My interest in roast cabbage soared when I saw a big tray of it as a family meal for the kitchen staff. On that day, I…
Roasting or steaming a whole fish is a centerpiece for an Asian-style feast. Serve it with rice and broccolini in a soy, ginger and garlic sauce.…
Appetizer/ breakfast/ easy everyday/ Fish/ make ahead/ Pantry essentials/ Seafood/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Smoked Fish and Parsnip Cakes | Make Ahead
How do you make a cake without the usual sugar and wheat flour, in other words, a more nutritious kind for everyday eating? The answer is…
Yotam Ottolenghi adapts a classic Waldorf salad to this sort-of-Waldorf in Plenty More. The classic is a fruit and nut salad generally made of fresh apples,…
easy everyday/ Fruit/ my favorites/ pastry/ puff pastry/ year round/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Apricot and Thyme Galettes
The apricot season is short. When it’s in season, apricot is one of my favorite fruits for baking. However, the canned or preserved version can be…
Dairy free/ Fish/ Gluten free/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ Simmer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Spiced Cod With Spinach and Chickpea Stew
“Yet another way to eat your spinach” is the title of this Yotam Ottolenghi’s article in the New York Times. Then he expands on how a…
This dish is striking. I can look and adore the beauty of it all day. The zucchini blossoms open up their interior anatomy for all to…
This post is about gratitude. Instead of writing a thank you note. I do what I do best—bake a cake. A gift-worthy cake is the delivery…
Zucchini blossoms are one of those ingredients you can only get your hands on once a year. I have my sights set on them for a…
There is so much you can do with the bountiful sweet corn in the summer. Corn cakes, corn chowder, corn bread or polenta made with fresh…
Which amazing salad would hold up against an epic French charcuterie? That’s the spirit when I chose to make the grilled radicchio and sugar snap pea salad…
This harissa-spiced tomato and tuna cake is awesome. The cake is not only good for picnic eaten outdoor as originally conceived by Yotam Ottolenghi. I want it…
dessert/ easy everyday/ Fruit/ my favorites/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake (National Trust Version)
The “national trust version” of this lemon and poppy seed cake recipe comes with a warranty, metaphorically speaking. The cake is as trustworthy and predictable as any…
dessert/ featured/ Other Sweets/ pastry/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Saffron, Orange and Honey Madeleines | Giving Thanks
I so look forward to the Thanksgiving celebration with family and friends, while enjoying some good home-cooked Thanksgiving staples. It helps tremendously when you know your…
Appetizer/ Fruit/ quick bread/ Side/ Yeast bread/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Black Grape, Blue Cheese and Thyme Flatbread #YotamOttolenghi
I felt a real connection of place, history and food when I stayed on a farm in Tuscany years ago. That was a place where acres…
We made these blueberry, almond and lemon cakes when Yotam Ottolenghi wrote about his relationship with berries in his column “Head Over Heels for Berries” published…
The radish sprouts, shown here in the green and purple variety, bring youthful vitality and crunch to the sprout salad. I have yet to find out…
Side/ Simmer/ summer/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Mixed Beans with Spices and Lovage in a Curry-like Sauce #Farmersmarket
Sugar snap peas, string beans and fava beans are in abundance at this time of the year. Fresh fava beans are not available except in a…