All posts of Shaheen

Upside Down Caramel Apple Cake

Whenever I spot an apple recipe in a book, it gets bookmarked. Especially lately. I’ve been consuming apple desserts as if they’re the only kind available: apple tart, apple strudel, green apple sorbet, apple cake, apple bread. Anything at all made with apple is picked up without a second thought. I’d bookmarked this recipe in […]
13 years ago

Technique: How To Cut An Artichoke

How to Cut an Artichoke, the Roman way. Early in the morning at Campo de Fiori, aside from arranging the fresh produce, the vendors are busy trimming the seasonal favourite of Italians: the artichoke. While both small and large artichokes are available whole, the trimmed artichokes, ready to cook, are also on offer. This is […]
13 years ago

Campo de’ Fiori, Rome

View Slideshow On an early Friday morning I woke up at the crack of dawn, had a cup of espresso and a ricotta and cherry pastry from the forno downstairs, and walked to the market I’d heard so much about, 20 metres away. Campo de Fiori, literally meaning Field of Flowers (which it was, centuries […]
13 years ago

Happy 2012!

Happy New Year, dear readers! Thank you for sticking around here for yet another year. Thanks for emailing, commenting and even lurking (Hello Lurkers! Say hi!?). Wish you a delicious year ahead filled with joy, inspiration and magic. I’m late in wishing you, but I’ve good reason. I’ve been traveling quite a bit over the […]
13 years ago

Postcard from Rome: Artichokes at Campo de’ Fiori

I’m lucky to be living 20 metres from one of the most colourful food markets in Rome, Campo di Fiori. Today, I woke up early (or perhaps it was all the caffeine I’m enjoying lately) to photograph the gorgeous produce. I ended up photographing artichokes the most. Mostly because that’s what I’m obsessed with on […]
13 years ago

Chocolate Filled Chocolate Cookies

I go through cookie phases. I don’t make them for months at a stretch, but when I do, I can’t seem to stop. With cookies showing up all over the blogosphere this season, I got sucked into the madness as well. First, it was the walnut-rosemary that sat in a cookie tin on my desk. […]
13 years ago

Caramelised Garlic Tart

You know what I wish I was familiar with sooner? Caramelised garlic. Gently blanched. Slowly cooked. Sticky with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Fragrant with rosemary and thyme. Almost candy-like garlic. A dear friend recently sent me a few cookbooks as a wedding gift, one among which was a book that’s been on my wishlist […]
13 years ago

My Favourite Egg Sandwich

I’ve never liked eating an egg more than I’ve liked it in this egg sandwich. This sandwich is absolutely simple to make, and the return that you get on the time and ingredients invested is manifold. I’ve been eating an egg sandwich this way since I discovered it a little while ago, and I recently […]
13 years ago

Rosemary, Walnut and Brown Sugar Cookies

It’s weird that just when I get pots of fresh herbs, I stop using them in my cooking. Suddenly, I  don’t need them all that much. And when I don’t have them, I keep getting smacked in the face, recipe after recipe that calls for ‘a sprig of thyme’ (which doesn’t warrant buying an entire […]
13 years ago