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Mushroom and Rosemary Farro with Toasted Walnuts

Remember I told you about my palate changing a while ago? It’s happening. It’s happening again! And this time, I’m back to liking mushrooms. When I was younger, the only type of mushroom that I was exposed to, and that was widely available, was the button mushroom. I often made a mushroom and baby corn […]
14 years ago

Hazelnut Crusted Lamb Chops

The trip to Italy was filled with all sorts of fun things – visits to cheese factories and wineries, olive oil tastings, lots of food shopping and a few cooking lessons thrown in fom good measure. One such cooking lesson was held at Academia Barilla, where all of us donned chef hats and aprons and […]
14 years ago

Caramelised Onion and Goat Cheese Tart

You know what’s a good practice? Keeping some tart dough in the freezer. It perfect for times when you want to fix yourself a quick snack, or probably have guests waltzing in. All you have to do it let the dough thaw while you get your choice of filling ready. I had some goat cheese at […]
14 years ago

Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers

The last time I had stuffed peppers with cream cheese at a brunch, I wasn’t impressed. In fact, I was so disheartened that I didn’t feel like using these peppers to stuff with cream cheese because it reminded me of that bland pepper. When I got these robust peppers at the farmers’ market, I knew […]
15 years ago

Zucchini and Onion Tart

This is not your average tart. For starters, it doesn’t use tart dough for a base, but pizza dough, and secondly, it calls for a layer of thick yoghurt and cheese beneath the vegetables. Both the deviations from the norm seemed rather interesting, and the picture in the book looked too good to pass up […]
15 years ago

Crispy Roasted Potatoes with Lemon, Garlic and Sage

There are roasted potatoes. And then there are crispy roasted potatoes. So when I discovered a new way to perk up some tubers, I was only to thrilled to try it out.  In addition to this method of treating the potatoes, the lemon-sage is something I’m pretty happy to discover (and use more often). I […]
15 years ago

Double Corn and Mint Risotto

Of late I’ve been reading a lot about Italy. Everyone and their mothers are vacationing in Italy and then documenting their summer experience on their blog. This leaves the proletariat like me yearning for the unfulfilled experience. And it doesn’t stop there – I also have Italy talk going on in my inbox with so […]
15 years ago

Mid Day and A Corn and Spinach Quiche

Yesterday morning I got a call from a lady, “I’d like to order pesto rolls and cupcakes”, she said.  Just like I do with every such call, I grabbed my order book to note down the details. I asked my standard set of questions and then finally, the address for delivery.  She said, “That would […]
15 years ago

Hasselback Potatoes

Fancy looking potatoes, aren’t they? You’d never think how incredibly easy they are to make. When I was leafing through Falling Cloudberries, I couldn’t help sticking a note against the recipe for Hasselback potatoes once I read the note from the author that said “Hasselback Potatoes are gorgeous: they have style and show up with […]
15 years ago