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Chicken Biryani

2015-02-23T05:22:22+01:00

Biryani, the storied Indian dish of fragrant layered rice, spices, and (usually) meat, if made well, is one of my favorite things. A good biryani is richly (...)

Aubergine and Lentil Pie

2014-11-24T23:19:47+01:00

As luck would have it, the very first vegetarian main I trialed for Thanksgiving was such a winner that I did not need to attempt others. (I promise those (...)

Herbed Farro and Cauliflower

2014-11-16T20:49:06+01:00

Any holiday centered around preparing and consuming abundant amounts of food is right up my street. In the United States, this holiday is Thanksgiving, and in (...)

Chicken liver, pear and cognac mousse

2014-08-26T06:08:58+02:00

I knew today that summer was almost at an end when I saw the first new crop pears at the grocery store. It astonishes me how rapidly this one has sped past. I (...)

Pistachio and Cashew Baklava Fingers

2014-04-03T17:09:58+02:00

Before I set out to make baklava, a friend of Greek origin advised me, “don’t hold back on the syrup.” This is sound advice. Baklava is a traditional dessert (...)

Kale, chicory and hazelnut Caesar salad

2014-03-11T02:02:33+01:00

My friend Jess wrote me recently to tell me that puntarelle has appeared at my beloved Booth’s, at Spa Terminus near Maltby Street, in London. Puntarelle is a (...)

Southern style frosted cinnamon rolls

2014-01-15T22:39:52+01:00

The thing that I love most about baking in the American South is the blithe disregard for caloric content and cholesterol. A close second is the Southern (...)

Cranberry cake

2013-12-10T05:49:52+01:00

My blogging has suffered, as of late, as has my cooking, due to a constellation of issues – a remodel, a heavy workload, and a short-term food-writing project, (...)

Pan-seared octopus with delicata squash, chickpeas and saffron

2013-11-13T17:46:23+01:00

Many people shy away from cooking octopus, believing that it is too difficult to cook. The truth is slightly different. Octopus is relatively easy to cook; (...)

Linguine with sea urchin roe sauce

2013-11-04T04:40:19+01:00

Strictly speaking, the edible part of sea urchin – uni, as it’s called in Japanese – isn’t roe at all. It is the animal’s gonads, and will eventually turn into (...)