Living the Art of Simple Food

Mezze with the parents! Tabbouleh, Greek potato salad, loaded hummus, pita, roasted root veggies with preserved lemon and labne, shrimp kofta, tzatziki, lime tahini sauce, baked feta, and - not pictured here - a heavenly tahini hazelnut ice cream.

Happy with the scoring on this sourdough bake!

Instant Pot Leek and Potato Soup

I’m not sure I’ve ever had a dish turn out more like the picture before! Harissa, Red Lentil, and Tomato Soup, The Mediterranean Dish

Caesar Salad Deviled Eggs, Smitten Kitchen

Ash Reshth (Persian Beans, Greens, and Noodle Soup), Cooks Illustrated. Possibly one of the least appetizing looking dishes that tasted amazing - everyone loved this one!

Lemon Tiramisu, Cooks Illustrated

Not my finest plating, but home cooking, amiright? Anyway, had to share this Cook’s Illustrated Maple Apple Cider Glazed Butternut Squash recipe was the bomb - tangy, sweet, bright.

I’ve never successfully made croissants without the butter melting out so I was delighted to have hit that achievement this weekend!

Almond Bostock, Cooks Illustrated. A delicious treat on this frigid day!

Saland-e Nakhod, SO much better than the sum of its parts - bright, tangy, warming.

Alton Brown’s Lobster Bisque

New School Lemon Pasta, Cooks Illustrated. Tried subbing in gochugaru for Szechuan peppercorns and to no one’s surprise, didn’t even come close to that numbing, tingly experience we wanted. Tasted good but this will be on hold until I get he right ingredients!

Saffron Orzo with Spiced Garlic Butter Shrimp, Cooks Illustrated

Spinach, Mushroom, and Onion Quiche, Moosewood Cookbook

Corzetti!

Honey Habenero Pork Chops with Carrots, NYT Cooking