A warm breakfast on a cold wintery morning gives me a shot of energy I need to jumpstart the day. A plain Dutch baby recipe from Nigella Lawson has…
When it comes to peanut butter hummus, anything goes as long as there are peanuts in the mix. Unlike the classic hummus, recipe writers and purists would insist that…
The minty lime bars are like the traditional key lime pie in many ways, except you can hold and eat them with your fingers. The firmness come from the…
Dairy free/ foundation recipe/ Gluten free/ Low fat/ my favorites/ pasta/ Roast/ Side/ Yotam Ottolenghi
The Ultimate Meatless Roasting-Pan Ragù | Ottolenghi
Yotam Ottolenghi sets out to create the best meatless ragu and he has largely succeeded. Given how fantastic the ragù tastes, I don’t see why you’d want to eat…
I’m curious about having bananas with pan-roasted pork chops. Eric Ripert recalls the flavor of “La Fiesta” in Puerto Rico where whole roast pig and banana leaves are part…
Any time when you find a recipe for a baked curry, you should give it a try. I made a similar baked chicken curry a while back, and I…
I really miss a good old ramen bowl more than anything else during the Covid season. In my fantasy dreaming, I’d be having a bowl of the most delicious…
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 more time than…
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 saw cubism in…
Chocolate/ dessert/ Fruit/ my favorites/ Nut/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Chocolate, Banana and Pecan Cookies | The Ultimate
I don’t buy cookies. And for that matter, I don’t buy breads, salad dressings, nor processed foods. As long as there are flour, butter, sugar, wild yeast, and some…
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 squash hummus has no chickpeas in it, like the traditional hummus, in any shape or form. The reason why Dorie can still call it hummus is the…
I like eating duck pâté and terrine. When it comes to making one, I’m not so sure. I thought making charcuterie is only for the professionals. Without a cooking…
enriched dough/ King Arthur Flour/ Peter Reinhart/ sprouted/ sweet bread/ whole grain/ whole wheat/ Yeast bread
Sprouted Wheat Challah with Vegetable Oil
Several things come together brilliantly with the sprouted wheat challah for this holiday season. The use of sprouted wheat flour, all egg yolks and no butter for those observing…
Talking about bread knives, which are critical to the success of this bake, I started with a check list. Good bread knife. Checked. But I can’t say that my…
These are haricots verts at their best, one of my favorite vegetables, served with garlic herbed butter. No snails though, as the name may suggest. David Lebovitz explains: “The…
Artisan bread/ BBB/ Levain bread/ Savory/ sourdough/ spring
Spring Herbs and Preserved Lemon Focaccia – BBB
A tale of a focaccia bake: Day 1 (above), Day 2 same dough with overnight cold ferment (below) This is spring, the best time of the year…
I must have made breads in the hundreds, but have not made naan. I watched the PBS video of Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid in Baking with Julia when…
Ciabatta dough is so different from any others. There is so much to like about ciabatta. I wonder why I don’t make it more often. They make perfect sandwich…
Sometimes the best recipes are the simplest. This hazelnut baby cake is a good example of that. At first glance, it is a basic quick bread or muffin recipe…
mezze (small plates)/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ Vegetable/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Green Beans with Freekeh and variety of Tahini
Trio of tahini dips The theme of cooking farm-fresh produce continues in earnest. I like the idea of making a vegetable dish in an exclusively green palette, then dressing…