Grilled Shrimp with Spicy Red Pepper Dipping Sauce
This is a great appetizer or dish to serve when you are making a tapas style dinner at home. This is a non-recipe recipe: it is so simple...
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Apr 7, 2019
⏰ Hoisin Glazed Pork Meatballs
Just look at those meatballs, Don't you just want to dive in and eat them? A lovely example of the Maillard reaction and sweet, salty and...
Mar 28, 2019
Soy-Marinated Eggs
These striated eggs add another dimension to ramen but are delicious enough to eat on their own (as L. and I illustrated by scarfing some...
Mar 26, 2019
Miso Chicken Wings
This is a recipe that L. clamors for every few weeks and I oblige as much as I can, though I am a bit bored of it. This recipe has been...
Mar 22, 2019
🔁 Falafel and Vegetable Tacos
L. has been on my case again about the fact that I tend not to cook dishes a second time. As a fellow foodie, I thought that he...
Feb 10, 2019
Roasted Daikon Fries
Blurry photo of really good alternative fries. The roasting removed some of the vegetable's "harsher edges" and the daikon batons...
Oct 24, 2018
Myoga, Miso and Pork Bites
I doubt that this will be my most popular recipe ever because so many of the ingredients are specialty items. That being said, if you...
Oct 15, 2018
Crispy Miso Chicken Wings
These are delicious - crispy and sticky in equal measure, as all proper chicken wings should be. These are so good that the Colonel's...
Sep 28, 2018
Cheddar Quesadilla
I used to make these for L. all the time when he was small so they have the nostalgia factor in our house. And they taste good. The...
Jan 19, 2018
Root Vegetable Nachos
This was, if I say so myself, an absolutely brilliant munchie. This recipe came about because I wanted the cheesy goodness of nachos but...
Dec 15, 2017
Falafel and Vegetable Tacos with Whipped Tahini Dressing
I had my doubts about this recipe when I was planning it in my head but (if I say so myself) these tacos were STELLAR. My mother, L. and...
Dec 13, 2017
Bonus Recipe: Polenta Crackers
I have made various shapes and spice/cheese/spread variations of these over the past few weeks, so much so that L. has asked if I...
Nov 22, 2017
Fortnum and Mason Inspired Welsh Rarebit
When we lived in London, L. was 3 and we would, on occasion, go to Fortnum and Mason for a special treat lunch. We always had the same...
Sep 20, 2017
Recipe: Bacon and Tomato Tarte Tatin
I had a glut of beautiful mini heirloom tomatoes, which made the tart very pretty and colorful but regular sized, red ones would work...
Apr 7, 2016
Avocado Toast with Fried Capers
If there is one thing that I have discovered in California that I will take with me when I go, it is avocado toast and the many...
Apr 4, 2016
Bonus Recipe: Scallion Pancakes
Today L. got hit in the face by a basketball during gym class. Because America is an unusually litigious country, he was sent home from...
Mar 12, 2016
Bonus Recipe: Zucchini "Chips"
This recipe comes from my Italian Uncle's side of the family. It is a very simple one and yet so delicious that there are never any left....
Mar 4, 2016
Aloo Tikki
I love Felicity Cloake's "how to cook the perfect..." series in the Guardian because she does a lot of research (which I then don't have...
Jan 31, 2016
Recipe: Bacon Candy
I had sweet and spicy bacon in a bar in New York and was instantly hooked. I remembered it when planning a dinner party and had visions...
Jan 30, 2016
Adobo Chili-Pinto Bean Dip
This is another one of those dips that you can whip up at the last minute for unexpected guests from items that you have in the pantry...
Jan 19, 2016
Recipe: Chickpea Flour Flatbreads
L. loves my socca waffles/blini and I wanted to make something along those lines that was more substantial than canapés. Chickpea flour...
Jan 15, 2016
Bonus Recipe: Applesauce
The family next door is Korean-American. My neighbor's mother comes over most afternoons to be with the kids until the parents get home...
Jan 15, 2016
Bonus Recipe: Easy Apple "Turnovers"
I really don't make dessert much for reasons that I have sufficiently rambled on about in this blog. L. went on strike the other day and...
Jan 10, 2016
Bonus Recipe: Go-To Chocolate Cake
Messy picture notwithstanding, this is one of the few recipes that I return to again and again. I really don't like making desserts and...
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