This is a classic for when it’s cold outside, you’re channeling your inner nonna, and your heart has only one request: a warm, comforting barley soup. Luckily for you, I’m a huge fan of pearl barley as it’s a way more versatile ingredient that we …
Whether this is a soup, a stew, or a curry recipe, we don’t know yet. We tried to determine that when we served it but we found ourselves in a bit of a pickle: Jake says it’s definitely a curry, while for me it was …
Taralli are typical of the Italian tradition, more specifically in Puglia (or Apulia, depending on how you want to spell it) where the most famous taralli pugliesi are made. Although they can be both savoury and sweet, we all seem to be partial to the …
I bet you can’t find anything more comforting than a warm slice of soft, creamy dairy-free apple cake accompanied by a cup of hot tea when it’s pouring down outside. It’s Spooky season, temperatures are dropping, leaves are falling, and weekends aren’t for Pimms and …
Ask someone to name a staple of British cooking and they’ll invariably start to list the usual suspects: a Sunday Roast (find our take here), fish and chips, the meat pie, a treacle sponge “pudding” (which is a catchall upper-class phrase for desserts and not, …
So, as the title suggests, we watched one episode too many of Masterchef lately, and the idea of making dauphinoise potatoes stuck with us. What looks like a super fancy and hard-to-make side dish, it’s actually pretty straightforward and only looks nicer. Also, there’s a …
Do any of our American readers remember Atlanta Bread Company’s Southwestern-style chicken soup served in a bread bowl? I barely do, that is until I made this dish and memories of ABC came flooding back with Proustian intensity… The Atlanta-based café and sandwich shop quit …
If you don’t feel brave enough to attempt your own homemade pasta just yet, we got you covered with this spinach and ricotta balls (or gnudi) recipe. Gnudi are typical of the Tuscan/Florentine tradition and they translate to naked, due to the lack of pasta …
Roast potatoes: the perfect side to any dish. Whether you’re planning a Sunday roast or just a chicken breast for dinner, roast potatoes will surely elevate it to new standards. And if you use the tricks and tips we found, those are gonna be even …
This butternut squash dal curry recipe calls for red lentils, known as masoor dal. Dal (also spelled dhal, daal, or dāl ) is the Hindi name for lentils and other so-called “split-pulses” like black-eyed peas and chickpeas. It also refers to the rich curry stews …