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…
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…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
cheese/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Italian/ Other Breads/ puff pastry/ Side
Potato-Parm Tart | Baking with Dorie
The potato-parm tart from Baking with Dorie is charming. The slices of potato are so thin they curl up under the heat like potato chips. I…
Bake/ cheese/ holidays/ Ina Garten/ Other Breads/ Side
Mushroom and Gruyère Bread Pudding | Ina Garten
The inspiration comes from sourdough bread crumbs sold by my favorite artisan bakery, Liv Breads. As in all good stuffing, it’s built on a good base.…
Looking for a sweet potato dish as a side for the Thanksgiving spread, here is a recipe to consider. It’s more involved than making a sweet…
In his cookbook Jamie Oliver Together: Memorable Meals Made Easy, there are easy and versatile recipes post-pandemic, I hope. Whether you’re planing a casual dinner or…
classics/ easy everyday/ French/ Side/ Simmer/ vegetarian
Red Lentils with Garlic and Thyme | Nigella Lawson
A bag of organic red lentils has been residing in the pantry for quite a while. You can’t really ignore it because of its bright color.…
Hasselback beets are the logical next-step as well as the vegetable alternative to hasselback potatoes. The beets fan out along the thin slices cut crosswise, but…
Grill/ Italian/ Side/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Grilled Cucumbers with Tomato-Cardamom Dressing and Burrata | Yotam Ottolenghi
The destination wedding in Italy we attended a few months ago is still fresh in our minds. The happy couple, loving families and friends in attendance…
Sauté/ Side/ summer/ vegetarian/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Rainbow Chard with Tomatoes and Green Olives | Ottolenghi’s Flavor
The fresh and bountiful farmers market produce inspires this dish. I came across the rainbow chard with tomatoes and green olives recipe in Ottolenghi’s Flavor. A…
Asian/ foundation recipe/ Madhur Jaffrey/ Side/ vegetarian/ year round
Chana Dal with Spinach and Tomato | Madhur Jaffrey
Dals are an important part of a vegetarian’s diet — a staple in India. However, I tend to skip the page when I see the word…
Orzo with roasted vegetables shows up in one of Ina Garten’s entertaining outdoor menus on her website. With it are a rack of lamb, a cheese…
A puff-pastry pie shell filled with spinach and feta is “approachable” and “crowd-pleasing”; “healthy” and “hearty”; “unpretentious,” with a bit of a built-in “wow.” That’s the…
Dorie Greenspan/ mezze (small plates)/ Pantry essentials/ Side/ Toss
Black Bean Chipotle Dip | Everyday Dorie
With a can of black bean, a few other ingredients and a food processor, you’d get the black bean chipotle dip in just a matter of…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Seafood/ Side
Double-Stuffed Deviled Eggs with Crab | Everyday Dorie
Who says deviled eggs are easy to make? The double-stuffed deviled eggs does not mean doubling in complexity, although definitely more work. This is an easy…
Rillette is “a preservation method similar to confit where meat is seasoned then slow cooked submerged in fat for several hours” — some say forever, according…
Consider the pull-apart sour cream and chive rolls by Claire Saffitz, like the Parker House dinner rolls or the likes of savory pork buns. And there…
Bake/ brunch/ cheese/ my favorites/ one-pan/ Side/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Five-Spice Butternut Squash in Cheesy Custard
The idea of a one-pan butternut squash cheesy custard that I can serve for a festive brunch during the holidays is golden. More than any other…