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Yipee! I’m back. It has been way too long. I believe the slowness issues on my blog have been resolved. Thank you to all who let me know my blogspot blog was painfully slow to load, and thank you to all who offered thoughtful advice about how I should be saving/resizing photos. So far, the new site seems to be running smoothly. All of the posts have been imported from Blogger and all of the recipes can now be printed (in their own window without images and without all of the sidebar distractions....

The result is a veggie-loaded, super flavorful, Thai-spiced “curry”, a stewy, comforting not-quite-one-pot wonder of a dish. Here, the curry materializes stovetop, while tofu cubes bake briefly in the oven, just long enough to lightly crisp the edges, a measure that ensures the cubes won’t dissolve while simmering, but not so long to render them tough, incapable of absorbing the sauce. Inspired by this one-pot chicken curry, a dish I learned from Thien Ngo at Fork, this dish is flavored with Thai curry paste, curry powder, turmeric, and coconut milk....

Here’s a trick to add to your entertaining repertoire: Salami and Provolone Phyllo Rolls. They come from Tieghan Gerard’s Half Baked Harvest Cookbook. In the middle of September, Tieghan made these for her book-launch celebration at her barn in the Colorado mountains, and they disappeared faster than anything on the table — hit with a drizzle of honey out of the oven, these salty-sweet flaky bites are irresistible. The best part?...

Rainy and cold what can we think of today? Traditional deep fried samosa recipe. Cone shaped flaky fried pastries filled with savory potato-pea filling are a real delight to enjoy in any season. Step by step recipe on how to shape samosas.Using the same recipe we can even BAKE them in the oven!! They are even more delicious and a lot less greasy. Dough for this recipe is incredibly easy and simple to work with....

Marisa McClellan, author of three books on canning and creator of the website, Food in Jars, just published her fourth book: The Food in Jars Kitchen. Unlike her previous books, which focused on canning, this book includes recipes to help you use up your many jars of jams, chutneys, and pickles. She created the recipes — think: jam-laquered chicken wings, oatmeal muffins with fruit butter, bean and rice casserole with tomato salsa — with your pantry in mind; there’s no need to start from scratch....

Last week, we broke out the grill for the first time since the fall. I had picked up some grouper from Hooked, a new fish market in Latham, and instead of throwing it on the grates and crossing my fingers for a casualty-free outcome, I remembered an old Bon Appetit article and set my cast iron skillet on the grates instead. The result? Perfectly cooked, unmangled fish. We’ve been on a fish taco bender ever since....

I first made it over the weekend as a side dish, omitting the bread, just spooning the warm, thyme-infused grapes over a dollop of homemade ricotta. It was delectable. Why no bread? Well, because I served it aside this pear and bacon panini, (another fabulous RS recipe), and bread aside bread felt like overkill. What I love about these grapes are their versatility. They could be served with any number of cheeses....

Several days later, I called to see if I could get some details. Tom, the owner, answered and kindly shared: they roast the carrots with curry, coriander and turmeric; they cook celery, onions, and ginger stovetop; and they use coconut milk for creaminess. The soup, incidentally, is vegan. I set to work scrubbing the carrots, sweating the aromatics, toasting the coriander seeds and before long, the soup was nearly done....

Below you will find a recipe for a very classic bread stuffing from my cookbook, Bread Toast Crumbs. It’s seasoned with Bell’s Seasoning, which, if you are unfamiliar, is a finely ground mix of rosemary, oregano, sage, ginger, marjoram, thyme, and pepper. Just pulling out the box every year fills me with nostalgia for Thanksgivings past. The below selection of Thanksgiving side dishes is organized as follows: Vegetable Side Dishes Sweet Potato Casserole Soups Salads Biscuits & Bread Stuffing Two Ways...

It’s kind of a miracle. My mother, who learned this recipe from cousin Kristina, makes these often for company, and I’m telling you, you soon will be, too. Let me sing their praises a little bit more: The Magic of Balsamic-Roasted Mini Peppers Let me know if you make them or if YOU have any party tricks up your sleeve. PS: Another favorite, crowd-pleasing pepper recipe: Veggie-Loaded Stuffed Bell Peppers Here’s the play-by-play: Place peppers in a 9×13-inch pan or similar dish: Dress them with olive oil, balsamic, and salt....

I recently spoke with my friend Margaret Roach, the master gardener behind A Way to Garden, about five new baking books, all of which are fabulous, all of which provide both volume and metric measurements, all of which promise to fill your kitchen with deliciousness this winter and beyond. You can listen to our conversation over on A Way to Garden, where you also can enter a five-book giveaway 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Margaret and I are each giving away a copy of the five books we discuss in our chat....

Aloo paratha or stuffed Indian flatbread whatever we call it; it’s an all-rounder and can be eaten at any time of the day. Wheat dough is rolled out in small circles, stuffed with tasty potato mixture, sealed around the corners and toasted to perfection. Just the thought of it makes my mouth water. I made this Aloo Paratha on a vrat/fast day so had to make a pass on adding onions to the potato mixture but add chopped onions to this and it will make a huge difference....

If I’m not avoiding gluten, why bother? But a few weeks ago, after posting Joshua McFadden’s asparagus salad recipe from Six Seasons on my Instagram feed, someone messaged me asking if I had ever made his cauliflower couscous with almonds, cherries, and sumac. “Page 186,” she wrote. “It’s over the top delicious.” Over the years, I have made many many recipes from Six Seasons, and I still have many flagged to make....

Why, you might be wondering, would one include cashews in a dressing in the first place? Well, because cashews lend a creaminess and richness to dressings, precluding the need for dairy or eggs. For these reasons, cashew-based sauces are particularly popular with vegans. Gena Hamshaw of The Full Helping, describes “cashew cream” as a “secret weapon vegan ingredient” she wishes she “could share with every person who’s nervous about giving up dairy....

So I scoured my favorite hors d’oeuvres cookbooks and files and pulled out a recipe — Martha Stewart’s hot crab dip — I have been meaning to make since last February when I read The Wednesday Chef describe it as the “number one most delicious thing [she] made over the holidays.” Sounded like a winner. Over the weekend, I discovered it was. It’s a snap to assemble — sauté shallots in butter, add spices, half-and-half and cream cheese, fold in crab — and it cooks in 20 minutes....

Serve it to your family or gift them to your loved ones; these beautiful dual-colored delights will win them over! Just like this chocolate-swirled peda, Motichoor Ladoo, Rasmalai Ladoo, Angoori Gulab Jamun, Rasmalai Mousse cups, Thandai Gulab Jamun mousse Cups, and many more. And the new to join the checklist is – Rose-flavored Layered Coconut Burfi. Minimal ingredients go into preparing this gorgeous-looking dual-layered nariyal burfi, which comes together in under 30 minutes....

Here’s the gist: After you make the sauce—a mix of broiled onions and garlic, canned tomatoes, and chipotles in adobo that simmers for 7 minutes—you layer it lasagna-style with tortillas, cheese, chicken, scallions, and cilantro. Twenty-five minutes in the oven, and it’s done. That’s it! There’s no frying of the tortillas, no dipping of the tortillas in sauce, no stuffing and rolling—there’s nothing that might keep you from making enchiladas as often as you would like....

Ganesh Chaturthi or Vinayak Chaturthi is the festival celebrated in honor of Lord Ganesha. A Hindu festival that marks the birth anniversary of Lord Ganesha and therefore this day is celebrated as Ganesh Chaturthi. WHEN IS GANESH CHATURTHI FESTIVAL CELEBRATED? Ganesh Chaturthi is observed during the Hindu month of Bharda and falls on the 4th day of Bharda Shukla-paksh sometimes in (August/ September). It is one of the grand festival of India and it last for 10 days especially in Maharashtra, the western state of India....

As always, my perennial favorites can be found in The Shop, and I’ll be updating this post if I discover any more gems. Virtual Cooking Class Cookbooks For the Home For the Kitchen Gifts for Her Gifts for Him Gifts for Kids Virtual Cooking Class Some of you have may taken one of my virtual cooking classes, which I have been holding twice a month since June of this year....

In March of 2019, I mentioned that a Reader had passed along a magical cleaning solution that would make your Le Creuset pots and pans sparkle like new. I included the formula, which was a bleach + vinegar combination, in the post but when I thought it deserved its own space, I created this post. BUT THEN: Upon posting the entry, I immediately received a comment and a link to an article that gave me pause....