Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Seafood/ Side
Double-Stuffed Deviled Eggs with Crab | Everyday Dorie
Who says deviled eggs are easy to make? The double-stuffed deviled eggs does not mean doubling in complexity, although definitely more work. This is an easy…
Fish/ Mediterranean/ my favorites/ Roast/ Sauté/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Cod with Sweet and Sour Pepper | Yotam Ottolengi
When I see this recipe in Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem, one other cod dish comes to mind. It’s the cod Basquaise from Eric Ripert. The ingredients are similar,…
classics/ Dorie Greenspan/ Meat/ my favorites/ pasta/ spring
Beef and Beer Stew: A Belgian-Inspired Carbonnade | Everyday Dorie
Early Spring is a transitional season, when mother nature gives us chilly days as well as warm sunny days. One day I make a spring salad.…
Salad/ spring/ whole grain/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Avocado, Quinoa and Fava Bean Salad | Ottolenghi’s Plenty
Slow braise cooking of late is gradually giving way to the lighter fare of a spring salad as the outside temperature rises. A simple salad of…
Mediterranean/ my favorites/ Paula Wolfert/ Poultry
Chicken Tagine with Prunes & Almonds | The Food of Morocco
I resolve to dig deeper into Moroccan cooking inspired by Dorie’s chicken and winter squash tagine. Dorie is a five-time James Beard Award winner. Most…
Rillette is “a preservation method similar to confit where meat is seasoned then slow cooked submerged in fat for several hours” — some say forever, according…
The appeal of herb roasted cod parchment packet is easy to understand. Like the concept of one-pot or sheet-pan cooking, it’s one-stop preparation. The simplicity of…
I call this a Sicilian pasta with sardines instead of pasta with sardines, fennel and pine nuts as in Everyday Dorie. I’m in the winter wonderland…
Watching the Olympians compete inspires me to get better, faster and stronger as an alpine skier. To that end, I’ve been skiing downhill every morning lately…
Ellie Krieger/ foundation recipe/ Pantry essentials/ pasta/ Soup
The Checklist to Build Your Own Favorite Soup | Minestrone
Winter is upon us, when the outside temperature drops and stays low, our craving turns to a warm and hearty bowl of soup. What can be…
Stuffed cabbage is everything that Dorie describes: earthy and rustic. Many cultures have a version of it that goes back generations. Dorie’s version mixes beef, pork…
I look forward to a hot and delicious meal full of vegetables to fill me up more than anything else at this time of the year.…
It’s not clear to me that this salmon with thyme, lemon butter and almonds from Nigella Lawson uses a steaming method in a parchment package. The…
Consider the pull-apart sour cream and chive rolls by Claire Saffitz, like the Parker House dinner rolls or the likes of savory pork buns. And there…
Dorie’s Spatchcocked chicken is one of the recipes in Everyday Dorie I’ve repeated over and over again since the early months of the pandemic. I finally…
5 ingredients or less/ Appetizer/ Dorie Greenspan/ Roast
Paper Thin Potato Rosettes | Everyday Dorie
This is a wonderful time of the year. Can’t resist to make something seasonally appropriate as well as pretty: the potato rosettes from Dorie’s website. She…
Bake/ brunch/ cheese/ my favorites/ one-pan/ Side/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Five-Spice Butternut Squash in Cheesy Custard
The idea of a one-pan butternut squash cheesy custard that I can serve for a festive brunch during the holidays is golden. More than any other…
Asian/ Madhur Jaffrey/ Pantry essentials/ Sauté/ Side/ Simmer/ vegetarian
Bihari Style Peas and Potatoes | Madhur Jaffrey
What do you cook the week after Thanksgiving? It’s time to clear the overstuffed pantry. Use whatever still languishing, including some prized leftover produce. Two items…
If I can get away with not making a turkey for Thanksgiving, I will. But sometimes you just can’t; it’s the iconic and popular bird for…
Here is another test drive for the Thanksgiving side dishes. I’m making the brussels sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta, a Nigella Lawson’s recipe. It’s all about…
Morocco is a place of endless intrigue and mystery. It has been on our list of travel destinations which has sadly been derailed. However, we can…
Test-driving side dishes to go with the Thanksgiving turkey is currently underway in my kitchen. The miso butter onions catch my attention in Ottolenghi’s Flavor for…
autumn/ Bake/ Simmer/ Soup/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Pumpkin, Saffron & Orange Soup with Caramelized Pumpkin Seeds
Why do I throw out all the pumpkins seeds when I cut up a pumpkin? When we start questioning why we do what we do, the…
Appetizer/ Asian/ Fry/ Side/ Simmer/ year round
Chinese Mushroom Dumplings with Sweet Chili Ginger Sauce
So many times I walked by the frozen aisle in Trader Joe’s and tried the hardest to resist the temptation in picking up boxes of Asian…