This is part of my May 2022 Times Union story, all about food and exercise and sharing with the people you love (it’s always better that way.) Read the whole story here. Here’s a recipe for kofta, which is excellent party food (see above about food eaten with the people […]

Part of my Times Union story in February 2022. Read it here, and see the recipe below. Winter weekends beg for a big pot of simmering soup, and this recipe delivers on warmth and flavor. Moroccan food is famouWinter weekends beg for a big pot of simmering soup, and this […]

These delicious sandwiches go along with my January story about cooking for a kid who loves to order in. Read it here. And it goes along with Cous Cous Salad with Pickled Onions and Blueberry Crumble Muffins. I made juicy, flavorful, Middle Eastern-spiced beef sandwiches for dinner recently, and I […]

I am a bean lover and since I eat a lot of vegetarian food, beans are huge. I use canned beans, for sure, but when I take the time to soak and simmer and carefully prepare a big pot of garlic-scented beans, there’s a lot of love in that pot. […]

This is the kind of food my family swoons over: shreddy, tender beef, in a rich broth that’s got enough fat in it to be lip-smacking. Beef short ribs are another kind of blank canvas food, and still another that requires an investment of time. The meat itself is stewy, […]