11 november

2 min read 2022-05-13 18:37:00

Stuffed Tau Pok

Last time I was in a civilized place - and apparently my definition of "civilized place" is "has a Chinese/Asian grocery store" -

2 min read 2022-05-06 18:46:00

Here is a lively take on one of my favourite ways to prepare pasta: the pasta and some vegetable are cooked together then dressed with something

3 min read 2022-05-02 18:36:00

Classic meat and potatoes, the Turkish way! I see a lot of versions of this on Pinterest, with the meat portion and potato portion shaped in

2 min read 2022-04-18 18:28:00

Everybody knows Swedish Meatballs! And they're delicious, no question. But rich, very rich. You would expect the Danes - who make some wildly rich

2 min read 2022-04-15 18:35:00

Like most stews, there's nothing complicated about this; it just needs a little advance planning. Get the split peas and lamb cooked the day before;

2 min read 2022-04-15 18:35:00

Like most stews, there's nothing complicated about this; it just needs a little advance planning. Get the split peas and lamb cooked the day before;

2 min read 2022-04-13 18:34:00

As an obsessive lover of potato chips, and as a lover of parsnips, you can bet I thought these were fabulous. You need to be picky about slicing them

2 min read 2022-04-08 18:38:00

Greenhouse peppers at this time of year; but keep this dish in mind for late summer and early fall as well. Really, this is something I would happily

2 min read 2022-04-04 18:33:00

Frozen puff pastry (not to mention all the other ingredients) makes this dish rich and elegant, but it's very simple to make. A crisp green salad is

3 min read 2022-03-23 18:55:00

I'm giving instructions for making this as 1 large pie, but I actually made one medium pie (for my mother and I) and a couple of individual pies (for

2 min read 2022-03-21 18:34:00

This is as simple a little lentil soup as one could make; but very tasty nonetheless. Summer savory and paprika are typical seasonings in Bulgarian

2 min read 2022-03-07 19:37:00

Even though we eat a fair bit of frozen vegetables around here in the winter, I tend to give them short shrift on the blog. So this week I am going

2 min read 2022-03-04 19:37:00

I like to kid myself that things made with dates are "low sugar" but I'm afraid they are mostly just delicious. Still, this has a lot less

3 min read 2022-02-18 19:36:00

There are a lot of Spanish potato dishes made with this technique but somewhat varying seasonings, with a wide variety of names, often reflecting the

2 min read 2022-02-16 19:42:00

Here's a quick and simple soup to make, and it can be eaten at once or it will keep well for a couple of days in the fridge - in that case you might