Carrot is the most frequently used ingredient in my kitchen. I like to roast carrot, bake or use it in a bouquet garni as the flavor…
If I have to put together a table of meze selections, top on the list are: puréed beets with yogurt and za’atar, baba ganoush, and butternut…
Low fat/ mezze (small plates)/ Roast/ Side/ Sugar free/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Butternut Squash and Tahini Spread | Jerusalem
When you think roast butternut squash can’t get any better, take an extra step and pulse it in the food processor. Something magical happens when the…
Chocolate/ Cream/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ Nut/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Halva Ice Cream with Chocolate Sauce
I couldn’t decide whether I should name the post halva ice cream with chocolate sauce or chocolate sauce with halva ice cream. The decision seems to…
Cream/ dessert/ Fruit/ genius recipes/ my favorites/ Nut/ summer
Fig and Pistachio Frangipane Tartlets | Ottolenghi’s Sweet
These figs and pistachio frangipane tartlets are joy to make and to eat, period. Forgotten how many times we’ve made these tarts since we discovered the…
It has been a while ago since I made a similar buttermilk cake with mixed berries. Say a few years — in 2015, that’s a long…
A lemon and berry stripe cake is an answer to this timely question. What do I miss most during this Covid season? Not so much the…
If there is a better way to make a peach crumble, I’m all for it. It’s early August, the height of the peach season. I welcome…
breakfast/ Chocolate/ dessert/ easy everyday/ Fruit/ Pantry essentials/ quick cake
Banana Bread Scones | Freezer to Table
What do you do with the last-of-the-bunch, single banana which is past its prime? Make some quick banana bread scones. Once you make the batter, you…
breakfast/ Crack/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Meat/ Pantry essentials
Potato & Chorizo Breakfast Hash | Jamie Oliver
It’s a cloudy rainy summer morning when I made the potato & chorizo breakfast hash. The stillness of the soft egg yolk in the pool of…
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…
Jamie Oliver’s 45-second strawberry ice cream on YouTube convinces me to give this recipe a go. You have to see it to believe it. Why not,…
Alice Waters/ Berry/ classics/ dessert/ easy everyday/ my favorites
Chez Panisse’s Blueberry Cobbler
It’s July 4 and blueberry season, a perfect occasion for a blueberry cobbler. I’ve been eyeing to make the Chez Panisse’s blueberry cobbler for a long…
Berry/ breakfast/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials/ quick cake
Cornmeal-Buttermilk Skillet Cake | Everyday Dorie
This cake has a lot going for it, even in the midst of the Covid season. I say that because all-purpose flour is in short supply.…
Since I saw this recipe on the list of “new cookbooks worth reading” on the New York Times on April 22, it has been sitting there…
dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ Fruit/ Pantry essentials/ quick cake
Last-of-the-Bunch Banana Bundt | Everyday Dorie
The New York metropolitan area is now the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. With the ever-rising community infections, going out to the grocery stores can be…
I have high hope that walnut and halva, two of my favorite ingredients, would elevate an ordinary cake. Walnut has many healthy benefits: rich in antioxidants,…
Dairy free/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ mezze (small plates)/ Pantry essentials/ Salad/ Side
Chickpea Tahini Salad | Everyday Dorie
Why have I not put together a chickpea tahini salad instead of blending all the same ingredients to make hummus? Good question. We are, by and…
dessert/ holidays/ Other Sweets/ scalable/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Orange and Star Anise Shortbread | Ottolenghi’s Sweet
The original shortbread came from Scotland. Likewise, the first printed recipe dating back to 1736 was from a Scotswoman Mrs McLintock. Moreover, the best shortbread cookies…
You can find an apple crisp and a custard tourte (apple kuchen) on this blog. Both are delicious and the crisp is much easier to put…
5 ingredients or less/ breakfast/ Mark Bittman/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ Soup
Basic Miso Soup | Temple Food
There are a few dishes which come to my mind instantly when I think Asian. They are dim sum, steam fish and miso soup. Dim sum…
At times I like to dress up an everyday asparagus frittata with something fancy. Unusual or seasonal items I collect from the farmers markets or gourmet…
There is a story behind the tahini and halva brownies. It starts with Seed + Mill at the Chelsea Market in New York city. It is…
It blows my mind that bush safari in East Africa encompasses a perfectly brewed cup of coffee with every meal — anywhere. What a pleasant surprise!…
What’s so amazing about Dorie’s chewy chocolate chip cookies? Not only does Dorie walk you through the recipe that gives us the most wonderful cookies, she…