Featured Recipes
Whole Cabbage Kimchi The traditional whole cabbage kimchi is a typical Seoul kimchi and one of the most popular in Korea. The cabbage is stuffed with a combination of aromatic vegetables, pickled fish, and fresh oysters. Here, the radishes mixed with Korean watercress and Indian mustard leaves add an aromatic taste to the cabbage, and pickled baby shrimp [...]
Yakh Dar Behesht (Iranian Dessert) Ingredients: (4 servings) rice-flour, 100 grams starch, 150 grams sugar, 500 grams rosewater, 1/2 cup milk, 1 litre water, 1 litre crushed pistachios, 50 grams Directions: Yakh Dar Behesht (Ice-in-Heaven) is a delicious dessert that is easy to make. Dissolve starch well in cold water and dissolve rice-flour well in cold milk. Mix the two [...]
Our Sublime Hot Fudge Sauce Make a double batch, to pour over toasted pound cake or your favorite ice cream. It will keep in the refrigerator for up to one week; to reheat, zap the amount you need in the microwave on medium, or warm over low heat in a saucepan on the stovetop. Yields: About 1 3/4 cups Work [...]
Vinaigrette Salad Dressing Ingredients Serves 12 3-4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 3-4 slices red onion, finely chopped Herbes de Provence (or thyme, oregano, etc.) to taste 3 oz. wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar 2 Tbs. lemon juice (optional) lemon zest to taste (optional) Directions 2 oz. olive or vegetable oil Put garlic and onions in a jar [...]
Nargesi-Esfanaj (Spinach and Eggs) Required Ingredients: (3 servings) fresh spinach, 1 kg 3 eggs 2-3 onions, thinly sliced cooking oil salt black pepper Directions: Wash spinach and cut into small pieces. Slightly cook with half a cup of water and a bit of salt over medium heat for a few minutes. Drain water (using the back of a spoon [...]
Recent Recipes
Nan-e Shirini-ye Khoshk
Comments (0) | June 27, 2011
(Persian Cookies) Ingredients 1-1/2 c. butter 1-1/2 c. powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract) 4 c. flour 1 egg white (optional) slivered almonds or ground walnuts (optional) Directions Beat butter and powdered sugar together until creamy. Add vanilla extract or other flavoring (orange rind, lemon juice, etc). Add flour and blend well. Refrigerate for a [...]
Chinese Plum Sauce
Comments (0) | June 26, 2011
Ingredients: 3 lbs plums 2 lbs peach 3 sweet red peppers, diced 4 lrg cloves garlic, minced 1 onion, minced 4 cups cider vinegar 1 1/2 cups water 1/2 cups cooking sherry 1 tsp soy sauce 1 1/2 cup white sugar 1 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar 1 Tbsp ground ginger 1 Tbsp pickling [...]
Au Gratin Potatoes
Comments (0) | June 25, 2011
Servings: makes 6 to 8 servings Ingredients: 2 1/2 lbs potatoes salt 1 Tbsp flour ground nutmeg 2 Tbsp sherry 2 Tbsp evaporated milk grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 cup shredded American cheese 4 cups milk paprika melted butter or margarine Instructions: Cook potatoes until tender. Cool, peel, then chop. Season to taste with salt. Add flour [...]
Hot Potato Salad
Comments (0) | June 24, 2011
(Warmer Kartoffelsalat ) Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: 3 med potatoes, boiled in skins 3/4 tsp salt 3 slices bacon 1/4 tsp celery seeds 1/4 cup onion, chopped 1/4 tsp pepper 1 Tbsp unbleached flour 3/8 cup water 2 tsp sugar 2 1/2 Tbsp vinegar Directions: Peel potatoes and slice paper thin. Saute bacon slowly in [...]
Cold Potato Salad
Comments (0) | June 23, 2011
(Kalter Kartoffelsalat) Yield: 6 servings Ingredients: 6 lrg potatoes 3 tbp vinegar boiling water 1/2 tsp prepared mustard 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp sugar 1 medium onion, minced 2 tsp dillseed Directions Peel and quarter potatoes. In medium saucepan cook potatoes in boiling salted water until tender. Drain, reserving 3/4 cup of potato water. Dice [...]
Bavarian Potato Salad 2
Comments (0) | June 22, 2011
(Bayrischer Kartoffelsalat) Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: 4 cup potatoes 1/3 cup onion, chopped 2 cup chicken broth 1/2 tsp sugar 1/2 tsp salt 2 Tbsp lemon juice 1/4 cup vegetable oil pepper, to taste Directions Peel potatoes and slice 1/4-inch thick. Boil potatoes in broth with 1/4 tsp salt for 5 to 8 minutes, until tender. [...]
Salad Nicoise
Comments (0) | June 22, 2011
This recipe is a quick, tasty lunch that I often make for myself. It’s also a lot cheaper and healthier than fast food for lunch. It’s in the style of a salad Nicoise. I slowly evolved it from plain macaroni and tuna. Ingredients: 3/4 cup raw elbow macaroni 1 can tuna in water (6.5 oz) [...]
Scottish Eggs with Fresh Herbs
Comments (0) | June 22, 2011
Servings: 4 Ingredients: 4 large eggs plain flour 8 oz sausage meat 1 small egg, beaten 2 spring onions, finely chopped toasted bread crumbs 1 tsp finely chopped fresh thyme salt 3 tsp chopped fresh chives freshly milled black pepper 1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley oil for deep frying Instructions: Hard-boil the eggs by [...]
