Month: April 2010
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White Grapefruit and Salmon Salad
Cooking can be just about the food, or it can be a therapy: a release from a grueling day at work, or from the sadness that settles on you suddenly in a blanket of volcanic ash. And therapy it was for me yesterday night, when I composed this overture of a salad: sweet, refreshing, and…
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Almost-Healthy Tomato Salad-Toasts
This weekend I was visiting my parents in the suburbs of Boston, where the grass is greener, and the air mostly smells of spring, and much less of the city garbage, where the sun is hot on your back and the earth breathes easily under the feet of children and farmers’ ploughs. This means that…
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Nettle Soup
Spring time is here, with all kinds of plants sticking from the ground, stretching for the sun and new life, many of them medicinal, among which some are quite edible and make a fabulous addition to one’s table. Stinging nettle is one of them. What?! – you might say, – How am I supposed to…
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Lazy Tomato Salad
One hot summer day I felt lazy to peel, slice, and mix. That’s how this minimalistic tomato salad was born. “Is that all? – asked Alex when he saw a shallow dish. – I will not eat this”. That was the verdict. But when we tried it, we were amazed how sweetness of tomato, tanginess…
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Smoked Chicken Pilaf
This is a fool-proof tasty dish, since the chicken used in this recipe is already cooked. One only has to have some skills to cook rice. This pilaf, accompanied by fresh vegetables, was our today’s dinner – nice re-energizing after a long working day. What you need: One smoked chicken leg with thigh, deboned and…
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Cabbage Soup Re-configured
Today was one of those days when everything is just right. I woke up refreshed after a good night sleep full of interesting, yet elusive dreams, and stared through the bedroom window into Sunday morning drizzle. Yes, we had a rainy weekend. Frustrating for some, but not for me. Gardening is necessary at this time…
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Your Two Casual Chefs
Who are we? We are mother and daughter, living our lives in suburban Massachusetts and in New York City, cooking our pleasure in our separate kitchens, and sharing it with each other over cell phone conversations. The cutting board is our palette, the kitchen – our studio, where we create the quick and the decadent,…
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