Carrots and sticks

It's syllabus time again! How much can you fit in, how, and where?

 

Under the hood

Bitter spice

Preparing a Palestinian chicken dish, I've got no sumac,
but am hoping lemon zest will do ...

By the way, somehow it's gotten to be September! ...

Sorry, I'm trying hard not to be overwhelmed by my horror (and fear) that lethal political violence has arrived in this country, and that folks - led, of course, by our demonic president but not restricted to his side - are indifferent to the loss of life on the other. Life is cheap in America.

Lemon aid

 When life gives you lemons ... 

... zest!

Fusion cuisine

Scenes from our preparation of Pasta alla Norma, Ottolenghi style (we used Chinese eggplant, all our local Korean supermarket carries, but no matter), prepared in four kitchens for one yummy zoom dinner party!

Almost cubed

 

Is it because of the violin-like inner curves of these six-cut mushrooms or the 60˚ angles that they put me in mind of a cubist painting?

Chop chop!

 

Nice, after more than five weeks on the road, to be cooking again!

Rooting for you

 Should someone tell you there's no color in a winter market..

Not too cheesy

What to serve to balance the richness of cheese fondue? We found the answer in a column with the wonderfully British name "Yotam Ottolenghi's recipes for tinned pulses." These caramelized onions joined quinoa (red and white), pepitas, avocado, lemon juice, parsley, basil and (tinned!) chickpeas.

What's for dinner?

Dry pot!

Toasted

Not thinking about events in Washington, just making kale chips.

Onions

Deastined for an eggplant - pardon me, aubergine - kuku.

Summer's first tomatoes, oven dried with balsamic. (Ottolenghi, again!)

Winter warmth

Ottolonghi's ultimate winter couscous again as another blizzard beckons 

Carrot sticks

Despite the cosmopolitan delight of Ottolenghian delicacies, the annual dinner of the Religious Studies faculty was dominated by the cruel nativist who's emblazoned his name on all our lives - and by someone inspired by him, who scrawled swastikas on the doors of four rooms in a New School dorm last night. At The New School!?! Could the infernal DT put the genie of hate back in the bottle, even if he wanted to?

Scenes from the kitchen

Golden beets and linguini fini prepping for a seasonal dinner whose ingredients almost all came from the Grand Army Plaza Green Market.

Root vegetables; after roasting they'll be a scrumptious sepia.