I like to make collard greens for brunch on the weekend. I love making weekend brunch. My kitchen is sunny and beautiful, my favourite radio programs are on, I have gotten enough sleep, and if everything is going the way I prefer I don’t have anywhere to go for a while. My method for making…
Salads with Pears
I am in love with fresh pears. You have to be patient with them. I buy them hard and place them in a sealed brown bag for 4 days to ripen. You can tell that they are ripe when they smell like pears. If you want them to ripen faster, throw a banana in the…
Tomato Cognac Soup
I am sick. When I am sick I really only want to eat tomato soup. I’ll eat other food as long as tomato soup is involved in the menu. So here is another tomato soup recipe, which I served today with grilled cheese and a spinach salad with bacon, avocado, blue cheese, chives, tomato,…
Quick Curried Tomato Soup
I adapted this recipe from a quick, low-fat microwave cookbook that my mother gave me when I went to college. It is still terrifically quick and also low-fat but I do not own a microwave anymore. It is good with spicy chick pea pancakes or grilled cheese (like any tomato soup). I find it particularly delicious…
Apple Rum Raisin Pie (gluten-free and traditional)
I made this pie for our second Thanksgiving on New Year’s day. This is another recipe from Little Pie Company (see the cookbook tab for more info). I will include their excellent recipe for pie crust as well as the gluten-free recipe I use. The gluten-free pie crust is really, really good and does not…
Braised Red Cabbage with Apples
Cabbage is cheap, healthful and good even in the winter. The local green markets in NYC hit a point at this time of year when they have only cabbage and collards and root vegetables and the last few squashes and apples from the autumn. My cousins took me to a green market in Los Angeles…
Sauerkraut, Sprout & Avocado Salad
This recipe comes from Valerie, and old family friend who always seems to be at least three years ahead of everyone else when it comes to health-related food crazes. And I write this coming from one of the hotbeds of health foods. It’s true that there is a lot of flakiness when it comes to…
Rima’s Indian Inspired Green Beans
This recipe is from the lovely and talented Rima Fand. I served them recently with the goose braised in port, but they would be very good in any menu. They are simple, easy and totally yummy! RIMA’S INDIAN INSPIRED GREEN BEANS some mild oil (about 2 Tablespoons) cumin seeds (about 2 teaspoons) black…
Braised Goose with Port and Vegetables
Our friend Kerthy threw a second Thanksgiving on New Years and it was a big success. We had a turkey, goose, rabbit (or was it a squirrel?), cornbread stuffing, green beans, yams, green salad, apple pie, pumpkin pie and a lovely group of happy, thankful people. Hooray! This is the second time I have made…
Turkey or Chicken Keema
This is from Quick and Easy Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey. For more info on this book look under the cookbooks tab. Keema is usually made with ground lamb but this recipe calls for ground chicken or turkey. It tastes MUCH better after a day in the fridge, making it not only quick and…
Big Sis Little Dish 