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Another delicious lunch option for y’all is this recipe for a Smashed Chickpea Salad Sandwich, along with a bit of a food blogging rant. First things first, this sandwich is also a favorite of ours that came about after being in lockdown, and cooking thousands of meals at home. I didn’t keep notes on the …

I should call this the secret salad instead of chopped green salad because I have been keeping it a secret for three years. It is a salad recipe that has been in the making since we were in lockdown. I became obsessed with watching the chefs Sarit and Itamar from Honey and Co in London, …

Not sure about anyone else but during lockdown we baked more than our share of fresh bread as well as pastries and even Tartine croissants. It was a very guilty pleasure to have the time to do so, and there is nothing like the smell of fresh bread being baked. Pure comfort! When Wildgrain reached …

A galette is my answer to an impromptu dessert or for that matter even a light dinner option as they can be sweet or savory. I love how simple and elegant a galette looks. Did I mention how easy they come together? I can literally be sitting at my desk, take a coffee break while …

We are big eggplant eaters over here but never do we bake or fry , unless I am making eggplant parmesan. This recipe for Baked Eggplant has been on a regular rotation since coming back from Italy. It is that good, as well as super easy to make. While we were in Puglia visiting friends, …

Happy Summer! The weather has been brilliant the past week, which means the bounty of summer has been hitting the markets with an abundance. Everything has been so good, from apricots to wild king salmon, and we feel blessed. One ingredient that has been extra sweet the past month are red grapes. The ones we …

Here we are living in a new world during weird times. We just completed our first International trip in over two and a half years, the longest since I began traveling. I received a lot of messages from followers on Instagram asking for the ins and outs of International Travel During A Pandemicc so here …

This recipe came about by accident during the pandemic when I had limited supply in the freezer. You remember those days, when the world acted like it was ending. I could barely find a frozen vegetable at the market, and peas became a staple for us. During this time when butchers could not supply to …

I still remember the first time I flew into Paris France as if it was the other day. That was over 25 years ago. The plane was descending over Paris and it was early in the morning. All that was to be seen were gray buildings studded with red tiled rooftops closely hugging each other, …