Once in awhile, something comes along and knocks your socks off and you have no idea it’s coming. This is how I feel about this dish:…
Dorie Greenspan/ Fry/ King Arthur Flour/ Pantry essentials/ quick bread/ Simmer/ year round/ Yeast bread
Three-Pepper Veggie Burgers | Everyday Dorie
I make a three pepper veggie burger instead of a conventional beef burger because we generally prefer a plant-based diet. Now the challenge becomes whether I…
Chad Robertson/ Guide to Making Sourdough Bread/ Jeffery Hamelman/ King Arthur Flour/ Levain & Yeast Hybrid/ year round
Basic Sourdough Bread: A Step-by-Step Guide
It takes extended home confinement to finally prompt me to organize this basic sourdough bread post — together with a step-by-step guide, including photos and video.…
Dorie Greenspan/ pasta/ Sauté/ Seafood/ year round
Pasta with Shrimp, Zucchini, Lemon and Herbs | Everyday Dorie
This is another play-around recipe from Everyday Dorie. Pasta and shrimp are the backbone for this dish. Vegetables can be anything from zucchini, spinach, kale to…
Dorie has perhaps changed the way I see pork tenderloin as “the cook’s best friend.” The proof is in this Everyday Dorie’s recipe. To start, the…
easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Poultry/ year round/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Roast Chicken with Preserved Lemon | Ottolenghi
There are many ways to skin a cat. By the same token, there are many ways to roast a chicken. I don’t roast a chicken whole…
5 ingredients or less/ convection steam/ easy everyday/ my favorites/ Roast/ year round
Roasted Whole Cauliflower | Green Tahini Sauce
I am a roasted-vegetables die-hard fan — for good reasons. Roasting a whole head of cauliflower takes time. Say about one to two hours in the…
The Sour cherry crostata by Ruth Reichl looks appealing. A few months ago, Diane posted a similar crostata and commented that the crust was difficult to…
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…
It behooves a coffee lover, one who also writes a food blog to know what cold brew coffee is. But I didn’t, until now! In New…
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…
Jeffery Hamelman/ Levain & Yeast Hybrid/ sourdough/ whole grain/ year round
Sourdough Rye with Raisins and Walnuts
This is an excellent bread that pairs well with goat cheese and cured meat. The sourdough rye with raisins and walnuts gets its flavor from many…
classics/ dessert/ enriched dough/ Fruit/ my favorites/ Ruth Reichl/ year round
Apple and Calvados Galette |The Gourmet Cookbook
The varieties of apple in the store are tempting. Ginger Gold, Gala, Ruby Frost, Honeycrisp… It’s impossible to walk past the piles of apples without catching…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ scalable/ Simmer/ Soup/ spring/ year round
Potato Leek Chowder for All Seasons | Everyday Dorie
Calling it potato chowder or allium chowder does not quite convey the deliciousness of this soup. I love having a pot of soup, ready to offer…
cheese/ classics/ holidays/ Meat/ pasta/ Ruth Reichl/ year round
Pasta with Bolognese | Two Versions from Ruth Reichl
Pasta with Bolognese is a specialty of Northern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna and named for the region’s capital. Bolognese is a meat sauce, but not a deep, dark…
easy everyday/ Fruit/ my favorites/ pastry/ puff pastry/ year round/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Apricot and Thyme Galettes
The apricot season is short. When it’s in season, apricot is one of my favorite fruits for baking. However, the canned or preserved version can be…
Grilling a whole fish, complete with head and tail, on a barbecue grill can be tricky. In the YouTube video below, Eric Ripert shows us…
kitchen hack/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ Pizza/ straight dough/ year round/ Yeast bread
No-Roll Stuffed Pizza with Ricotta and Arugula | A New Twist
An old adage goes: “guests and fish begin to smell after three days.” So the rule for house guests is generally a three-day max, even for…
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…
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…
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…
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…
David Lebovitz/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ Side/ Simmer/ Soup/ year round
Vegetable Soup with Basil Puree: Best in Class #Soup
Vegetable soup can be exciting; this recipe is the proof. It can be more than comfort food. This vegetable soup has such depth of flavor that…
King Arthur Flour/ straight dough/ year round/ Yeast bread
Troubleshooting the Classic Baguettes | #kingarthurflour #bakealong #baguette
This classic baguette is King Arthur Flour’s (KAF) June bakealong challenge. I made the baguettes. The recipe and the step-by-step instructions on the KAF website are well…