🔁 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...
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Mar 19, 2019
Blistered Cherry Tomatoes
These were a delicious addition to a truly successful pasta dish of rigati, Chorizo and wilted greens. They were also very pretty coming...
Nov 29, 2018
Pickled Fennel (Excellent with Fish or Pork)
This Spanish mackerel was, if I say so myself, perfectly cooked - crispy skin, moist, firm flesh, all enhanced by the exceedingly simple...
Nov 20, 2018
Pasta Inverno
I am pretty sure that we have all eaten Pasta Primavera, usually badly made, at some point or the other. Rather than the usual bad...
Aug 31, 2018
Bonus Recipe: Five Minute Dinner For One
This dish is the love child of my craving greens and wanting to clean out the fridge before going away for the weekend. I did not expect...
Jul 17, 2018
Southern Tomato Pie
I had read about Southern tomato pie in books and always thought that it sounded delicious. Unfortunately, none of the recipes that I...
Jun 19, 2018
Corn Fritters with Sage, Lardons, Avocado and Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
I have to admit that, with the temperature in the 80s and the humidity at 75%, I was loathe to turn on the oven this evening. Instead, I...
May 18, 2018
Vegetable Pakora
This is a lovely way of using up all the odds and ends of vegetables and herbs that you have left in your hydrator at the end of the week...
Apr 6, 2018
Carrot and Carrot Green Pizza
My aunt recently sent me a recipe for a carrot pizza (original recipe and her notes attached below) and, while I was intrigued by the...
Mar 22, 2018
Bonus Recipe: Chinese Garlic and Chili Pickles
The recipe for these actually made my mouth water and I immediately got the ingredients so that I could make them at once. My first batch...
Feb 24, 2018
Cheese Soufflé
To those of you who have never made a soufflé before: forget everything you have ever heard - they are really not that hard to make. I...
Feb 17, 2018
Italian Stuffed Artichokes with Parmesan Drawn Butter
I make artichokes for L. from time to time, usually just steamed with some drawn lemon butter on the side. Since the higher up he gets in...
Feb 3, 2018
Bonus Recipe: Spinach and Artichoke Dip Pizza
This is what you make when your child is hungry on a Saturday afternoon and both of you are too lazy to go out in the sphincter puckering...
Feb 1, 2018
20-Minute Challenge: Corn Soup with Vadouvan Cream
I have been tossing this idea around in my head for a while because I still had some summer corn in my freezer and felt it was time to...
Jan 20, 2018
Carrot and Daikon "Osso Bucco"
The "osso bucco" title is obviously a bit of branding to make this dish more palatable to the non-vegetarians who were going to eat it. I...
Oct 20, 2017
Black Bean Fajitas
It is stupid of me to call these fajitas since the term fajita refers to grilled beef, but this dish, even in its vegetarian incarnation,...
Oct 9, 2017
Braised Chickpeas with Kale
Cooking time aside, this was a "5 minutes of effort dish", which I always like. I paired it with homemade merguez patties but you could...
Mar 28, 2016
Crunchy Couscous Galette with Roasted Vegetables
As you may have noticed from reading this blog, I cannot help myself when it comes to recipes: I have to put in my 10 cents worth and...
Mar 25, 2016
Recipe: White Bean and Mushroom "Meatball" Subs
I have been wanting to make a vegetarian "meatball" recently because I thought it would be a painless way to add more pulses to L.'s...
Mar 24, 2016
Recipe: Chilled Spring Pea Soup
When I worked at Daniel in New York, I always knew that it was Spring because pea soup appeared on on the menu. It came in the form of a...
Mar 22, 2016
Recipe: Souffléed Avocadoes
It's been a long time since I have given you a recipe with no photo, even a crappy one. My only excuse is that, though delicious, my...
Mar 14, 2016
Recipe: Deep Dish Veggie Quiche
Quiche is usually made with pie crust and you can certainly make this recipe that way. I wanted to overstuff the quiche and make it a...
Feb 6, 2016
Recipe: Curried Root Vegetable Soup
I mostly prefer my soups chunky because I feel that the texture is condusive to them being filling and therefore useful as stand alone...
Nov 28, 2015
Recipe: General Tso's Cauliflower
I am embarrassed to say that, though I really love traditional and proper Chinese food, I also have a soft spot for certain...
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