Hash Purple

Found a nice idea for peruvian potatoes – to use them in a simple hash brown. Wegmans carry pretty baby purples from Melissa’s. Just grate them scrubbed (don’t peel to preserve the nutrition) in food processor. Warm the butter and olive oil in some saute pan, press potato into it, cook for 10mins a med [...]

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Avgolemono, Greek Way with Meat and Greens

Nothing much to say about this dish, i posted about it before: Braised Greens, Avgolemono Style.
So the main reason for posting would be a pretty picture – to break from a tyranny of comfort but brown food of several previous dinners.

Yet couple of things worth to note: added a thinly sliced fennel, for its [...]

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From the Oven

Two pans, same 450F temp, same 30mins time – the dinner is served.
Chicken Wings rubbed with anise seeds, red pepper flakes and greek oregano, marinated overnight; orange zest and juice, olive oil and coarse pieces of almonds:

baby bell peppers and fat scallions with balsamic:

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Reorganizing Cookbook Library

I was dying to reorganize my cookbook library. Almost a year passed since the last revamp – about 120 (according to The LibraryThing) more books got acquired, and my interests changed.
The plan was to keep the same layout – main storage in bedroom and spill over in my office, but to move the books [...]

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Paula, With Love

Consider me an eternal Wolfert’s junkie. Her Mediterranean Grains and Greens was the main reason i got into cooking, about ten years ago.
And it felt nice when inspired by a recent tasting menu in Zahav restaurant i googled “green tahini” and the link to Paula’s Med Grains was one of the top hits.
Here is a [...]

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Fennel, Roasted with Olives and Sausages

Easily one of my favorite one pot dinners: skillet roasted fennel with olives and sausages, one of many learned from Lidia’s books. To this one i added some peperoncini: i’m fascinated by how pickles add a new dimension to cooked dishes.

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