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…
Miso broiled tofu. These three words convey everything you need to know about the dish. Starting with the last word tofu, it’s the one protein I…
Roasted vegetable is one of my favorite dishes of all seasons. Roasting or grilling vegetables such as eggplant, zucchini, bell pepper, tomato and mushroom is something…
Appetizer/ featured/ French/ my favorites/ Roast/ summer/ vegetarian/ whole wheat
Cherry Tomato Tart with an Olive Crust
I see the artistry as well as the seasonal nature of Chef Yann Nury’s cherry tomato tart. The picture of him sketching the cherry tomato tart…
easy everyday/ Mediterranean/ Salad/ Sauté/ Seafood/ summer
Couscous Salad With Shrimp and Feta | Summer Cooking
This salad is a celebration of the bounty of summer. I buy white corn by the half-dozen. Combine it with cucumber, radishes, avocado, and feta over…
How do you transform a humble can of white beans into a weekday meal that’s both satisfying and nutritious? It’s advantageous to have this recipe of…
5 ingredients or less/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ summer/ Toss/ vegetarian
Cucumber-Avocado Salad and Summer Vegetables
The summer months are what I look forward to when cucumber and avocado are everywhere and at their seasonal peak. Perhaps you have your favorite summer…
foundation recipe/ Low fat/ Mediterranean/ mezze (small plates)/ my favorites/ Simmer/ vegetarian
Greek Fava and the Mediterranean Diet
Spending part of May in Greece and tasting a variety of the Greek classics drive home the notion of eating locally, seasonally and farm-to-table. Among all…
easy everyday/ Grill/ Pantry essentials/ Roast/ spring/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Grilled Asparagus with Miso and Olives | Ottolenghi
There are certain ingredients which play a large role in my pantry, especially to flavor the everyday food. You open my fridge, invariably you’ll find these…
The first of a tofu crumble recipe on this blog comes from Mark Bittman. The title of the dish is “chorizo” taco, as if it were…
A pot of stew is so cozy and welcoming in the depth of winter. We had gochujang potato stew one night, a New York Times recipe,…
Bake/ breakfast/ brunch/ cheese/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ pastry
Spinach-Mozzarella Pie with Parm Crumble | Baking with Dorie
I had the spinach-Mozzarella pie with Parm crumble for lunch while pondering the difference between a pie and a quiche. The cheese, cream and egg filling…
brunch/ Dorie Greenspan/ enriched dough/ mezze (small plates)/ Sauté/ scalable
Free-Style Mushroom, Herb and Ricotta Tart | Baking with Dorie
This is an unconventional tart. It might be called a tray tart, if I can make up such a term. There are three layers to the…
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…
autumn/ Braise/ easy everyday/ Italian/ one-pan/ vegetarian/ year round
Braised White Beans and Greens With Parmesan
There must be a can of beans in the pantry. Then you don’t need much else to make a vegetarian main course or a hearty side…
Asian/ easy everyday/ Roast/ Sam Sifton's No Recipe/ vegetarian
Miso-Glazed Eggplant with a Bowl of Rice
This recipe, miso-glazed eggplant with a bowl of rice, from the New York Times appeals to me in many ways. I can’t walk away from 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…
Bake/ breakfast/ Dorie Greenspan/ Fruit/ whole wheat/ year round
Banana Breakfast Squares | Baking with Dorie
I am having the banana breakfast squares with my morning coffee as I’m writing today’s post. Morning is a good time to write and to refuel.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…