I found this really fun cookbook – The World at Table – Jewish Food by Matthew Goodman. It is a collection of recipes from Jewish communities around the world, some of which no longer exist, but he found people, mainly living in the US, who have brought these recipes with them. To me, this is irresistible….
Month: August 2016
Pan con Tomate (Toast with Tomato)
Another of my favorite foods from our trip to Barcelona was Pan con Tomate – sourdough bread or a baguette toasted, rubbed with garlic then spread with grated tomato. So simple, yet so delicious. And a great use for an heirloom tomato from my garden. I had made a simple, delicious sourdough bread the day…
Tomato and Cheese Frittata
Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes. Nothing says summer like tomatoes. Then there are eggs, tomatoes and cheese – a familiar trinity. Make that home-grown heirloom tomatoes with fresh eggs from Farmer Kim and it becomes a holy trinity. Ok, enough goofy phrases, what did I make? It is called a frittata, but with the bread in this mixture, this frittata…
Andalusian Gazpacho & Catalan Vegetable Paella
Tonight’s dinner brought me back to my trip with my daughters to Barcelona last November. Or, should I say, MAKING tonight’s dinner brought me back to our cooking class in Barcelona. I even used the recipe for gazpacho that Emily made that night. But tonight we served it in glasses. As our main meal I…
Mirza Qasemi
After refining my kabob recipe, it was time to delve blindly into a Persian dish I have never had, little less even seen a picture for. But the ingredients are good as well as the prescribed cooking method, so I figured I would try… It all started with eggplant from my garden. Add in tomatoes from my…
Joojeh Kabob (Persian Chicken Kabob)…Revisited
I decided to revisit my recipe for joojeh kabob by making it more my own recipe, adding more flavors to the marinade to make it brighter (garlic and lemon). I also wanted to show how to make it in the broiler – which is as easy as making it on the grill. The main difference…
Tomato, Cucumber & Feta Salad
Midsummer + garden = tomato cucumber salads = heaven! This one got the added benefit of baby red onions from the garden as well. The onions were added as part of a greek feta dressing. This salad makes a great side dish for a light summer dinner, such as with the zucchini kuku below. Tomato, Cucumber…
Zucchini Bread Waffles
“These are the best waffles ever!!” – was my 7 year old’s reaction after his first bite. And that was after complaining that he did not want waffles for breakfast today. I have been busy making zucchini breads – our one “must have” each summer. Slowly filling the freezer with them. I usually also make zucchini bread…
Salmon and Feta Pie
I really did not think I would be sharing this with you. I mean, really, a salmon pie? But I couldn’t resist trying it, it did have feta in it after all. How can something with feta be bad? Well, not only was it not bad, it was really good! Even my 7 year-old enjoyed it,…
Korean-style Cucumber Salad
While cucumbers are plentiful in my garden we enjoy refreshing cucumber salads (my son just eats the cukes straight up). I was making Korean grilled chicken skewers for dinner, so of course we needed a Korean-style cucumber salad. By the way, the dakkochi (skewered chicken) was delicious. Click here for the recipe from Closetcooking. I…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 