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29 Recipes

  • Recipe Croque-monsieur

    Croque-monsieur


    A croque-monsieur is a French grilled cheese sandwich and, like anything whose main ingredients are bread and cheese, it's really incredibly delicious.Though I lived in Paris for three months, in the south of France for another five weeks, and have[...]
  • Recipe Menemen - Turkish scrambled eggs

    Menemen - Turkish scrambled eggs


    I cannot think of a better way to spend a Sunday morning than eating these delicious Turkish-style scrambled eggs while sitting at a café in Istanbul's Bebek quarter and looking out at the ships sailing down the Bosphorus.But even if you're not in[...]
  • Recipe Melanzane al funghetto

    Melanzane al funghetto


    This is an eggplant dish from the town of Bari, in Southern Italy. I was introduced to it when a friend of mine from Bari brought it to a dinner party, and in fact it's a great dish to bring to a party because it's extremely easy to make, and it is[...]
  • Recipe Banana nut bread

    Banana nut bread


    I know I haven't updated this blog in forever - not because I haven't been cooking and eating lots of delicious things, but just because I've been so busy with other stuff like studying, dancing, and traveling! However, the second I bit into this[...]
  • Recipe Make your own muesli

    Make your own muesli


    For years and years and years I ate granola with yogurt for breakfast, and it never occurred to me to use anything other than pre-mixed granola. But all that changed about a year and a half ago, and since then I've been waking up nearly every morning[...]
  • Recipe Casarecce alla maltese

    Casarecce alla maltese


    Though I'm just at the start of my Maltese culinary adventures, one thing I have learned about very quickly is the ftira maltija - basically the Maltese sandwich. It's made with ftira, a crusty round bread unique to Malta (as far as I can tell),[...]
  • Recipe Spaghetti with tuna and fresh tomatoes

    Spaghetti with tuna and fresh tomatoes


    A simple meal for complicated times...I haven't updated much recently because, well, I haven't been cooking much recently. Instead, I've been moving to Malta (after a brief stop in New York)! Briefly, I'll be studying at the University of Malta for a[...]
  • Recipe Vols-au-vent - Daring Bakers Challenge

    Vols-au-vent - Daring Bakers Challenge


    I joined the Daring Bakers exactly one year ago, for several reasons. I loved the idea of a whole bunch of people all baking different interpretations of the same thing at the same time. I wanted to challenge myself with recipes that I wouldn't have[...]
  • Recipe Pearl couscous with cucumber and avocado

    Pearl couscous with cucumber and avocado


    Soon I will be leaving California once again, and so it seemed fitting that before I head off on my next adventures, I should make something that features avocado, a fruit that always makes me think of California!This dish combines avocado with just[...]
  • Recipe Dobos Torte - Daring Bakers Challenge

    Dobos Torte - Daring Bakers Challenge


    Since I almost never bake cakes, almost every cake I do make involves some kind of first for me. The Dobos Torte gave me my first experience with a layer cake (and my first experience making sponge cake), and though I envisioned all sorts of things[...]