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It’s a perfect fusion of the rich chocolate and velvety vanilla flavors in every decadent bite, promising to delight you with the best of both worlds. The dark-colored chocolate batter swirls into the light-colored vanilla batter to create a marbled appearance that looks just stunning. The batters are then subtly poured over each other in a baking cake pan, and a knife/ toothpick runs through the batters carefully to produce a streaking appearance....

Use the recipe below as guide. Here, I’ve used both vinegar and fresh citrus in my favorite shallot vinaigrette, but you if you don’t have an orange on hand, you can keep it simple. Here, cabbage and fennel are mixed with some tender greens and baby kale, but change the composition to your liking: slivered endive would be delicious as would thinly sliced apple or pear or segments of orange or a sprinkling of pomegranate arils....

With the work done, I then open Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse Vegetables and weigh my options: purée them and stir them into risotto or eat them raw with prosciutto and Pecorino. I’m sorry, but anything that calls for two peelings is not going into my blender. And so, I eat the fava beans raw, tossed with olive oil and lemon juice, and mixed with parmesan or Pecorino. And I don’t share them with anyone because the two pounds I peeled yields only enough for a small snack....

This time of year, you can’t have too many eggplant recipes up your sleeve, so today I’m sharing a favorite way to use up a heap of it: roasted eggplant lasagna. As far as lasagna recipes go, this one is on the unfussy side: there’s no layer of bechamel, no layer of ricotta and egg, and it calls for no-boil noodles. Moreover: there’s no need to salt the eggplant to draw out its moisture — roasting takes care of that....

But it left out maybe my favorite bread baking tool, as far as baking peasant bread is concerned: two 1-qt Pyrex bowls. Friends: Peasant Bread Kits with Bowls are here! There is a “Mother’s Day” edition and a “Blue” edition. Included in the Mother’s Day edition: Signed copy of my cookbook, Bread Toast CrumbsNourish Digital ScaleGIR SpatulaPink Dot & Army Cloth Bowl CoverJulia Child quotation notecard: “I think every woman should have a blowtorch....

While I can’t say I’m a French onion soup connoisseur, I have ordered my fair share of this bistro classic, including five bowls this week alone, a spree that began last Saturday up in NYC. A.O.C., the adorable Greenwich Village restaurant where I sat with two friends for a few hours, set the standard, one so high I feared no place in Philly could equal. And for the most part, the soups I sampled confirmed my worries....

My latest, favorite discovery: Fried Greens Meatlessballs. The recipe comes from Twelve Recipes by Chez Panisse’s Cal Peternell. The beauty of these meatlessballs is that any green can work — turnip, beet, chard, kale, etc. Last week, when no greens arrived, I used the greens from the carrots and the greens from the onions — it worked like a charm. More greens will be arriving today — phew! — and these meatlessballs, seasoned with cumin seeds, garlic, and feta, is a great use for them along with the onions and any of the herbs, though the original recipe calls for cilantro....

It is generally prepared during festivals or any celebrations, but owing to its popularity, it is devoured year round. Gulkand is a sweet preserve of edible rose petals which looks like a jam or marmalade. It tastes delicious and has a cooling effect on the stomach. Gulkand strawberry Milkshake Kaju Gulkand Ladoo Gulkand filled rose ladoo In ancient times, Gulkand was restricted to royal kitchens because of its extensive cooking procedure, which was considered highly luxurious....

Trust me; you are going to love these guilt-free indulgence bites as they are packed with protein and loaded with feel-good ingredients! I love grabbing a few of these bites before heading to pick up my kids, mid-afternoon snack, or just as a treat after a meal. No matter how you enjoy, then they are always good. The challenge is not to finish all in one go. These little treats have become a family favorite!...

Need a treat for Halloween then create this easy and delicious Halloween Chocolate Bark. This Halloween favorite comes together in a jiffy and uses just 1 basic ingredient and some spooky candies to create a no-bake treat for chocolate lovers. Halloween night is a pretty cold and windy night. Every year on Halloween, I distribute my hot corn soup to all trick-or-treaters who visit us. But this year, we have a special surprise for the little ones....

This recipe is one of two delicious recipes (see the next post: Almond-Sesame Soba Noodles with Quick-Pickled Vegetables) I’ve made from my friend Phoebe Lapine’s The Wellness Project, a book that chronicles a yearlong wellness journey, one, however, that began years earlier. In her early twenties, Phoebe had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, and felt overwhelmed by her doctor’s strict protocols and the contradictory information she received at every turn....

But shortly after their introduction, perhaps encouraged by their warm reception, they made haste, and soon began garnishing our pastas, mingling with our roasted vegetables, delicately topping our fish fillets. These days they’ve gotten completely brazen, sometimes accompanying every item on the plate. I don’t know when this trend will fizzle, but I’m liking it very much at the moment. The inspiration to start whizzing my stale bread in the food processor, storing the crumbs in the freezer, and toasting them in a skillet with olive oil at the dinner hour, came from two sources: a great chef interview on the kitchn in early November and the editor’s letter in this month’s bon appètit, which offered tips on how to be a better cook from seven renowned chefs around the world including Mario Batali who admits that “there’s almost nothing [he] wouldn’t put homemade bread crumbs on....

Nearly every week I am asked if I have a tutorial on how to make a sourdough starter, to which I always answer No and then suggest: Save yourself the trouble: buy it! The truth is that until a few months ago, I never found the exercise of building a sourdough starter from scratch to be worth the effort. Invariably the process would take over two weeks, during which I would waste lots of flour not to mention time....

Just like my other delicacies Instant Mango peda and Chocolate Swirled peda, this delectably-rich sweet will leave its admirers drooling for more. This was a well-known shop, and people used to line up for hours to get hands-on this vendor’s warm Jalebis, and indeed, they were the best! People from different regions have endorsed this dish as a part of their breakfast or evening snack, and Jalebi has lived up to its relevance....

We ate the top third then stashed the remainder in the fridge. The following evening seemed like a good time to get in on all of the “whole grain bowl” fun, to unite our leftovers with a few bright elements — some sort of pickle and a tangy sauce. We would top it all off with soft-boiled eggs and call dinner done. Before starting, I revisited Melissa Clark’s recent piece in the Times to make sure I had my boxes checked: whole grains (wheat berries!...

As you can gather from the title of this post, this salad is a combination of roasted vegetables, lentils, walnuts, and goat cheese. But there’s a lot more to it than what’s revealed in the title. There’s raw radicchio in addition to the roasted, lots of fresh tarragon, and it’s all dressed in an at once sharp, sweet, and salty dressing made with minced anchovies, shallots, mustard, honey, and currants....

Preferably a GIANT one. One that will put to use the many odd bags of nuts, dried fruit, chocolate chips, oats, and coconut flakes cluttering the cupboards. One that might just feed the neighborhood or sustain the cubs for hours on a summer camping trip. This is one of the many delicious recipes you will find on the 6th season of Martha Bakes on PBS, which is airing now — dying to make these apple fritters!...

So, whip up this no-cook, no-churn delicacy and greet the refreshing magic that each frosty bite creates on the palate. Infused with the fascinating aroma of kewra essence and the exciting nutty flavor of the coarsely chopped Pistachios, this No-Churn Homemade Pista Ice Cream is a clear choice when you need to impress your family or guests. The choice of fresh ingredients and the perfect method to whip this recipe creates the best Pistachio Ice Cream, making it completely drool-worthy....

Summer is a perfect time for some outdoor fun and picnic parties. And when you think of a picnic the first thing that comes to the mind is sandwiches, refreshing drinks, finger foods, salsa and chips! So for my upcoming picnic party, I plan to make a picnic – perfect quick and easy pineapple salsa recipe that is bright, fresh and yum! RECIPE DETAIL – This salsa is bursting with flavor and is made with fresh and natural ingredients....

I welcome quinoa in any form – be it Quinoa Zucchini Bites, White bean and Coconut Quinoa, Quinoa stuffed bell peppers, Butternut Squash and Quinoa Stew, or a delicious patty like this, I find a way in the form of a delicious recipe, to include it in my meals frequently. Packed with a unique blend of the super grain Quinoa (as the essential ingredient), mashed sweet potatoes (the secret ingredient), veggies, oats, flour, corn, and onions; this quinoa and Black Bean patties turn out so well that I am sure these will steal your heart away....