Mejadra
Not much time passes before I decide I need to [...]
By Chef Mimi|2026-04-17T17:24:01-05:00April 18, 2026|Categories: recipes|Tags: allspice, ancient dish, Arab cuisine, Basmati rice, cinnamon, comfort food, coriander, cumin, fried onions, Jerusalem, lentils, middle eastern cuisine, onions, Sami Tamimi, turmeric, Yotam Ottolenghi|8 Comments
Mattar Paneer
If you ask my husband what Indian dishes he loves, [...]
By Chef Mimi|2026-04-13T06:22:44-05:00April 13, 2026|Categories: recipes|Tags: Amazon, any time of year, cashew butter, curried peas, curry, garam masala, garlic, ghee, ginger, heavy cream, indian cuisine, naan, New York Times Cooking, onion, paneer, peas, saag, sag paneer, tomatoes, Zainab Shah|31 Comments
Octopus and Potato Salad
The first Silver Spoon cookbook, Il Cucchiaio d'Argento, was published [...]
By Chef Mimi|2026-03-17T14:46:31-05:00April 6, 2026|Categories: recipes|Tags: any time of year, Il Cucchiaio d’Argento, Italian cuisine, octopus, octopus and potato salad, olive oil, Phaidon, potatoes, rosemary, salad, Silver Spoon, Silver Spoon authentic Italian recipes, spring, summer, white wine|26 Comments
Salzburger Nockerl
Years ago I purchased Alpine Cooking, by Meredith Erickson, published [...]
By Chef Mimi|2026-03-30T17:26:52-05:00March 30, 2026|Categories: recipes|Tags: Alpine Cooking, Alps, berries, berry jam, butter, cranberry jam, egg whites, eggs, Flexible bench scraper, flour, gratin dish, I am not a baker, meringue, powdered sugar, Salzburger Nockerl, sugar, superfine sugar, vanilla sugar|41 Comments
Lobster Quiche
It’s not often that I make the same recipe more [...]
By Chef Mimi|2026-02-28T15:44:38-06:00March 23, 2026|Categories: recipes|Tags: bacon, Craig Claiborne, cream, D'Artagnan, eggs, Fontina, green salad, ham, lobster meat, Lorraine, lunch, onion, Pierre Franey, provolone, quiche, quiche Lorraine, short crust, Tabasco sauce, white pepper|34 Comments
Creamed Spinach-Stuffed Squash
This vegetable side dish is such a simple idea, but [...]
By Chef Mimi|2026-03-07T17:49:58-06:00March 16, 2026|Categories: recipes|Tags: acorn squash, Bar Boulud, cream, creme fraiche, Daniel, Daniel Boulud, fall, Food & Wine, French chef, gratin, holiday, no bechamel just cream, NYC, Parmesan, side dish, spinach, white pepper, winter|40 Comments







