Summer Feast. Menu and Recipes
Summer Feast
I can finally come up for air after my granddaughter’s magical wedding.
Last…
Swiss Chard Pasta Recipe. Variations
Swiss Chard Pasta
We make a lot of noise about kale, and rightly so. Kale is indeed good and good for you. But Swiss chard is what we grew up with. Don't get me wrong: I love kale and use it every chance I get. I just wish we would give Swiss…
Fettuccini in Cheese Beer Sauce Recipe
Cheese Beer Sauce
I am playing on riffs on the perennial classic: My own take here is like an Alfredo Sauce on steroids. You say cream and milk, I say stout! I got inspired by a rustic and funky cheese dip we used to feast on in our lean…
Pasta Bolognese Recipe. Cabbage Noodles Variation
Pasta Bolognese
The lazy-but-health-minded cook's gastronomic dream actualized.
Deconstructed Pasta and Meatballs. To parody Mark Twain, Pasta Bolognese and Sloppy Joe are nothing but spaghetti and meatballs with a college education. You…
Fresh Seaweed Noodles Sashimi Salad Recipe
Fresh Seaweed
It is getting increasingly available. You will be as pleased as I am to see that , in many supermarkets and in sushi restaurants, fresh seaweed turns up more often. It is true I haven't seen fresh seaweed in any form other…
Spinach Lasagna Recipe. Gluten-Free and all Variations
Lasagna is a real chore to me, sorry.
Dear reader, please don't ask me why until recently I found the preparation of lasagna so daunting.
I do love lasagna flavors, and I do appreciate it as a great treat. I can whip up a couscous or a Bourguignon…
Pesto Sauce Recipe. All Variations
Pesto
The great classic wears many exciting hats. It is traditionally based on most often based on basil, olive oil, and toasted walnuts. Be sure to check out my sun-dried tomato pesto as well!
We have seen it pesto recast endlessly…
Cauliflower Pasta Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly
Cauliflower Pasta: Yum!
You will love the robust flavor of cauliflower. The roasting intensifies the flavors even further. I use frozen cauliflower, as it is already cut, cleaned, and every bit as delicious and nutritious…
Pasta Wild Mushrooms Recipe
Pasta wild mushrooms is magic.
Once you include wild mushrooms in pasta or any dish, you are just about all set!
Guys, here's all I do in this pasta wild mushrooms.
And this is really all it takes. On second thought, I want to discuss the…
Pasta with Roasted Garlic Dill Sauce Recipe
Roasted Garlic lovers: We are talking about you!
Delicious, and a snap to make! You could easily make this dish gluten-free: Rice or buckwheat noodles will taste just as delicious: that's what I use, and not only because I like to limit my…
Moroccan Sweet Vermicelli Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly
Moroccan Sweet Vermicelli is comfort food at its best and easiest.
And healthiest: In Morocco we grew up on this kind of dessert my mother, an ingenious cook if I ever met one, used to whip up at the drop of a hat, for children big and small.…
Yerushalmi Kugel Recipe
Yerushalmi Kugel is a great Jewish favorite
It is also a real showcase in Israeli synagogues at Kiddush time:
I have seen two burly men flip an enormous pot of Yerushalmi Kugel onto a gigantic counter, then slice it across its whole diameter…