Aloo Gobi Recipe with Apricot Chutney and Cucumber Raita

With this beautiful lineup of flavors, and accessorized as it is here with minted cucumber raita and apricot chutney (I am giving here a large chutney recipe, since it is as easy to whip up as a small batch: Plenty for you and a few Mishloach Manot gifts!) I guarantee you will never miss the [...]

Teriyaki Sauce Recipe

I live in the vicinity of several Chinese restaurants (who doesn’t?). Every morning I watch the mountain of trash at their back door, and it always includes enormous jerry cans of teriyaki sauce: No wonder all those dishes look like a container of motor oil has accidentally landed there. This unwelcome sight has totally cured [...]

Roast Chicken Five Ways Recipe

For all roast chicken lovers out there, here are very simple ways to treat yourself, getting a different and delicious dish each time. Make sure you never run out of my dry spice rub—it’s fabulous and so versatile. A whole roast chicken makes for a more dramatic presentation, but pieces will work just as well. [...]

Beer-Braised Mushroom Tempeh Stew Recipe

I am afraid tempeh looks as uninspiring as it sounds. But if you do go past its appearance and unromantic name, you are in for a real treat: Tempeh is made from cooked and slightly fermented soybeans and compressed into patties; it is then diced and used in stir-fries, soups, and stews. Because of its [...]

Summer Rolls with Thai Sauce Recipe

Summer Rolls with Thai Sauce Summer rolls are those delightful paper-thin rice disks that you dip in warm water to soften (no cooking!), fill with virtually anything you like, roll and dip in the sauce of your choice: I love the suggested Thai dipping sauce, but you could use teriyaki sauce, or even a mixture [...]

Kabocha Sweet Potato Soup Recipe

Kabocha Sweet Potato Soup My daughter Bella’s favorite. I brought her a vat of it when she had her baby. Still she doesn’t seem to tire of it and now enjoys it with her baby. I always notice with pleasure that all kids love it! A snap to make: All aboard, then cream it at [...]

Miso Soup with All the Fixin’s Recipe

Miso Soup Miso soup is a marvel: Quick is not even the word: By the time it comes to a boil, it’s done, a whole pot full. It’s also an incredibly nutritious and versatile low calorie treat. I am giving you here a basic recipe, but I am including as many variations as I can [...]

Trio of Tuna Recipe

Tuna Tartare, Seared Tuna and Tuna Handroll This trio is always glamorous, and so simple I demonstrated the three dishes as a small part of a whole cooking demo called “intimate meals”: Nothing to it! Tuna Tartare: 1 inch piece ginger 3 sprigs cilantro, stems removed 1 jalapeno 1 pound fresh tuna, cut in large [...]

Quick Pumpkin Peanut Butter Soup Recipe

This flavor lineup is unbeatable, and makes such a strong statement you have nothing more to  do than to bring all ingredients to a boil, and blend. Be sure to use pumpkin puree, NOT pumpkin pie mix or goodness knows what other processed calamity! You might even consider making it for Thanksgiving: If the raves [...]

Mock Crab Summer Rolls with Thai Sauce Recipe

Summer rolls are those delightful paper-thin rice disks that you dip in warm water to soften (no cooking!), fill with virtually anything you like, roll and dip in the sauce of your choice: I love the suggested Thai dipping sauce, but you could use Teryaki sauce, or even a mixture of toasted sesame oil and [...]