it’s a pan-fried chicken dish. However, the star ingredient, which makes or breaks the dish, is the ponzu…
Not sure whether the white haricot beans with clams is a soup or a stew. Probably the dish straddles the intersection of the two. Best of…
Appetizer/ Claudia Roden/ Mediterranean/ one-pan/ Roast/ Salad/ summer/ vegetarian
Spicy Roasted Carrot Salad | Claudia Roden
This is part two of the roasted vegetable salads in the traditional slow-cook method from Morocco. Serve the spicy roasted carrot salad along with the roasted…
African/ one-pan/ Paula Wolfert/ Roast/ Side/ summer
Roasted Beet Salad with Cinnamon | Slow Food Culture
Slow food culture is nothing new. It has been the customs and practices grounded in nature’s cycles and rhythms all over the world. Take roasted beet…
When the outside temperature rises, we go for warm salads for their easy preparations. To make the salads more substantial, we like to add seafood for…
brunch/ Claudia Roden/ foundation recipe/ Mediterranean/ Poultry/ puff pastry
Chicken and Onion “Pies” with Moroccan Flavors | Claudia Roden
I took a cooking lesson with a young Moroccan woman Laila at her home in the medina in Fez. (Laila works as a cook in a…
Blanch/ Salad/ spring/ Toss/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Crispy Coconut, Asparagus and Green Bean Salad | Yotom Ottolenghi
We welcome spring and mother’s day with a crispy coconut, asparagus and green bean salad. The seasonal asparagus has no rival at this time of the…