lentils

Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes (with some overlap) Serves 6 INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 pounds butternut squash Olive oil 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin Salt and freshly ground black pepper ...

Photo credit: Faith Gorsky Last weekend, I participated in Cook, Tweet, & Eat as part of our Cookbook Tour to promote An Edible Mosaic. 5 other bloggers, Amanda, Heather, Jennifer, Lana, Laura, and I, attempted to cook a dish from the cookbook simultaneously while live tweeting about it. The author of An Edible Mosaic, Faith Gorsky, joined us for the Twitter...

Welcome to the Festival of Food Carnival. In celebration of the New Year and Healthy Starts, we're sharing recipe ideas for healthy, nourishing recipes or anything you would enjoy this time of year. Hosted by Diary of a First Child and Hybrid Rasta Mam...

Photo credit: Faith Gorsky A few weeks ago, I shared this rustic Coconut Semolina Cake as part one of an innovative Kitchen PLAY Cookbook Tour for a new cookbook, An Edible Mosaic, by Faith Gorsky. This week, we are having our first interactive event: join us this Saturday, January 12, at 4 PM EST for Cook, Tweet, & Eat! 5...

What?  No, I did not fall off the face of the earth.  I just got….involved in other things.  I apologize.  I hope you all had a happy holiday season!  I sure did. We got a tree up and everything.  After Christmas, I took two weeks off of work and got shit DONE.  Staycations are...

Lentil and halloumi salad – serve it warm – is a fine, colorful centerpiece or side dish.This meatless dish can serve as a main or a side. It contains ingredients that might appeal to more sophisticated palates, such as halloumi cheese...

With a foundation of vegetables, legumes and serious spice, exploring the Ethiopian palate has created a playground for me in my kitchen.

It must be "baby season" again. Seems like a lot of my friends are welcoming little bundles of joy into their lives this summer. One of my girl friends, Susan, just had her first baby so my friend Rose and I made arrangements to visit and bri...

Hope everyone had a great St. Paddy's weekend. Mr. S. and I spent most of it playing catch up. He was gone all of last week with his eldest son on a fieldtrip to the Marin Headlands while I puppysat this cute little guy at his house. (Yes, I spoiled th...

Much of the recipe for marinated green lentils (lentilles du Puy) can be made up to two days ahead.Marinated lentilles du Puy Prep time: 40 minutes, plus chill time and time to sit out Cook time: 1 hour (some cooking overlaps) Serves...