Recipes to unleash your inner culinary beast
Recipes to unleash your inner culinary beast
I prefer the more pedestrian run-of-the-mill green lentil for this salad as opposed to the fancy French puy lentil you find in overpriced gourmet food shops. The trick is not to overcook the lentil, but cook it long enough that you don’t end up serving Read more
This is my version of a Caesar salad. It’s delicious and easy. No fussing around with egg yolks and anchovies. My secret is fish sauce. Same umami, less work. I’m not particularly dogmatic about much when it comes to cooking, but I do insist that Read more
I love Greece. The laid back attitude, the cafe culture, the crazy motorbikes everywhere, and the beaches peppered with spedo-clad men strutting around like scantily-clad mediterranean peacocks. Here in Greece oregano and fig trees grow out of the cracks in the sidewalk and wild artichokes Read more
This is so easy, delicious, and economical that once you have your recipe dialed in you’ll never buy granola again. Personalized for you You can tweak the recipe to suit your fancy. Don’t like pecans? Substitute in hazelnuts or cashews. Can’t stand pumpkin seeds? Maybe Read more
This soup checks all the boxes for deliciousness – it’s savory, sweet, creamy and loaded with Indian spices. Everybody loves this soup. Except for me. I hate this soup. The problem is that everyone is always asking me to bring this soup to their fall Read more
Although I could argue that green goddess dressing goes well with almost any vegetable, the marriage of potatoes, peas, and eggs in a creamy tarragon laced dressing in this preparation tops my list. Notes: Cooking the potatoes. The best way to cook the potatoes for Read more
I love mayonnaise in pretty much everything. Tuna is no exception. But occasionally, I crave this preparation which leaves out the mayo and uses olive oil, red wine vinegar and a little lemon as dressing for the tuna. This would go perfectly well with a Read more
They’re probably at least 10,000 green goddess dressing recipes already online. This is the way I make mine, and of course I think it’s the most delicious. You can vary which herbs you use, and whether you use red onion, white onion, green onion, or Read more
This is a super easy dish to make for a crowd. Everything can be prepared in advance if you’d like. The chicken can be grilled and kept warm in the oven, and the peanut sauce can be made in advance and reheated. When you are Read more
Every time I bring this salad to a party, people ask me for the recipe. It’s not hard to make, and everything can be prepped ahead. Just assemble right before you’re ready to eat, and get ready for recipe requests from your friends. Notes: Spiced Read more
My youngest child asks for these at least once a week. I have often complained over the years that she can be annoyingly picky. However, I have tried multiple iterations of this dish, and she is very definitive about which has been a success and Read more
I have no idea how the runny yogurt sauce loaded with dill and virtually no garlic to speak of came to represent “tzatziki” in the United States. In my multiple trips to Greece I have never seen anything close to that poor imitation of the Read more
This is how I make peanut sauce. I cannot attest to the authenticity of this recipe in any way. I just know that it’s delicious, I almost always have all the ingredients on hand, and my children beg for me to make it weekly. It’s an easy Read more