This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and was a great way to use up the handful of sweet potatoes that came in our veg box last week. Typically I don’t do much with sweet potatoes other than mash them or make soup so this was […]
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Cook the Book Fridays: So-Good Miso Corn from Everyday Dorie
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie and was a great recipe to use up some of the fabulous corn that’s around right now! Basically it’s (ideally) fresh corn kernels cooked in a skillet until slightly charred with some miso paste and butter. Dorie adds za’atar […]
Cook the Book Fridays: Granola-topped squash and root vegetable gratin
For this week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays we once again made something of our own choosing from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Regular readers will know that usually, we all make the same recipe every week we post but since we we haven’t been able to be sure what we will and […]
French Fridays: Ratatouille Tian from In the French kitchen with kids
(image © Kyla Zanardi) You may not know what a tian is, but if you’ve seen the movie Ratatouille, you’ll be familiar with a version of this presentation of vegetables sliced thinly, cooked and served in an elegant stack. The dish you see in the movie was created by Chef Thomas Keller (of The French […]
Summer Reads: My Paris Market Cookbook
This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. “Markets bring neighbours together. They introduce us to the people who grow our food, the people who feed us. They are a source of new ideas, inspiration, and recipes.” Such is the premise of Emily Dilling’s My […]
French Fridays: Celery Root Purée from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen is a simple one but one to remember in the winter when celeriac (celery root) is often included in my organic delivery box… Basically you cook some celery root and potato in milk until they are very soft (hint: chop the […]
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