Cabbage and White Bean Minestrone
Brrrr. It doesn’t take Punxsutawney Phil to tell us it’s soup time. This recipe is adapted from one that appears in Martha Rose Schulman cookbook, Mediterranean Harvest. The book is available here.
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A Signature Dish: Spiced Chickpea Stew With Coconut and Turmeric
For Julia Child it was Coq Au Vin. Marcella Hazan’s tour de force was her amazing Tomato Sauce. Chez Panisse’s Alice Waters rocked the culinary world with her Baked Goat Cheese With Baby Lettuces. “A signature dish is a recipe that identifies an individual chef…
Persian Barley and Vegetable Soup: Feed Your Inner Gladiator
It’s cold. It’s winter here in Southern California (sort of). Clearly, it’s time for the warm comfort of a bowl of steaming hot soup. Here is a soup recipe you might not have considered: Persian Barley and Vegetable Soup with Dried Cranberries. It is delicious…
Getting Smashed: Russet Potatoes With Horseradish Sauce
I’m a potato person. Surely it is my Irish heritage. I love mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, potato cakes and on and on. I think if I ever were to post on one of the ubiquitos dating sites, I would have to be honest. My…
A Cabbage Roll By Any Other Name: Golabki
Lahanodolmades. Kaalikaaryle. Bai Cai Juan. Golabki. It’s Lahanodolmades in Greece. It’s Kaalikaaryle in Finland. It’s Bai Cai Juan in China. It’s Golabki in Poland. Turns out, cabbage rolls are “a thing” just about everywhere. And, it’s with good reason. They are delicious! So here is…
Easy Peasy: Pea and Fennel Cream Soup
Got holiday anxiety? You deserve a little private celebration during these busy holiday weeks. This elegant little Pea and Fennel Cream Soup certainly fits the bill. It is bright-green beautiful, comfortingly creamy and oh-SO-easy to prepare. This recipe is adapted from one that…
Spicy Kuri Squash With Harissa and Lemon
Cooks have long understood the impact of color on eating habits. The ancient Egyptians and Romans used herbs to color their foods and wines in an effort to enhance their appeal. Instinctively, I think, most of us understand that color suggests flavor, ripeness, and sweetness.…
Not Your Momma’s (Or Dorcas’) Holiday Green Beans: Green Beans With Dried-Cherry Vinaigrette
According to Smithsonian Magazine somewhere in the neighborhood of 20,000,000 people will be eating green bean casserole this Thanksgiving, many of them following some version of the recipe Dorcas Reilly (pictured below) created in 1955. Dorcas was a food expert working for Campbell’s Soup Company…
Cheesy Potato Heaven! Gratin of Asparagus and Potatoes
When an Irish girl tells you that a potato dish soars, you should listen. This potato dish soars! Potatoes should definitely be on your Thanksgiving table anyway. The potato carbohydrates will give you the energy you need to keep things on a mellow Norman Rockwell-esque…
No Worries Here: Greek Fasolada (White Bean Soup)
I’m imagining myself enjoying a bowl of this wonderful Fasolada soup on a lazy afternoon in a boisterous Greek taverna. Outside, the turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea lap gently against faded fishing boats beached on the sand . Bottles of Fix beer and a carafe…
