One very last India post for you — and this is one of my favourite recaps! We were lucky to go to two different spice plantations when we were in South India: one in Goa, and one in Periyar (Kerala). The pictures in this post are from both spots. We had two lovely guides, both […]
So if you’ve decided you want to master Ethiopian food like you’ve been eating in restaurants, you’d better start making yourself some spiced oil to cook with. And if you are doing it while you’re celebrating Vegan Mofo, you’d better figure out how to do it without butter. A great resource for vegan (and gluten-free!) […]
One of my favourite new traditions, is to start the new year with a bowl of lentil & pumpkin soup. It’s a tradition from Nigel Slater that I borrowed from his hunger-inspiring account of what he cooked and ate in a year, The Kitchen Diaries. This year, I had on hand a red kari squash […]
Ah, eggplant, how I love you. My most favourite of all the Indian dishes is Baingan Bharta, eggplant that is roasted then mashed and cooked with my favourite Indian spices. If I had to give up all other Indian food, this is the one dish I would keep. (Wait! Can I also keep dhal, idlis, […]
I never seem to know when I can find rhubarb around here… But I managed to score a few precious stalks, so I wanted to do something really special with it. Back in the spring, I had found a recipe for rhubarb chutney, and filed it on the “To Eat” list for later in the […]
Inspiration strikes again, threefold: Whole Wheat Muffins from Mark Bittman!! For some reason, reading about Whole Wheat Muffins on his New York Times blog made me desperate to make muffins. Now. With pumpkin. Inspired by all the non-wheat flours in my pantry, I had to try something gluten-free. Meghan Telpner’s Turmeric Tea (like Chai, with […]
Kitchen Operas 