This warming black bean soup was perfect for the week of crazy weather we’ve been experiencing in New York, including a nor’easter that I swear had rain falling diagonally in one direction and snow falling in the other direction! The black bean soup recipe comes from one of my absolute favorite cookbooks, Cold-Weather Cooking, which is full … Continue reading Black Bean Soup
Lo-Fi Gourmet’s Guide to Costco: The Best (In My Opinion) 15 Things to Buy I’m not gonna lie—I love a deal. I regularly shop at multiple neighborhood grocery stores just to get the best prices on things we regularly purchase: Mr. Lime has great deals on produce, but for organic bacon, Union Market is the … Continue reading Lo-Fi Gourmet’s Guide to Costco: The Best (In My Opinion) 15 Things to Buy
It’s that time of year again—blog birthday time! On February 15 two years again, Lo-Fi Gourmet was born. This sort of occasion is an opportunity for reflection on how things have gone thus far and on how I want them to go in the future, and I’ll definitely do a bit of that in this … Continue reading Happy 2nd Birthday, Lo-Fi Gourmet! Chocolate Raspberry Cake
Ricotta with Saba, Olive Oil, & Thyme A gourmet grocery store near my work was having a going-out-of-business sale last week(!!!!), so I went a little nuts, buying half-price duck confit, Maldon sea salt, fancy baking chocolate, and saba. What is saba, you ask? It’s basically just unaged balsamic vinegar, or a grape must reduction. … Continue reading Ricotta with Saba, Olive Oil, & Thyme
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
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