Recipes for 1 or 100
Making street style tacos is one of the best way to use up the last of some meat and vegetables. Not only that, it’s also a fun way to get creative with your cooking. These chorizo avocado tacos came about because I had half a …
Tarts, or tartlets, are some of my favorite things to make when I’m having guests over. They are easy to prepare, take very little time, and can be infinitely customized. One of the earliest recipes I put up on the site was my Pear and …
One of the most classic French seafood dishes is Moules Mariniere. It is cheap, delicious, and extremely easy to make. Moules au Roquefort is essentially the same thing, with the addition of some creamy blue cheese for a kick. In English it’s just Mussels in …
This Bulgarian banitsa recipe was adapted from one by Valesto, a Ukrainian manufacturer of phyllo products. Ever since I went to Greece, and Bosnia, and well, the rest of the Balkans, I’ve always wanted to make a phyllo pie. Bulgaria is very underrepresented when it …
I was planning on waiting until April Fool’s Day, but I don’t think I can wait the three weeks to post it. Alona was the inspiration and cook for this recipe, since there’s no way I could ever think something like this up. Yet, I …
I was talking to Alona one day and found out she had never had Jalapeno poppers before. I guess that makes sense since she’s Ukrainian and that’s pretty much an American dish. I figured I should go out and make them. Unfortunately I wasn’t able …
It is not surprising that many people are intimidated by butternut squash. This oddly shaped vegetable is in my opinion the best of the winter squashes, but many people seem to avoid it like the plague. This roasted cinnamon butternut squash recipe is a great …
Most people’s interaction with chickpeas is with hummus. This middle eastern dish has country specific variations, but it is one of the most iconic chickpea dishes in the world. Recently crispy chickpeas have been getting popular, and I actually made them to use in my …
So this recipe was kind of an accident. I was originally going to make Vol-Au-Vents because last week I made these vol-au-vents with whitefish poached in a shiitake mushroom cream sauce and I fell in love with that cooking style. This time I was going …
Just because something has a French name, does not mean it is difficult. This recipe for vol-au-vent with whitefish for example takes less than 20 minutes. Not to mention it’s quite fun to make as well. While a vol-au-vent refers to the puff pastry tower …