October is apple month in both Ukraine and America’s Midwest. This Apple Raisin Poured Pie combines the season’s bounty with a traditional Ukrainian quick batter to create a dessert that captures the flavors of fall. A poured pie (also known as a poured-crust pie, poured-over cake, or zalyvnyi pyrih (заливний пиріг)) uses a pourable or […]
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These Duck Dumplings are an elegant interpretation of Polish pierogi, combining rich roasted duck, vegetables, and herbs that once graced the tables of Polish kings in Kraków. The inspiration for this dish came from L’Entre Villes, a Michelin-recognized restaurant in Sopot, Poland, where the cuisine draws on Polish, French, and broader European culinary traditions. Why
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This Parmigiano Reggiano Flan with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes is a savory cheese custard, a perfect elegant appetizer and make-ahead starter. A luscious spoonful Why You’ll Love This Recipe Parmigiano Reggiano, the King of Cheeses, takes center stage in this delicate savory flan. Until I tasted this delicate cheese custard at a restaurant, I thought Parmigiano
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Mixed Berry Clafoutis reimagines a French classic … combination of strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries beautifully captures the brief berry season…with straitforward ingredients and technique…
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Many years ago, my sister Maria Oliver and her family spent one year in Potchefstroom, South Africa, where Jim, her husband, had a research project. Upon their return to Maryland, Maria entertained us with bobotie (pronounced ba-boo-tea), a spiced minced-meat pie topped with custard, recognized as South Africa’s national dish. Maria’s Bobotie was my first
In our household, December meals are not usually vegetarian. But this year I included a dinner of Crispy Potato Pancakes with roasted carrots, labneh, and hot honey, inspired by Samin Nosrat’s recent podcast of Home Cooking, where she answered a question from a listener seeking advice on how to use four gallons of honey. Samin, a honey enthusiast, excitedly
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This elegant Poppy Seed Coconut Cherry Cake is a perfect holiday dessert for a large gathering. Poppy seed and coconut layers filled with cherry-flavored pastry cream and cherries, topped with chocolate glaze, are worthy of celebration. This creation is based on plyatsok, a sweet pastry beloved in Western Ukraine. What is a plyatsok? Plyatsok (plyatsky,
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We were introduced to Sodd, a Norwegian soup made with chunks of cooked lamb or mutton, lamb and beef meatballs, potatoes, and carrots in a clear broth, several years ago in Oslo, Norway, at dinner with Weldon’s cousin Jan Erik Bangsund and his family. A bowl of hot Sodd on that cold October night was
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When a white-jacketed Italian waiter brought in a golden, crusty tower of pasta on a silver platter, it was love at first sight! After all diners admired this creation, as he cut and served the wedges, he announced that this was pasta al forno con spinaci, pomodori e quanciale – Baked Pasta with Spinach, Tomatoes, and Bacon.
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This Grilled Caponata with Balsamic Vinaigrette is a summer vegetable dish inspired by caponata, the classic Sicilian sweet-and-sour vegetable stew.* Here, the vegetables shine without the need for heavy tomato sauce or copious amounts of olive oil. It is a versatile dish, delicious at all temperatures. After seeing this year’s crop of eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash,
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