Making the honey lavender ice cream, I’ve found out the remarkable flavor affinity between honey and lavender. This is not a flavor pairing I’ve put together…
Moussaka is a popular Greek dish layering a combination of lamb, eggplant, cheese and delicately seasoned with cinnamon and allspice. It is a good choice for…
The abundance of the seasonal Jersey white corn gets me thinking about a summer vegetable succotash. “We’ll wager that for as long as there have been…
breakfast/ cheese/ classics/ Other Breads/ quick bread/ Ruth Reichl/ Side
Cheddar Scallion Drop Biscuits for Breakfast
Biscuits are a classic breakfast bread in the American South and buttermilk is a classic baking staple. I can confidently say that the store-bought biscuits are…
Let’s be honest. Easy cassoulet is an oxymoron. It isn’t easy without committing the labor, time, lots of ingredients and mindfulness to make a cassoulet. Cassoulet…
The Gourmet Cookbook calls this recipe the 21-century beef wellington. What makes it 21-century, you may ask? Notably, substitute a traditional pâté de foie gras and…
autumn/ Blanch/ holidays/ Ruth Reichl/ Sauté/ Side/ Simmer
Cranberry, Shallot and Dried Cherry Compote
Besides the iconic turkey, another seasonal and classic dish on the Thanksgiving table is the cranberry relish. The gorgeous garnet hue and the intensely tart flavor…
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…
Every time I walk by the Trader Joe’s freezer section and see siu mai, I want some to go. One little bite of the juicy, bouncy…
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…
There is no shortage of bread books in my cookbooks collection; I don’t usually think of The Gourmet Cookbook, edited by Ruth Reichl, as one of…
Ruth Reichl in My Kitchen Year calls this the real fried chicken recipe. What makes it real, you may ask? To me, it’d have to offer…
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…
Berry/ breakfast/ classics/ easy everyday/ Fruit/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ quick cake/ Ruth Reichl/ straight dough
Fannie Farmer’s Classic Yeast-Raised Waffles
The 1896 original Fannie Farmer’s classic yeast-raised waffles are finding their ways on this blog via Marion Cunningham’s completely updated cookbook published in 1979. I don’t…
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…
bread with preferment/ Jim Lahey/ Levain & Yeast Hybrid/ Ruth Reichl/ winter
Jim Lahey’s No-Knead Bread | Cabin Fever
Up against the harsh wintry weather, here is a great relief to cabin fever. All you need is flour, water, yeast and salt, the necessary ingredients…
How true is it that certain things don’t get old, even in New York City, where change is a constant? Take breakfast pastry, like bagels, croissants…
easy everyday/ Poultry/ Roast/ Ruth Reichl/ scalable
Sheet-pan Roasted Chicken with Fennel, Potatoes, Tomatoes and Olives
Sheet pans and cast-iron pans are indispensable tools in my kitchen. I regularly sing their praises. Not only do I use them for cooking, roasting and…
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…
It’s starting to feel like December when the temperature is dropping by each passing day. Ruth Reichl writes: “the Tuscan bean soup is one of the…
easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Other Breads/ Pantry essentials/ quick bread/ Ruth Reichl
Easy Skillet Corn Bread | Gluten-free #Thanksgiving
Here is an easy skillet corn bread for the Thanksgiving table (or for stuffing). What differentiates this corn bread is that it’s made with 100% corn…
Bread-making is a homely ceremony that renews, energizes and nourishes. When I see a new and different bread recipe, I just couldn’t let go. Here I…
Blanch/ Levain bread/ Ruth Reichl/ Sauté/ sourdough/ whole grain/ whole wheat
Spicy Tuscan Kale & Homemade Bread Crumbs
The spicy Tuscan kale is my top pick from Ruth Reichl’s My Kitchen Year for the pantry gourmet challenge at IHCC. There are not one, or two, pantry…
My kitchen has turned out more bread on a regular basis than any other food items. How many times can you make avocado toasts? Way too…
Apple crisp is my first post as we embark on cooking along with Ruth Reichl at IHCC. The book Ruth Reichl, my Kitchen Year is an autobiography and…