Cooking in Marrakech.
During our four days in Marrakech, I was most excited by the prospect of taking a cooking class. A very international group of 9 of us did a hands-on cooking workshop at La Maison Arabe, a …
Category: Recipes
Amazing Marrakech.
Perhaps you have an image of Marrakech in mind: exotic, romantic, aromatic, slightly dangerous. And you wouldn’t be too far off.
Better than store-bought: How to make easy homemade pasta (really).
I love the idea of making my own pasta, but I never do it. First, there are so many excellent dried pastas available out there—my favorites being Rao’s Homemade and Cipriani. Second, I don’t own a …
A flavorful, healthy fish recipe.
Several years ago at a family gathering, we enjoyed a fantastic dinner that featured healthy grilled fish supported by an explosion of flavors. I didn’t get the recipe, but nonetheless managed to deconstruct the dish and …
Beans: filling, cheap, good for you.
The humble bean is quite the super food: packed with calcium, iron, potassium, B vitamins, plus about a quarter of the protein and half the fiber recommended daily for adults—all in a single serving. According to …
An international dinner.
Some days, it’s all I can do to think of something interesting and healthy to fix for dinner. Some days, I’m completely inspired to cook. Yesterday was one of the latter. Four things conspired to produce …
New favorite cookbook.
Right around Thanksgiving, I heard an interview on NPR’s All Things Considered with Dorie Greenspan, a longtime food writer and author. The subject was a dish called Pumpkin Stuffed with Everything Good, from Greenspan’s new cookbook, …
Pizza with pretty much everything.
As I was paging through the December issue of Food & Wine over the holiday break, a gorgeous pizza recipe caught my eye: Called Pizza Vesuvio with the Works, it’s from Rustic, the new restaurant that’s …
Sweet and salty appetizer.
When I spotted a box of gorgeous fresh figs in the produce section at The Fresh Market last week, one thing immediately came to mind: grilled figs wrapped in prosciutto. This appetizer recipe could not be …
