I recently made this salad for a dinner party and everyone loved it! We liked it so much that we made a second batch of it after we ate the main course. It’s loosely based on a salad in the Plenty cookbook by Ottolenghi. I failed to pick up the turkish sheep cheese that the…
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Sweet and Tangy Fruit Chutney
It was bound to happen. What with all the jam, curd and marmalade making, I was bound to start making chutney. I was perfectly content to use store bought mango chutney to top my Spicy Chickpea Pancakes, samosas or pakora….but now I have made my own sweet and tangy fruit chutney, and it kicks the teeth out…
Two Orange Almond Cakes for Passover (gluten-free)
We have been hosting a lot of dinner parties this month. Last week, I made two Orange Almond cakes for our guests. Despite having the same primary flavours, these two cakes were very different from each other. Clearly, I have a thing for the old almond and orange combo in deserts (tangerine marmalade cake and marmalade and…
Cabbage Slaw with Mango, Peanuts, Mint and Pungent Lime Dressing
A couple of summers back, we spent a glamourous weekend celebrating a friend’s birthday at a farm-house in the Catskills. Everyone in this particular circle of friends happens to cook amazing food. There was fresh-baked bread, Tomato Pie, chickpea and butternut squash salad with tahini dressing, fava bean salad, smoked salmon hash with fresh herbs…
Butter, Garlic and Ginger Laced Pureed Mustard Greens served with Radish Corn Bread
I used to make this a lot. I made it so much that I had to take a decade long break from making it, but now I am ready to eat it again! According to my favourite Indian cookbook, Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking, this is the “soul food” of the Punjabi Sikhs. It…
Roasted Potatoes and Fennel with Za’atar
Every year around my birthday I go out for dinner at one of my favourite restaurants, The Kebab Cafe, in Astoria Queens. I don’t really eat out much, because it interferes with my desires to spend all of my time cooking in my own kitchen, but eating at the Kebab cafe is deeply satisfying to…
Wilted Dandelion Salad with Cured Meats
The mother of my childhood best friend used to make salad from dandelion greens that grew in her yard. She is one of the most elegant, magical, beautiful women I have ever known. She read us all of the children’s classics in her beautiful English accent. She’s an actress and it’s probably partly her fault…
Quiche with Smoked Salmon, Smoked Gouda and Swiss Chard (gluten-free)
This is based on my friend Bethany’s favourite omelet combination, smoked salmon, smoked gouda and swiss chard. She recently had a big bunch of friends over for brunch and served us the frittata version (who wants to make individual omelets for 10 people?) It was insanely delicious and you can find her recipe for the…
Floral Scented Shortbreads (Gluten-Free)
These cookies combine the lovely aromatic quality of Indian deserts with a crisp and not too sweet shortbread. I was inspired by the cardamom, pistachio and rosewater shortbread on the lovely food blog My Darling Lemon Thyme. I enjoyed these rose scented cookies so much, that I started experimenting with orange blossom water and culinary…
Swiss Chard Stems with Tahini
I am quite excited by this swiss chard stem dish. The recipe is from “Moro, The Cookbook” by Sam & Sam Clark. I eat a lot of swiss chard. In the winter the stems are a little bit intense so I like to cook them separately from the greens and beat them into submission with…
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