27 March 2013
Roasted carrot soup with dukkah spice and yogurt
Believe it or not, tomorrow is the first day of spring. If you live in the Boston area, then you probably know better than to get too excited about that fact. (...)
27 March 2013
Smoky and sweet baked beans
There are way too many recipes out there that I want to try. Andrew made me an app a while ago to store my magazine recipes (being married to a software (...)
15 March 2013
Stir-fried noodles with shrimp green beans and carrots
I am so excited about this recipe. This is the first time that I've been able to make a stir fry that actually tasted like something from our favorite Thai (...)
12 March 2013
Fried olives stuffed with goat cheese
I've recently been thinking about having a tapas-style dinner party, where I make a whole bunch of appetizer selections instead of a main dish. I was (...)
22 February 2013
Pasta shells with yogurt sauce, peas, and chile
When Andrew and I were in Turkey over the summer, we tried a traditional dish called manti, which consists of a ravioli-like dumplings filled with meat and (...)
18 February 2013
Meyer lemon cranberry scones
Wow, it has been a long time since my last post...I've been cooking a lot but haven't really been inspired to blog about any of it. But I was recently reminded (...)
14 February 2013
Samosa Galette
Samosas. One of the most popular Indian foods out there, yet one of the few things that I've never seen my mother make from scratch. She is an excellent cook, (...)
16 January 2013
Socca with lamb and eggplant sauce
I mentioned recently that I received a copy ofBean by Bean for Christmas. This book has been on my wish list for a while and I was really excited to get it - I (...)
1 January 2013
Potato salad with pickled celery and hard-boiled egg
I received a few new cookbooks this holiday season, including Jerusalem, Heart of the Artichoke, Bean by Bean, and Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream at Home. I've (...)
18 December 2012
Grilled vegetables with Malaysian vinaigrette
My cast iron grill pan has been getting a lot of use this summer. We don't own a real grill, so we have to make do with the grill pan until we move somewhere (...)
11 December 2012
Pumpkin tart with cheesecake topping
Somehow, inexplicably, it is already December 10th, and I am just now getting around to telling you about the dessert I made for Thanksgiving. This pumpkin (...)
1 December 2012
White bean and Swiss chard pot pie
Smitten Kitchenis my very favorite food blog, and I have been eagerly awaiting the release of the Smitten Kitchen Cookbook for many, many months. SK's recipes (...)
19 November 2012
Red lentil and pumpkin soup
I saw this recipe in theNovember issue of Cooking Lightand the lentil-pumpkin combination really appealed to me. I have always enjoyed lentil soupand the (...)
13 November 2012
Cranberry sherbet
I like to keep a supply of cranberries in the freezer, mostly so that I can make these cranberry pecan caramel barsany time I want. But during a recent freezer (...)
29 October 2012
Quiche with Summer Greens
I buy a lot of vegetables that have greens attached, like turnips, beets, radishes...these greens are all edible and have interesting flavors, and I try hard (...)
29 October 2012
Pommes paillasson grated potato pancake
Andrew and I had some friends over for brunch last weekend. When I was planning the menu, the idea of making potato pancakes or latkes crossed my mind, but I (...)
29 October 2012
Celery root and potato latkes
I tagged this recipe when I bought my first celery root this past fall, and although I didn't make it back then, I'm glad I remembered it when I bought celery (...)
29 October 2012
Peanut butter banana bread
I have always loved peanut butter. As a kid, I would only eat the chunky kind, and later on switched to the creamy camp, where I still am now. I even remember (...)
29 October 2012
Zucchini and sweet potato bread
This is my favorite quick bread recipe, and happily, both zucchini and sweet potatoes are in season right now! I first came across this recipe on Joy the (...)
29 October 2012
Summer vegetable frittata
A frittata makes a nice quick dinner (or brunch), and can easily be adapted to use whatever ingredients you have on hand - this is a great way to use up odd (...)
29 October 2012
Broccoli rabe and sun-dried tomato frittata with fontina
Andrew and I had some friends over for brunch today. It reminded me of how much I enjoy hosting brunch, mostly because I get an excuse to make some fun treats (...)
18 October 2012
Apple tart
A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to meet Luisa Weiss, the author of one of my favorite food blogs - The Wednesday Chef. She has written a memoir that (...)
8 October 2012
Roasted broccoli and olive pasta with pecorino
My shopping habits at the farmers' market have changed quite a bit over the last two years. Two years ago, I would eagerly buy anything I hadn't tried before - (...)
21 September 2012
Black pepper sesame paste
So, it's been about 10 days since my last post...To tell you the truth, blogging hasn't been at the top of my priority list lately. I'm still cooking a lot, (...)
11 September 2012
Creamed corn with garam masala butter
You guys. Between my recent hummus post and this one, I have come to a very important conclusion - everything tastes better when spiced butter is poured on (...)
