Jersey Fresh produce, homegrown sweet corn, tomatoes, squash, eggplant, green beans are bountiful and glorious. I have to find new ways to take advantage of the summer harvest, especially…
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 “dal” in the…
Black Bean Chipotle Dip | Everyday Dorie
With a can of black bean, a few other ingredients and a food processor, you’d get the black bean chipotle dip in just a matter of seconds. It’s a…
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 more sustaining and…
Cowboy Caviar Salad or Side | Everyday Dorie
I had no idea about the origin of the cowboy caviar or salad until I hear it in Everyday Dorie from Dorie. The salad is often served on New…
This is my first encounter with pimento cheese. It is a creamy spread made with cheese, pimentos and mayonnaise, often referred to as the pâté of the South. Dorie’s…
Before my cooking days, I used to make some version of Nigella’s sesame peanut noodles. Mostly, the recipe comes out of my head and my memory of a similar…
Salade Niçoise | Julia Child’s Mediterranean Combination Salad
This is a composed salad, meaning that you prepare each component of the salad in a separate dish. Season each with dressing and seasonings. When you’re ready to serve,…
Layering a chicken chili with a cornbread topping, that’s the essence of a chicken-chili tamale pie. This is my first. It’s very much like the way you’d make a…
Last time I made something similar to the Mediterranean shepherd’s pie was the chicken pot parmentier from My Paris Kitchen by David Lebovitz. Remember that! They are both delicious…
White Bean Stew and Radicchio-Apple Salad | Ellie Krieger
It’s fast food to me when it involves opening a can of beans and making a salad. Ellie Krieger nails it with the white bean stew and a radicchio-apple…
Hot Chocolate and Citrus Puddings | Pandemic Recipes
This hot chocolate and citrus puddings deliver the lightness of soufflé without any of the anxiety. Meanwhile, a closer examination of the ingredients reviews there is no cornstarch or…
A good alternative to a tomato-based pizza is a white pizza. Make the white base with mascarpone, pecorino, anchovies, sage and lemon zest and a good grind of pepper.…
Don’t let not having the time to soak white bean overnight stop you from making the Tuscan white bean soup. I say that because Ina Garten recipe calls for…
I can’t think of a more appropriate place to deploy the kitchen-sink approach to cooking than the bean and tortilla soup. Besides a long list of ingredients, this soup…
Miso Corn and Squid | Everyday Dorie
Dorie writes about her encounter with the mythical Kyoto corn and the other Japanese culinary wizardry. That stirs up the sensational memory of my solo trip to Kyoto (my…
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 beans and corn,…
Ricotta Spoonable | Everyday Dorie
The idea of having a ricotta spoonable to go with almost anything is appealing. I serve the spoonable with some steamed yellow beans and crabmeat. I’m fortunate to receive…
Taco night is complete with chicken kebabs and greens and beans with red chile. The chicken kebabs is a Mark Bittman recipe published on the New York Times. In…
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 is a rich…
Buckwheat and Haricots Verts Salad | Ottolenghi’s Simple
How do we make it through another day? Exercise our ingenuity and steel our resolve to combat the virus day by day. It’s going to be a longhaul with…
Bulgur with Mushrooms and Feta | Ottolenghi’s Simple
An efficient and well-sourced pantry of everyday ingredients my family loves to eat has taken me years to establish. The pantry inspires the wellspring of ideas for meals day…
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 large, creatures of…
It is not season for broad (or fava) beans, therefore I substitute peas to make the dip. Do you know that fava bean is the primary ingredient in falafel?…