Not my first rodeo when it comes to tian. Tian refers to both the pottery casserole in which the dish is cooked and the dish itself. We’re exploring the…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ pasta/ Sauté
Pasta with Cabbage and Winter Squash | Everyday Dorie
“Some dishes just pop into your head while you’re fretting that there’s nothing in the house for dinner,” quoting Dorie Greenspan’s in Everyday Dorie. We all have those moments.…
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 eggplant. Lemon and…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Fish/ my favorites/ Roast/ Sauté
Miso-Glazed Salmon | Everyday Dorie
Dorie’s miso-glazed salmon is inspired by a similar dish at Nobu, the iconic miso-glazed black cod. It is the dish I’d very much like to have for my last…
breakfast/ foundation recipe/ Fry/ my favorites/ Salad/ Simmer/ Toss/ Yeast bread/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Sabich | Stuffed into Pita
I received two books as gifts recently: Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Israeli Soul by Michael Solomonov. These are exceptional cookbooks with a strong sense of place, filled with…
Braise/ breakfast/ Crack/ David Lebovitz/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Shakshuka | My Paris Kitchen
Shakshuka is a dish of eggs poached in a spiced sauce of tomatoes. It has its origin in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia), although the dish is hugely popular…
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 foods she highlights…
The roasted root vegetables are similar to the baked Provençal vegetables (tian), which we made a while ago, from My Paris Kitchen. The roasted root vegetable may not have the look.…
There are big flavor bombs in the brown rice with caramelized onions and black garlic dish. I can taste it the moment I read this recipe. First of all,…
Dairy free/ Gluten free/ Levain bread/ Low fat/ my favorites/ Soup
Emerald Corn Chowder With Roasted Tomatillos | Rick Bayless
Emerald corn chowder sounds exotic. Roasted tomatillos and poblano are titillating choices. Combining emerald corn chowder with roasted tomatillo and poblano seems exciting and worthy of a trip to…
Dairy free/ David Lebovitz/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ Meat/ Roast/ summer
Stuffed Vegetables | David Lebovitz
Imagine having a variety of stuffed vegetables for dinner one night. For the longest time, we’ve been taking stuffed vegetables in small bites — as appetizer or finger food.…
David Lebovitz in My Paris Kitchen calls this recipe baba ganoush aka moutabal, the Arab original. I’ll call it moutabal, in short, not to be confused with a similar…
Does the Disney film Ratatouille ring the bell? In the movie, the unlikely dish of baked Provencal vegetables, or tian, won over the French food critic. Yes, it…
Baked Provencal vegetables, or tian in French, is full of irony. Mind you, this dish shows up famously in the Disney film Ratatouille. This casserole dish is filled with…
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall/ Roast
Roasted Red Onions with Port and Bay – IHCC new featured chef April to October
I believe in cooking from scratch and making delicious food prepared from fresh ingredients, ideally seasonal and locally sourced. That’s also the approach embraced by Huge Fearnley-Whittingstall. Even without…
Gluten free/ Healthful Eats/ Heidi Swanson/ Savory/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Socca or Chickpea Pancake – Accompaniment @IHCC’s
The bag of chickpea flour has been waiting for action for a while. I’ve marked socca on my list of recipes to make for quite some time. I’m finally…
cheese/ my favorites/ Savory/ Side/ Toss/ Vegetable/ Yotam Ottolenghi
NOPI’s Burrata with Blood Orange, Coriander Seeds and Lavender Oil
This dish took my breath away: it’s brilliant in color, ultimate in taste and spectacular in presentation. I stared at the dish for a very long time when I…
Food dressed in black! There is nothing new about them. Forbidden or black rice is one of the ancient varieties. Then there are black beans, black sesame, blackberries, black…
I love grilled vegetables, as long as I can cook it on the stovetop in the warmth of the kitchen, and not on the outdoor grill. The outside temperature…
Cream puff dough or pâte à choux paste is one of those coolest preparations and I wonder why I don’t use it more often. The list of ingredients and…