Eating seasonally has its rewards. Fresh blueberries are at their summer peak, so stock up and make a loaf of blueberry quick bread. Muffins are wonderful, but a quick bread loaf bursting with blueberries means you can cut the slices as skinny — or as generous — as you like. I make fruit-packed quick bread…
Mushroom Étouffée, or How to Do Without Truffles
If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.” Colete With food prices what they are, I’m doing without truffles, too. But I won’t do without mushrooms, and neither should you. Mushrooms are where the culinary and curative meet. They’re umami, satisfying, and there are a lot of them, well over 10,000 varieties….
Sprinkle on the Magic Dust
Juicy, refreshing, hydrating, sweet, sticky, sexy — you can’t improve on summer fruit, especially this extra-hot summer. Well, maybe you can. Want a cool treat that’ll take fruit salad to the next level? Honey, let’s chaat. Funky cumin Fiery chile Briny salt Tart amchoor (dried green mango powder) Mix them together, and you have the basic…
Borani Esfanaj, Middle Eastern Spinach and Yogurt
Borani esfanaj — Irani for spinach and yogurt — is a traditional dish enjoyed all over the Mediterranean and the Middle East — Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Greece, Iran, Syria, Turkey, I could keep going. And so can the variations. Regions change up the herbs and the proportions. Some serve it as an appetizer, others as a…
The Carrot, Not the Stick — Moroccan Carrot Salad
I never thought I could get excited about carrot salad. You probably feel the same way. I liked carrot and raisin salad as a kid — especially the raisins, which I sometimes picked out, leaving the carrots behind. But then I tasted carrot salad in Marrakesh, and knew I was tasting greatness. Carrots are sturdy…
Spark Up Your Fourth with Fireworks Black Bean and Mango Salad
Fireworks Black Bean and Mango Salad is so quick and easy, it barely qualifies as a recipe. But it explodes with pizzazz, pairing the sweet summer burst mango (let’s hear it for fresh, seasonal and local — summer means mango season in South Florida) with a zing of chile. Black beans add fiber for fullness,…
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