In Seasonal Cooking
Fig Jam with Lemon and Pineapple Sage
This will be a loose mixture perfect for spooning over ice cream or simple cakes.
Continue Reading August 24, 2017
In Recipes, Seasonal Cooking, Soup
Bowl of Cooling Yogurt
When it's really hot and appetite flags a cooling bowl of yogurt can be all you need. This combination, taken from the Persian kitchen is halfway between Mast-o-Khiar the cucumber-yogurt dip that accompanies many dishes and an Ash-e-Mast or yogurt soup. In my version I
Continue Reading July 18, 2017
In Miscellany, Pasta
Adventures in Japanese Cooking: Udon
My Japanese cooking adventure continues. It's lovely to have someone to cook for every night, especially someone as sweet and encouraging as my student roommate Miku. Given the heat I figured that she might appreciate a bowl of cold udon. Now that my pantry is
Continue Reading June 26, 2017
In Baked Goods, Recipes, Sweets
Super Easy Chocolate Gingerbread
Several years ago, 2004 in fact, I became obsessed with Nigella Lawson's Chocolate Gingerbread from her cookbook Feast. I made it once then another thirty times. Why? It's a perfect foolproof cake with holiday flavor that is dead simple, not just to make but to
Continue Reading December 17, 2016
In Pie, Recipes
Rosh Hashana Pie = Apple Honey with Walnut Crust
Food celebrating the Jewish New Year is generally characterized by sweetness as celebrants hope for a sweet and fruitful year. The most emblematic memory I have of the holiday is dipping apples into honey. I suspect you know where I going with this idea. The Jewish Journal asked
Continue Reading September 28, 2016