What does a bread baker do with all the time on her hands amid the lockdown? Well, my focus has been to bake breads that require…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ enriched dough/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ pasta/ Side
Butter-Poached Corn with Squid-Ink Pasta | Everyday Dorie
Three weeks into the lockdown, we can cook anything we want for the coronavirus edition at Cook-the-Book-Friday. I choose the butter-poached corn with egg noodles since…
Appetizer/ Pantry essentials/ Sauté/ Side/ Toss/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Bulgur with Mushrooms and Feta | Ottolenghi’s Simple
An efficient and well-sourced pantry of everyday ingredients my family loves to eat has taken me years to establish. The pantry inspires the wellspring of ideas…
The shelter-in-place order is less of an interruption of daily life than I thought. I use the unique opportunity of being home to clean out my…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Pantry essentials/ Sauté/ Side
Ginger Fried Rice | Everyday Dorie
Dorie Greenspan in Everyday Dorie shows us how to use ginger to make fried rice taste fantastically fresh and enlivened. This turns out far better than…
Dairy free/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ mezze (small plates)/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ Side
Chickpea Tahini Salad | Everyday Dorie
Why have I not put together a chickpea tahini salad instead of blending all the same ingredients to make hummus? Good question. We are, by and…
To combat food waste in the home kitchen, it’s best to to recycle throw-aways that can be repurposed. Remaining stalks and greens from vegetables can be…
Smoked paprika, also known as pimentón, is the magic behind the sweet and smoky roasted carrots recipe from Everyday Dorie. At first, I automatically think liquid…
You have to take notice when the recipe says: “we seriously urge you to give this a go, even if it sounds overtly over the top.”…
This is lifted from Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for vegetarian Christmas. With an Asian spin of black miso rice and the old stand-by brussels sprouts, this dish…
autumn/ Blanch/ holidays/ Ruth Reichl/ Sauté/ Side/ Simmer
Cranberry, Shallot and Dried Cherry Compote
Besides the iconic turkey, another seasonal and classic dish on the Thanksgiving table is the cranberry relish. The gorgeous garnet hue and the intensely tart flavor…
In the weeks ahead, holiday cooking will be shifting up another gear. There are a bunch of seasonal ingredients and dishes I want to play with.…
At times I like to dress up an everyday asparagus frittata with something fancy. Unusual or seasonal items I collect from the farmers markets or gourmet…
As the outside temperature drops, there is nothing more warming than a potato gratin dish. This recipe from Nigel Slater calls for infusing cream with slices…
Appetizer/ Bake/ Grill/ pasta/ Salad/ Side/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Grilled Tomatoes and Onions with Feta-Harissa Pine Nuts | Ottolenghi
It may sound far-fetched, but the grilled tomatoes and onions with feta-harissa pine nuts has all the beauty and poetry of “hare in the woods.” Picasso…
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…
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.…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
easy everyday/ Fish/ kitchen hack/ Meat/ my favorites/ Poultry/ Ruth Reichl/ Salad/ Seafood/ Side/ spring/ summer
Salsa Verde | Comfort Foods with Ruth Reichl
I’m bringing salsa verde this week. Let me explain. I’ve had a phenomenal six months cooking along with Ruth Reichl at IHCC. To me, the comfort…
Among my daughter’s favorite foods are avocado toast and kale anything. There is something telling about her preferences; they are the signs of the times. These…