I found the recipe for this Berber Pizza in a book evocatively titled "A Platter of Figs" by David Tanis of the much-lauded Berkeley, Calif. restaurant Chez Panisse.Although many of the recipes in ...
Vegan Tandoori Tofu Pizza
Marrying different cuisines can be one of the most fun aspects of cooking. I do it a lot, not just with the various Indian cuisines that I grew up eating in the melting pot of Bombay, but also with ...
Angel-Hair Pasta with Green Beans and Mushrooms
Desi's accused me of cooking a lot of pasta recently because I'm hosting the It's A Vegan World: Italian event. Between you and me, there is maybe-- just maybe-- some truth to that. But then again, ...
Amaretti Cookies
I love all things almond, and amaretto cookies are right up there at the top of my list.With a crispy, crumbly exterior and a chewy inside, these cookies, which are made mostly with almonds and which ...
Pappardelle Pasta with Green Peppers and Asparagus Frittata
Pappardelle can lift an ordinary pasta meal right up into the extraordinary. These flat, broad ribbons are a wonderful base for holding on to chunky sauces, which, I thought, would make it a ...
Whole-Wheat Gnocchi with Sundried Tomato Pesto
We all love pasta, don't we? It's one of the easiest meals to fix on a hurried weeknight. Boil a box of pasta, whip up a quick tomato sauce, fix a salad, and you have a meal that's not only quite ...
Orzo with Cherry Tomatoes
My vegetable garden got off to a late start this year because I was in India during the spring when I'd have normally started working on it. As a result, it is only in the past couple of weeks that I ...
Vegan Basil Pizza
Who doesn't love pizza, and we vegans are no different. But it can be a little harder for us to order takeout because even vegetarian pizza is usually covered wall to wall with thick gobs of ...
Pasta with Edamame Pesto
Two foods I long ago fell in love with - irrevocably- are pesto and hummus. I play around a lot with each, and usually just a slight tweak of ingredients throws up new and delightful flavors. And ...
Mushroom Barley Risotto
Risotto is a labor of love. Cooking rice, in my kitchen, usually means bunging it into a pressure cooker or a saucepan with liquid and letting it steam away all by itself for a few minutes until it ...
Pasta with Dill Artichoke Pesto
With a unique flavor that dances on your tongue hours after a meal, Dill is perhaps one of the most potent herbs out there, and one of my favorites. In Bombay, where I grew up, we ate it ...