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…
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…
easy everyday/ Grill/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Grilled Corn with Avocado Butter, Grilled Limes and Aleppo Chili
Jersey Fresh produce, homegrown sweet corn, tomatoes, squash, eggplant, green beans are bountiful and glorious. I have to find new ways to take advantage of the…
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…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Grill/ my favorites/ vegetarian
Umami Vegan Burgers | Everyday Dorie
The umami burgers from Everyday Dorie is most extraordinary. Burgers are so everyday, in cities and countryside — and for good reasons. Using a few umami…
Grill/ Roast/ Side/ Simmer/ two ways/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Lentils with Eggplant and Tomatoes | A Study of Contrast
It’s a study of contrast comparing lentils two ways: 1) lentils with eggplant, tomatoes and yogurt (the “recipe”) and 2) lentil and eggplant stew (the “stew”)…
Grill/ Side/ spring/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Peas in the Pod with Wasabi Dressing and Furikake | Ottolenghi
Sugar snap peas are so sweet tasting at this time of the year. I can’t have enough of them. Notably, they don’t need much other than…
The grilled shrimp and corn evokes the fond memory of the annual July 4 celebration, which was cancelled this year due to the pandemic. This dish…
Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Grill/ Low fat/ Salad/ Savory/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Yellow Pepper and Corn Salad with Turmeric Dressing | Ottolenghi
Which is my favorite summer corn recipe? It’s tough to pick winners among so many. Corn chowder, fritter, polenta, corn bread or corn muffin? Anyway you…
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…
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…
I made salmon burger together with our friends at Cook-the-Book-Fridays, as we cook through the recipes in Dorie Greenspan’s Everyday Dorie. Instead of commenting about the…
Dairy free/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Grill/ Low fat/ Ruth Reichl/ Salad
Asian Eggplant Salad | First Day of the Pig Year
There is no better time to cook a global delight than on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Pig. Pick the Asian…
Which amazing salad would hold up against an epic French charcuterie? That’s the spirit when I chose to make the grilled radicchio and sugar snap pea salad…
The variety of eggplant available at the farmers market is astounding: globe or American, Italian, Japanese, and Indian. It’s a good thing. I like choices, except…
Grill/ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall/ modernist/ Salad/ Seafood
Grilled Octopus Salad in a Lemongrass Ginger Dressing | The Joy of Sous Vide Cooking
I often wonder why octopuses served in sushi restaurants are tender to the bite without being chewy. So I asked a sushi chef how the texture…
Appetizer/ Curtis Stone/ Grill/ Meat/ Side/ Steam/ summer
Ginger Beef Satay with Charred Asian Vegetables
Satays stir my memories of street foods that fill the sights and the air as you walk down the narrow alleys in cities throughout Southeast Asia.…
Grill/ Levain bread/ Side/ sourdough/ sprouted/ summer/ whole grain/ whole wheat/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Pear Crostini with 50% Sprouted Sourdough Bread
This crostini is bringing to the fore the sublime combination of pear and cheese. The smokiness of the sweet-tart pear charred on the grill, and the…
Grill/ Levain bread/ Salad/ Savory/ sourdough/ Tartine/ Vegetable/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Zucchini and Fennel with Saffron Crumbs
Grilled vegetables with saffron crumbs Zucchini and fennel may not appeal to everyone. They don’t make the list of your favorite everyday vegetables. But if…