Exquisite salmon and green apple “rillettes”

In winter, classic duck rillettes spread on toasted sourdough canapés are my jam, but once summer rolls around, I prefer something lighter. Last year, you may remember I posted my favorite tuna rillettes recipe. This year, I introduce you to it’s hoity toity cousin, the salmon Granny Smith ones. The fish is perfectly balanced by […]

Genius sweet potato fries

The first time I tasted sweet potato fries was in a vintage diner that made amazing-tasting grease-ladden junk food: juicy cheesy burgers, perfectly-coated onion rings, hand cut fries, real ice cream milkshakes, old fashioned floats, etc you get the drift. Anyway, needless to say, their sweet potato fries were absolute perfection. Of course, they were […]

Refreshing feta herb hummus

Hummus is a regular feature on our dinner table. I love my original recipe, but I’ve also jumped on the colorful hummus trend bandwagon and experimented adding other ingredients to it. I’d be lying if I said all of them were a success but so far, I’ve posted my favorites. It all started with beetroot, […]

Impress-the-guests scallop papaya and mango tartare

This recipe ticks all the boxes as a dinner party appetizer: it has a show-stoping quality only fresh scallops matched with exotic fruit can have, it’s QUICK and EASY for even the worst of cooks, it’s light, healthy as can be and absolutely delectable. A cordon bleu friend of ours kicked off New Year’s eve […]

Roasted turmeric harissa eggplant

This appetizer plate is almost too pretty to eat. And it tastes even better than it looks so has a short life span at our dinner table. The mix of harissa and turmeric really liven up the eggplant and the interesting cashew sumac crumble makes this dish even more mouth-watering. I like to put dollops […]

Lovely beet chips

I should probably start the year with some vitamin-packed juice or a gut-cleansing recipe but I’m too busy experimenting with my new kitchen toy: a mandolin. It slices and juliennes vegetables beautifully and I can already think of dozens of recipes it can bring to the next level. But first, let me start with a […]

Butternut squash Manchego cheese blinis

These little blinis are a great party appetizer. They melt in your mouth, especially right off the pan, when still warm and fluffy. The main ingredients, butternut squash and Manchego, a firm sheep’s milk cheese, go extremely well together and add so much taste that you really don’t need a topping – just as long […]

Awesome Sicilian caponata

I consider caponata to be Sicily’s answer to France’s ratatouille. It’s hearty, delicious, healthy and bursting with late-summer Mediterranean flavors. It’s also a great dish to make when you want a satisfying, rustic vegetarian meal that doesn’t have beans in it. There are a gazillion variations to caponata – many people use raisins, others add […]

Cumin-scented black bean burgers

I’m trying to veganize myself a couple of days a week at the moment and testing all sorts of legume recipes. These little black bean cumin-scented lovelies are my current answer to Tex Mex. They are amazingly delicious wrapped in a tortilla with a dollop of cashew cream, zesty guacamole and a light tomato salsa. […]

Fig walnut and goat cheese salad

Have you noticed figs sprouting up at the supermarket lately? When they do, I get a bunch of them and go recipe-crazy. They are easy to prepare poached, roasted or – my favorite – raw, like in this effortless yet stunning little salad, where it marries beautifully with creamy goat cheese and toasted walnuts. It’s […]