This is a joyous way to start a meal. It’s a beautiful salad, with ribbons of fresh golden beetroot, bold red radishes, freshly picked mint, and wild and aromatic dill. There’s an Eastern European soul in there, but those delicious and time-honored ingredients take on a brighter, more modern tone. It’s very simple and unfussy… Read More A Cheerful Starter | Golden Beetroot and Radish Salad
I’ll admit a lack of comprehensive knowledge of Celiac Disease, although some of my blogger friends suffer from it. I know it is a terrible thing, leading to a lot of pain if you ingest gluten, which is in practically everything these days, due to cross contamination. I can only imagine how hard it is… Read More Chickpea Pangrattato | Gluten-Free Italian “Breadcrumbs”
I’m always honored and humbled to cook food with such proud, venerable, even ancient roots. Korean food is no exception. Thousands of years of refinement has led to a breathtaking marriage of flavors. This dish is a perfect example. The sweet of the mirin joins the depth of the soy and the earthiness of the… Read More Korean Short Ribs | Galbi Jijm
It’s been so rainy today that everything in sight is a variation of green: the yet-to-be-mowed grass. The budding trees. The trembling stalks supporting the heavy heads of daffodils. My dinner of orecchiette bathed in butter, chartreuse leeks, backyard mint and verdant parsley. Tiny pasta ears cradle pale green edamame, the whole bowl crowned with… Read More Meatless Monday | Orecchiette with Leek and Pea Shoots
The beloved owners of Foodie Cart have a new culinary endeavor inside Mikey’s Late Night Slice in the Short North: an authentic takoyaki house. Savory little ball-shaped dumplings filled with goodies like octopus, Japanese pork sausage or cabbage, are made fresh when you walk up and order.
We’ve all been to the takeaway on a Friday or Saturday night in our blissful, hungry, after-the-pub or rock show moments. We’ve all hit the kebab stand or the middle eastern place in the middle of the night. As we stand cradling the foil wrapped object of our desire, cucumber sauce dripping down our chins,… Read More A Shared Experience | Falafel
This is one of those things I just wasn’t sure how it would all work. Oranges and olives? My goodness, yes. I will always be impressed that onions, cumin and chili powder lend a North African vibe to this orange salad, but combine the same three flavors with pinto beans and you’ve got yourself the… Read More Moroccan Mystique | Orange and Olive Salad
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