The vegetable patch in the backyard is the inspiration behind the vegetable ribbon tart. Other than the herbs I have on hand, most of the ingredients…
Phew, we’ve finished making the lemon meringue layer cake. This is next to the last in the layer cakes section of the book, Baking with Dorie,…
breakfast/ easy everyday/ Low fat/ make ahead/ my favorites/ year round
Easy Protein Porridge Recipe for Energy Boost
I found this recipe while leafing through the bookshelves in someone’s home. The bookshelves always draw my interest, like going to a bookstore and exploring the…
Asian/ breakfast/ brunch/ Poultry/ year round/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Poached Chicken Congee | Ottolenghi Comfort
This is the first recipe from Ottolenghi’s new cook book, Comfort. It is poached chicken congee. It is not a complicated dish, but may take sometime…
breakfast/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Fruit/ Nut/ quick cake/ year round
Morning Bundt Cake | Baking with Dorie
I want to have a piece of the morning bundt cake, together with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice and latte for breakfast. There is…
dessert/ foundation recipe/ Fruit/ quick cake/ scalable/ summer/ year round
Butter Cake with Peaches | The Reverse Creaming Method
These are the last-of-the-season peaches and you won’t find the sweet white and yellow peaches any longer until next summer. However, this recipe is good for…
Dorie Greenspan/ Other Breads/ quick bread/ scalable/ year round
Buttermilk-Molasses Rye Quick Bread | Baking with Dorie
This is a one-bowl quick bread recipe, slightly cake-like, very dark blend of rye, wheat and all-purpose flour by Dorie. Drawing on Dorie’s approach, I make…
Roasted vegetable is one of my favorite dishes of all seasons. Roasting or grilling vegetables such as eggplant, zucchini, bell pepper, tomato and mushroom is something…
I have my favorite and an easier version of the bolognese sauce. I make it from time to time, but have never made Marcella Hazan’s bolognese…
This soup checks all the boxes. For that, I mean the green curry lentil soup brings together harmoniously the primary flavor components we crave. Specifically, the…
Bake/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Side/ year round
Christiane’s Dinner-Party Terrine | Everyday Dorie
The Christiane’s dinner-party terrine brings me back to the last terrine I made which was a duck terrine with figs. It is hard to compare a…
Here is my solution to the leftover Thanksgiving turkey: make s turkey tikka masala. The recipe below is a long version which includes cooking fresh turkey…
autumn/ Braise/ easy everyday/ Italian/ one-pan/ vegetarian/ year round
Braised White Beans and Greens With Parmesan
There must be a can of beans in the pantry. Then you don’t need much else to make a vegetarian main course or a hearty side…
The beauty and simplicity of one-pot pasta can’t be overstated. Often time, I find myself reaching for an easy meal prep when time and circumstances are…
Homemade pasta is a big deal in my book. It takes work as well as mindfulness. It’s even a bigger deal if what you’ve made holds…
Bake/ breakfast/ Dorie Greenspan/ Fruit/ whole wheat/ year round
Banana Breakfast Squares | Baking with Dorie
I am having the banana breakfast squares with my morning coffee as I’m writing today’s post. Morning is a good time to write and to refuel.…
African/ foundation recipe/ Mediterranean/ one-pan/ Poultry/ year round
Chicken Tagine with Apricot and Pine Nuts | The Food of Morocco
If I have to pick my absolute favorite one-pan chicken dish, the chicken tagine with apricot and pine nuts gets the price. It has taken me…
autumn/ Dorie Greenspan/ Fruit/ whole wheat/ year round
Iced Honey-Apple Scones with Whole Wheat | Baking with Dorie
I lean on scones when it comes to reliable baking goods for company. Among my favorite kinds are rich, flaky cream scones and light, tender buttermilk…
Cava and pomegranate cocktails is the first of its kind on this blog. I want to make a special toast and commend the relief efforts of…
Asian/ foundation recipe/ Madhur Jaffrey/ Side/ vegetarian/ year round
Chana Dal with Spinach and Tomato | Madhur Jaffrey
Dals are an important part of a vegetarian’s diet — a staple in India. However, I tend to skip the page when I see the word…
Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Gluten free/ Toss/ year round
Cauliflower Tabbouleh | Everyday Dorie
Dorie calls the cauliflower tabbouleh a time-honored salad moving into the 21st century. I can’t agree more since cauliflower has become so popular and indispensable in…
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…
Bake/ Dorie Greenspan/ my favorites/ Sauté/ year round
Caramelized Onion Galette with Parm Cream | Everyday Dorie
The galette, an open-faced rustic tart, has got cousins around the world. One of them is the Provencal pissaladière, an Alsatian onion pizza. Everyone loved it…
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…
Berry/ cheese/ Cream/ dessert/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ year round
Ricotta Cake with Berry Compote | Dessert Person
The ricotta cake, from the Dessert Person by Claire Saffitz, is a light and creamy cheesecake. It’s eggy and cakey and not at all cheesy. Maybe…