New recipe, August 24, 2024

One Pot Chicken Meatballs with Greens from NYT Cooking. The recipe suggests that this should be somewhat juicy, but it came out dry. The flavors are nice. Wondering if there is some fluid that should be added that was left out of the recipe. I would consider adding 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water or chicken broth. Because of this dryness it gets a 3. It would be a 4 with a bit more juiciness.

New recipe, August 23, 2024

Zucchini Salad with Pecorino Basil and Almonds from NYT Cooking. This has a delicious caper dressing, and it is excellent. Served with garden tomatoes!! The salad gets a 5!

New recipe, August 22, 2024

The Archangel from Epicurious. Muddled cucumber, gin and Aperol. Simple, and very good flavors together. This gets a 5.

New recipe, August 21, 2024

Pesto Beans from NYT Cooking. Beans with what amounts to deconstructed pesto. It is brilliant and delicious. This gets an enthusiastic 5!

New recipe, August 19, 2024

Scrambled Eggs with Zucchini from NYT Cooking. It's that time of year, and we have lots of zucchini! By grating the zucchini you can cook off a lot of the water so it does not leave the eggs too watery. This is simple and it tastes nice. Be careful with the salt—this easy to overdo it. This gets a 3.

New recipe, August 19, 2024

Oops, missed the photo. Shanghai Stir Fried Pork with Cabbage from Food and Wine. This is a satisfying dish with lots of umami. It gets 3. It suggests serving with hot sauce, which does jazz it up

New recipe, August 18, 2024

Dumpling and Smashed Cucumber Salad with Peanut Sauce, and Peach Cucumber and Mozarella Salad with Gochujang Vinaigrette, both from NYT Cooking. They work together nicely, and both have a great mix of flavors. We initially forgot to add basil to the peach salad, but when we did it added a whole other layer of complexity. Both of these gets 5s!

New recipe, August 17, 2024

Charred Chicken Skewers Al Pastor from Food and Wine. The Al Pastor marinade has so many great flavors! We enjoyed this thoroughly! It gets a 5. Served with a reprise of Super Soft Zucchini with Harissa and Lemon. Yum!

New recipe, August 16, 2024

Jasmine Cocktail from Epicurious. Gin, lemon juice, Cointreau and Campari—delicious combination. This gets a 4.

New recipes, August 15, 2024

Three recipes but only one photo :-(
Hanger Steal with Yellow Squash Romesco from Food and Wine has delicious flavors. The texture of the roasted squash was a bit tough, but the squash Romesco is fabulous. Because of the squash texture this gets a 4.

Moroccan Carrot Salad with Spicy Lemon Dressing from Food and Wine is just delicious and gets a 5. And it is even better the second day.

Dessert is Panna Cotta with Fig Compote from the Denver Post. Lovely flavors, it gets a 4.

New recipe, August 14, 2024

Roasted Shrimp with Okra and Tomatoes from NYT Cooking. This was easy to make. The flavors were good, the texture of the okra was a bit tough. This gets a 3.

New recipe, August 13, 2024

Eggplant Bolognese from NYT Cooking. All the deliciousness of bolognese, and the eggplant works beautifully. This gets a 5.

New recipe, August 12, 2024

Chickpea Potato Chaat from Epicurious. This has layer upon layer upon layer of flavor. It is sublime. This gets an enthusiastic 5!

New recipe, August 11, 2024

Lamb Tagine with Green Olives and Lemon from Food and Wine. Missed getting a photo. This was pleasant with Moroccan spices including cinnamon. It didn't really stand out to us. We give it a 3.

New recipe, August 19, 2024

Mapo Tofu Scramble from NYT Cooking. A quick recipe with a nice mix of flavors. I might use a little less sugar, but very good overall. This gets a 4.

New recipe, August 9, 2024

White Bean Salad with Crispy Cheese from NYT Cooking. Another great recipe for a hot day. With a nice chorus of complementary flavors. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 8, 2024

Chilled Tofu with Gochujang Sauce from NYT Cooking. Very simple, delicious on a hot day. We give this a 4.

New recipe, August 7, 2024

The Spring Spritz from Epicurious. This is a delightful cocktail. We give this a 5.

New recipes, August 5, 2024

Super Soft Zucchini with Harissa and Lemon from Yotam Ootolenghi's Flavor, and Cauliflower Biryani from Epicurious. The zucchini is spectacular, as so many Ottolenghi dishes are. We give it an enthusiastic 5! The Biryani is also good, with many layers of flavor from multiple spices. We give it a 4.

New recipe, August 6, 2024

Crispy Sesame Chicken Cutlets with Tomato Salad and Tahini from Food and Wine. The sesame seeds really do add a special flavor and crunch to the cutlets, and the tomato salad is really tasty and a good complement to the cutlet. We give this a 4.

New recipes, August 5, 2024

Super Soft Zucchini with Harissa and Lemon from Yotam Ootolenghi's Flavor, and Cauliflower Biryani from Epicurious. The zucchini is spectacular, as so many Ottolenghi dishes are. We give it an enthusiastic 5! The Biryani is also good, with many layers of flavor from multiple spices. We give it a 4.

New recipe, August 4, 2024

Mixed Mushroom and Cheese Quesadillas from Food and Wine. It is amazing how adding cooked mushrooms, onion, garlic, jalapeño and oregano to the cheese can jazz up quesadillas. We also ate it with a grilled corn salsa. We experimented with almond tortillas, but didn't think the texture was very good. Flavor wise this gets a 4

New recipe, August 3, 2024

Summer Squash and Red Rice Salad with Lemon and Dill from NYT Cooking. An enjoyable blend of flavors. We give this a 3.

New recipe, August 2, 2024

Scotchy Boulevardiers for a Crowd from Epicurious. This is a really nice cocktail, we give it a 4.

New recipe, August 1, 2024

Later Days from The Back Bar Project. This is a delicious spritz, light and interesting flavors. We give this a 5.

New recipe, July 31, 2024

The Siesta from Epicurious. We really enjoyed this. A great balance of sweet, tart and bitter. This gets a 5.

New recipe, July 30, 2024

Ros Omelette, from Epicurious. This is an omelette with Indian flavors and a sauce with even more flavors, including an ingredient we hadn't seen before, coconut paste (also called coconut butter). It is excellent! We give this a 5. You can get coconut butter on Amazon—it is quite different from coconut cream.

New recipe, July 29, 2024

Gunshop Fizz from Epicurious. This sounds so fun, especially with Peychaud Bitters as the main alcohol. But we found it overly sweet, and as made it gets a 2. If we make it again we will try it without simple syrup.

New recipe, July 28, 2024

Cherry Tomato Pasta from Food and Wine. This is simple and very tasty. The garlic is lightly cooked in the butter and really adds to the taste. We give this a 4.