reshteh
what i’ve been cooking this week:
three-cheese baked pasta with porcini and radicchio
spicy fun see noodle salad
spring rolls
baked saffron and clam capellini with lemon-mint shrimp
maybe i need to ease up on cooking with pasta for a while. its just that warm baked pasta dishes seem so evocative of the season. then again, so pomegranates, persimmons, [...]
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ashpaziyeh jhaponi
despite my current fixation on wanting to cook all things japanese and korean, i keep steering towards other cuisines. maybe its because i’m still on the lookout for a decent, authentic japanese cookbook. (fusion can be lovely and all, but sometimes i just want to try the real thing.)
this past week:
lemongrass hot and sour [...]
fall is here
wednesday evening: garlic risotto with calamari and parmesan crisps
thursday evening:chicken and porcini ravioli with fava beans
friday evening:jamaican jerk chicken with rice and peas
wouldn’t it be grand to be a food writer? cook all day and then write about it. (and get paid doing it!)
i saw the corporation a couple of nights ago. i [...]
nimeh ye penhaan
with the season coming to an end, i’ve been scrambling to make the most of the summer bounty. i’ve been sticking tomatoes in just about everything this week.
thai chicken curry
marinated tomato salad | sourdough crab and artichoke melt
venetian spaghetti with sardines | grilled portabellas with sopressata stuffing
i just saw the girl in [...]
i’ve been cooking. last friday i made the following:
insalata caprese
macaroni and cheese with crumb topping | chicken marsala
on monday night i gave turkish and moroccan cuisine a try. i wasn’t crazy about how it turned out but the family seemed to like it:
garlicky eggplant and tomatoes | circassian chicken
green onion and tomato bulgur salad
persian-italian fusion: [...]