I am in Sweden visiting my daughter and her family. We were invited to their Persian friends house for a cookout challenge – her khoresh bademjun v. my khoresh bademjun. Unfortunately, on the day of the challenge, their family was sick, so it was cancelled. Since I had already roasted 6 medium eggplants, it would…
Cornmeal Crusted Tilapia and Lemon Garlic Spinach – Exploring Mom’s Recipe Box #5 – sort of
“Sort of” Why, sort of? Well, these were two recipes my mom got from college-aged Andrea (me) in the early 80’s,
Broccoli Rice – Exploring Mom’s Recipe Box #4
When I was growing up, rice was something we only had when we ordered Chinese food. Well, that’s not totally true, there was Rice-a-Roni, the ever-present side dish. But really, can we count that as rice? It didn’t even come to my mind as rice until I typed the first sentence of this blog. So,…
Chicken and Mushrooms – Exploring Mom’s Recipe Box #3
The next recipe I tried from my mom’s recipe box came with the warning “Don’t taste before cooking!” I have to say, that made me smile. A dish that is more than the sum of its parts. As you can see, this recipe is from Stephanie, my sister-in-law. I can definitely date this to the…
Zucchini Casserole – Exploring Mom’s Recipe Box #2
Zucchini, mushrooms, tomato puree, and cheese – it’s a winning combination. This looked worth trying. I don’t know whose recipe this was, the recipe, like most, was in my mom’s handwriting, but she usually put a name on top. I have some guesses, I remember eating this (and not because my mom ever actually made…
Exploring mom’s recipe box – revisiting the 1970’s
While searching for some specific papers in my file box of my parents’ “stuff”, I came across my mom’s recipe box. A simple lucite holder of index cards. I had long ago taken out her own recipes, and my versions of those have been in my cookbooks (stuffed cabbage, sweet and sour meatballs, and noodle…
It’s a Soup Exchange!
How am I spending my time and energy now that the cookbook is done? Not cooking anything from my cookbook. That may sound funny, but I have made these dishes over and over, especially in the last 6 months, until every recipe was just how I wanted it and each dish had a photo worthy…
Latke Variations
This has been a fun food Hanukah. Since my son was sick in bed all week, food was our main excitement (after a fun first night party at a friends house). Tonight we are having a potato and corn latke sandwich based on a recipe by Navab Ebrahimi. I will share how I make that…
My Cookbook is Finally Here!
Just in time for the holidays! “When Kugel Met Tahdig: Foods of Our Persian-Jewish-American Marriage”, has finally been published!
Thanksgiving 2022
It is another small Thanksgiving for us, just me, my husband, and son (don’t worry, I will be spending plenty of time with our girls and our friends over the next month – and I will be with my daughter and granddaughter in Sweden in February). But, for now, Thanksgiving is quiet. That is no…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 