(adapted/modified from a ReadyMade.com recipe)
A very filling, delicious salad full of good-for-you ingredients. I feel that some of the measurements on the ReadyMade website are a bit off, when it comes to the amount of quinoa they suggest for the recipe. It also may depend on the type of quinoa, I suppose. However, having prepared [...]

Today I quickly whipped up one of my favorite Russian breakfast foods, syrniki. My friend Ellen and I call them “pancheesies.” They are a very common staple of Russian homecooking, kind of like hash browns and pancakes are the familiar staple of any American’s breakfast.

The recipe is as easy as pie (actually, easier than [...]

I’m starting to nest, more. Specifically, the urge too simmer and bake is getting hard to rein in. This evening, I made roasted garlic soup, root vegetable casserole, butternut squash in soy sauce & mirin with black sesame, whole wheat cous cous and a baby spinach salad with goat cheese. Two friends came over, people [...]

The only thing I knew about paprikash was that line out of “When Harry Met Sally.” (You know, “Waiter! There is too much pepeerrrr on my paaaprikaaaash!”)
I had a nice mid-sized head of cauliflower in the refrigerator, which I was saving for making gobi gosht. Leafing through Molly Katzen’s Enchanted Broccoli Forest, I found a [...]