A great pissaladière
Today I gift you with the ultimate French summer staple: a great pissaladière recipe. Pissaladière is the renowned southern French melted onion pizza that is served through Provence and the French Riviera throughout summer appetizer parties. Cut into little squares, it is divine served at room temperature, with a frosty glass of rose in hotter […]
Warming ginger kaffir lime carrot soup
This exotic and warming ginger kaffir lime carrot soup hits the spot when the weather starts cooling down. It gets all its magic from the kaffir lime and coconut cream, two key ingredients often found in southeast Asian cuisine. You can find kaffir lime leaves in most Asian supermarkets. They freeze well so are worth […]
Roasted eggplants – Baker and Spice style
Roasted eggplants – Baker and Spice style is what I believe to be melt-in-your-mouth eggplant perfection. Good roasted eggplant is actually harder to achieve than it looks and whilst my way of making it was pretty darn good, there was some room for improvement. You see, my original method of getting eggplants caramelized on the […]
Butternut squash and mushroom spinach salad
This butternut squash and mushroom spinach salad will definitely put you in a autumn mood. Butternut squash is just a wonderful ingredient because it adds texture and sweetness that you don’t get from pumpkin or many other types of squash. My personal preference is to roast it in the oven because it is easy and […]
Traditional anchoïade
In Southern France, summer appetizer parties always include a variety of spreads (olive tapenade, tuna rillettes, taramasalata, etc) and one of the quintessentially ” Provençal ” ones is traditional anchoïade, a garlicky anchovy-based dip. It is incredibly tasty and works extremely well with fresh radish, celery, fennel, carrots or simply on little canapes or sliced […]
It’s-a-snap green olive tapenade
It’s-a-snap green olive tapenade really is. As you may know, I am a big fan of dips and spreads because they are a great way of serving vegetables as an appetizer. The green version of this traditional spread from Provence isn’t just easy to make, it also happens to be really tasty and slightly less […]
Med-style artichoke dip
Med-style artichoke dip was a discovery for me. The only artichoke dip I knew before the age 40 was the warm kind that looked like this. Now as good and comforting as it may be, it’s pretty hefty and more of a Super Bowl recipe than a hot weather appetizer. So being in Dubai, I […]
Gorgeous green gazpacho
This Gorgeous green gazpacho is the beautiful is refreshing, light and a wonderful starter for a hot summer night dinner. When I first published it in my appetizer e-book, it was one of the recipes that I got the most positive comments on. As with many of my recipes, it is very easy and quick […]
Chilled cream of courgette with fresh zaatar
This chilled cream of courgette with fresh zaatar is the perfect summer starter. It has a nice clean and simple taste and is absolutely brilliant if you are having guests over and want to prepare something easy ahead of time. It’s a different way of enjoying courgettes, which not only have a lot of nutritional […]
Genius ratatouille rice cakes
Although these little savory cakes were born from leftover rice and ratatouille, they are absolutely genius.