recipes
“Then why don’t you eat something?” she asked.
“ It’s no use,” said the Tiger sadly. “I’ve tried that, but I always get hungry again.”
“Why, it is the same with me,” said Dorothy. “Yet I keep on eating.”
– The Wizard Of Oz
This is not my recipe. This is a memory, retrievable only as memories are, by evocation and gesture and occasional concreteness that is not factual. And I resist making it a recipe. This is about art and love, not about technique. Some things need to be learned standing beside someone.
– Elizabeth Kamarck Minnich
Some of my best memories come from moments around a dining table. I started cooking when I went to college, beginning with basic survival cooking, and then learning to take pleasure in the task.
Many of my good friends are fantastic cooks, and have taught me quite a lot. Here are some basic yet yummy recipes I’ve picked up along the way.
La découverte d’un mets nouveau fait plus pour le bonheur du genre humain que la découverte d’une étoile.
– Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Dinner-partyish
Asian-spiced gravlax
Fish kebabs with cucumber raita
Lotus root chips
Mussels in red curry sauce
Pasta with cockles, chilli, garlic
and tomato
Pink grapefruit granita
Prawn kebabs
Raspberries Romanoff
Shellfish cooked in sherry
Steamed clams in butter and sake
Tagliatelle with spinach and mascarpone
Simple fare
肉粥 (Congee)
Basic soufflé omelette
"Cha-pa-lang" omelette
Boozy potatoes
California crab wrap
Chicken Marsala
Chicken simmered with daikon radish
Chilli Mussels
Coriander mint chicken curry
Grilled miso chicken breasts
Irish beef stew
Jambalaya
Japanese/Chinese meat sauce
Meatballs with pasta
Mixed mushrooms with garlic
Mushroom salad with truffle oil
Oyako don (chicken and egg with rice)
Pasta with pesto
Scallops on lemon fettucine
Scallops wrapped with bacon
Scrambled eggs
Sesame noodles with shredded chicken
Soba salad
Spaghetti in tomato sauce
Steamed pomfret
Steamed salmon rice with mushrooms
Steamed rice with clams
Stuffed salmon
Sweet soy chicken and egg rice bowl
Tortilla Española
Udon noodle soup with veggies
Greens
Brinjal salad
Chèvre grape salad
Japanese spinach rolls
Spinach strawberry salad
Sugar snap peas with lemon and almond
I'm mad about tofu
四川豆腐 (Sichuan braised beancurd)
Fettucine and tofu in peanut sauce
Silken tofu salad
Steamed tofu
Tofu drizzled with hoisin sauce
Tofu glazed with miso
Tofu sambal
Soups
豆腐汤 (Tofu
soup)
西洋菜汤
(Watercress soup)
Chicken and vegetable soup
Cream of potato soup
Ginseng chicken soup
Hungarian peasant soup
Meatballs in miso broth
Miso soup for colds
Quick tomato soup
Baked goods
Chocolate chip cookies
Drinks
Easy lemonade
Limoncello
Mint julep
Ruby red mango smoothie
Sparkling raspberry lemonade