Recently I’ve been taking small breaks from developing my own recipes to cook from my favorite food magazines and cookbooks. I found this roasted broccoli recipe in a recent issue of Food & Wine Magazine—one of my favorite reads—and it’s totally delicious! I’ve also been cooking a lot from Alison Roman’s wildly popular new cookbook … Continue reading Roasted Broccoli with Brown Butter Fish Sauce
I can’t believe that January is officially over! It feels like 2018 has just started, yet it’s already over 1/12th complete. Which brings me to the 2018 “goals” (we don’t say resolutions anymore because everyone knows that resolutions are bound to fail). I’ve had goals/resolutions/aspirations in years past but hadn’t thought too much about them … Continue reading 2018 Food Goals
The final cooking class of the fine cooking series I’ve been taking is coming up this week, sigh. In last week’s session, we cooked lots of eggs—poached, omelets, hard boiled, and soufflés. Since we eat everything we cook in the class, the chef opted not to do the scrambled eggs but still walked us through … Continue reading Perfect Scrambled Eggs
In my cooking class this past week, we focused on braising—making braised lamb shanks, braised leeks, a French lentil salad, escarole salad, and a chocolate mousse. I had a little bit of braised lamb left over from the class, so I decided to make this soup from one of my favorite cookbooks, Najmieh Batmanglij’s Food of … Continue reading Beggar’s Soup (Persian Rice, Lentil, & Herb Soup)
Buvette is my go-to celebration restaurant—not that it’s overly fancy or expensive, but this tiny French-style New York bistro is just cozy and wonderful and has delicious leeks in vinaigrette as well as THE BEST EVER chocolate mousse. I was excited yet apprehensive about trying the recipe in the restaurant’s wonderful cookbook, Buvette: The Pleasure … Continue reading Buvette Chocolate Mousse
There are several appropriate responses to what seems like the coldest week EVER, and mulled wine is one of them. This recipe is not too sweet (you can even reduce the sugar to 1/4 cup if you like), and it’s flavored with lots of spices, plus burnt raisins and rosemary. If you are missing any … Continue reading Mulled Wine with Burnt Raisins, Cardamom, & Rosemary
It’s been a great week visiting Andrew’s parents in the Phoenix area in Arizona—the weather has been in the 70’s all week long so we’ve enjoyed a bunch of hikes and outdoor jogging as well as some al fresco dining. We’re headed back to Brooklyn and some single-digit temperatures tomorrow, and while I’m not very … Continue reading Happy New Year from Arizona!
This was our extra-hearty Christmas morning breakfast today, prepared by Andrew’s dad. Delicious! We’re in Phoenix with Andrew’s family for a week, and the weather will be in the low 70’s the entire time—I’m so excited. Here we are on our post-breakfast hike today. For the rest of the day we’re planning on reading (I’m … Continue reading Biscuits & Sausage Gravy
It feels great to be cooking and blogging again—I missed my regular Monday post this week because I caught a bad cold and then a multi-day stomach virus on top of that! It’s hard to cook and write about food when you’re eating yogurt and plain rice, curled up on the couch watching Gilmore Girls … Continue reading Pumpkin Soup with Chestnuts & Chorizo
I can’t believe we’re already so far into December! It’s been an extra-busy season, but I’ve FINALLY pulled together my 2017 gift guide. I had a lot of good inspiration this year since we received some really fantastic items from our wedding registry, and I’ve included a few of those along with some other ideas. … Continue reading Lo-Fi Gourmet’s 2017 Holiday Gift Guide
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