recipe

Roast Chicken Salad with Haricots Verts and Mustard Vinaigrette

B is headed to Las Vegas this week to keep […]

Minestrone

I adore minestrone. Minestrone is a soup that embodies the best of “seasonal cooking”. Its content depends on what’s good at the market, and almost always contains a bounty of […]

American cuisine

Weekend Rituals

B and I have been together since May 2013. If you count since we’ve been living together, it’s been 3 1/2 years. I prefer to start the clock from the […]

California

Pernil Snapshots

Every year, B and I invite a bunch of friends over to watch the Oscars. We usually make it an event, like a dinner party gathering. A few weeks ago, […]

food

Spaghetti with Scallops, Parsley and Hot Pepper

A friend of mine once described her favorite childhood meal […]

cooking

When someone asks me “What do you like to cook?”, I almost invariably answer “Italian”. If pressed for detail, I sometimes answer “Mediterranean-style vegetable-focused cooking, with a strong preference towards […]

Alice Waters

Ratatouille

If there’s a dish that really epitomizes the height of summer, it’s ratatouille. Wikipedia tells us that it’s a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish, originating in Nice, and that […]

cooking

Polpettine all’Umbra

To most Americans, meatballs are made to be paired with spaghetti or some other type of pasta, typically served in a concoction known as “Sunday gravy“. In the annals of […]

cooking

Mejadra, with Yogurt and Cucumber

Rice and beans (or peas, or lentils) is a tradition in just about every region I can think of, from the American South (red beans and rice), to India (chana […]

cooking

Green Beans Braised in Tomato Sauce

On Facebook, someone mentioned how the style of my cooking so often can be tracked to old-time Italian country cooking. At the time the recession of 2008 hit, I started […]

cooking

Chicken with Mustard

A few months ago, I bought “My Paris Kitchen“. It was roughly around this time that I decided to change my habit of rarely cooking directly from cookbooks to more […]

food

Basmati and Wild Rice with Chickpeas, Cranberries and Herbs

I hardly ever cook directly from cookbooks, but lately that […]

food

Asparagus with Coconut and Cardamom

This is my interpretation of one of Floyd Cardoz‘s creations at his former restaurant, the now-closed Tabla. Opened in 1998, Tabla was an instant hit amongst New York City’s food […]

cooking

Spinaci alla Genovese

Now that we’re in the throes of spring here in New York City, let’s talk about greens. I adore greens of all kinds, whether they’re arugula, broccoli rabe or chickweed, […]

cooking

Chermoula

If there’s an herb in my pantry that would qualify as an MVP, it would probably be flat-leaf parsley. I go through at least 1-2 bunches a week. I use […]

American cuisine

Ramp Pesto

I have a confession to make. I am one of those people who adores ramps. I go crazy over them when they appear. Their presence at the market says that […]

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recipe

Roast Chicken Salad with Haricots Verts and Mustard Vinaigrette

Minestrone

Weekend Rituals

Pernil Snapshots

Spaghetti with Scallops, Parsley and Hot Pepper

Zucchine Alla Parmigiana

Ratatouille

Polpettine all’Umbra

Mejadra, with Yogurt and Cucumber

Green Beans Braised in Tomato Sauce

Chicken with Mustard

Basmati and Wild Rice with Chickpeas, Cranberries and Herbs

Asparagus with Coconut and Cardamom

Spinaci alla Genovese

Chermoula

Ramp Pesto