chickpeas – The Spamwise Chronicles

Basmati and Wild Rice with Chickpeas, Cranberries and Herbs

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

Soup Snapshot

Wild Littleneck Clams, with Fennel, Chickpeas and Meyer Lemon (from this recipe at Saveur, substituting clams instead of mussels.)

food

Chana Masala

One of the discussion groups I participate in on Facebook currently revolves around the topic of food resolutions for 2014. One person has said she would like to try a […]

food

Hummus

In a way, my search for edible hummus is a story about this blog. When I first began blogging, I didn’t know what I wanted to talk about. At first, […]

American cuisine

Roasted Chickpeas, with Preserved Lemon, Olives and Heirloom Tomatoes

There is something elementally elegant about beans that speaks to […]

cooking

Pasta e Ceci

If you live in the New York City metropolitan area, you may have heard that a massive nor’easter is scheduled to arrive in town early tomorrow evening. It promises to […]

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Crostini Snapshots

Alice Waters

Chickpeas with Winter Greens and Almonds

There is a world of difference between chickpeas prepared from scratch, and canned versions. With the latter, what you save in terms of convenience sacrifices taste and beauty as the […]

cooking

Ceci Snapshot

autumn

An Almost Vegetarian Thanksgiving, Part 1

As I mentioned in my previous post, these days I call myself an “almost vegetarian”. I do eat meat, but I tend to use it as a flavoring rather than […]

cooking

Three Small Plates

It’s no secret that I love to cook. I often think what might have been if I had gone to culinary school straight out of high school, instead of joining […]

food

Friday Snapshot

Chickpeas, with slow-cooked onion, broccoli rabe and pecorino cheese

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Pasta with Chickpeas, Parsley and Lemon

Also known as garbanzo beans, chickpeas are a roundish, beige to light green member of the legume family grown primarily in part of West Asia, India, and in the Mediterranean. […]