New recipes, November 21, 2015

Two from Ottolengi The Cookbook: Burnt Eggplant with Yellow Pepper and Red Onion (we used several colors of pepper), and Beef and Lamb Meatballs Baked in Tahini (all beef as we could not get ground lamb in Mexico). We loved the eggplant--it gets a 4. The meatballs were also nice, we give them a 3--if we'd had lamb, could easily have gotten a 4.

New recipe, October 20, 2015

Lamb Rib Chops with Walnut Fig and Goat Cheese Salad from Ottolenghi The Cookbook. Amazing, it's another 5!

New recipe, October 19, 2015

Buttered Prawns with Tomato Olives and Arak from Ottolenghi The Cookbook. Another stellar 5! Served with a mixed salad.

New recipe, October 18, 2015

Harissa Marinated Chicken with Red Grapefruit Salad from Ottolenghi The Cookbook.

Another amazingly delicious recipe, we give this a 5.

New recipe, October 17, 2015

Carl cooked a masterpiece--Seared Duck Breast with Blood Orange and Star Anise from Ottolenghi The Cookbook. We don't have blood orange yet, so we settled for navel (all there is in the markets today). A 5!

Served with a spinach salad with radishes and mild peppers.

New recipes, October 15, 2015

Two spectacular recipes from Ottolenghi The Cookbook: Baked Okra with Tomato and Ginger, and Grilled Cauliflower with Tomato Dill and Capers. Both get a 5!

New recipes, October 7, 2015

Chicken and Chickpea Tagine from the Cooking Light Soups and Stews, and Cucumber and Poppy Seed Salad from Ottolenghi The Cookbook. Both get a 4.

New recipe, February 2, 2014

After that Super Bowl, at least we had this to celebrate--Marinated Turkey Breast with Cumin Cilantro and White Wine from Ottolenghi: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamami. This is a definite 5--extraordinary! Served with a mixed green salad with citrus slices.

Wine: Antis Torrontés 2010--this was nicely matched!

New recipes, January 31, 2014

Roasted Cauliflower Soup with Cumin from the February 2014 Food and Wine--lovely and velvety, it gets a 4. Served with Roast Chicken with Sumac Za'Atar and Lemon from Ottolenghi: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi--delicious, another 4.

Wine: Terredora DiPaolo Aglianico 2010--a wonderful match with both.