Slice of Rice

Sometime last fall Alex and I tried a Turkish restaurant called Peri Ela on the Upper East Side based on a recommendation from a friend....

I really love a good fritter but I am often disappointed in the fritters we make at home.  We have made a few different versions of zucch...

What do you do when you know you are going to be traveling constantlyfor the next 2-3 weeks and (1) your fridge is full of random vegetab...

A few weeks ago we picked up some chistorras at Despana and we had to figure out what to do with them.  We served them one night with c...

I'm currently at the tail end of a cauliflower obsession.  Every fall I go through a cauliflower phase where I buy oodles of it at th...

The week  leading up to Thanksgiving we ended up eating a lot of random vegetarian meals.  It just seemed like the proper (and healthy) t...

I have never roasted cauliflower this long - when we roast cauliflower we tend to only roast it for about 30 minutes, which often resul...

We found ourselves in the interesting position yesterday afternoon of having a half serving each of cauliflower and brussels sprouts in t...

Alex disagrees with me on this - but this dish was my favorite thing we have made all week.  He preferred the Fish-Fragrant Eggplant (Yu ...

I am clearly in a soup frame of mind.  We had soup Monday night for dinner and I can't stop thinking about making more soup for dinne...

I got the idea to make this cauliflower because I feel like the flavor combination of anchovies, evoo, garlic, crushed red pepper flake...

Sorry everyone.  I know I have been a little delinquent.  Again.  But in my defense, last week was a very busy week at work (although we ...

Somehow Monday has become the night of white soup.  Last week we made congee and this week, cauliflower soup.  I'm not sure where I g...

In case you couldn't tell, I am still clearly in the midst of my cauliflower obsession.  But this is our last cauliflower dish for t...

I'm going through a bit of a cauliflower phase right now.  Every time I go to the farmers' market I end up picking up some more...

In my book, this is one of the absolute best ways to prepare cauliflower.  It's not exactly quick and easy (you have to deep fry ci...

Sometimes I feel the need for vegetables.  Lots and lots of vegetables.  Tonight was one of those nights, inspired by a recipe I fou...

This chicken is delicious.  Super delicious.  And so was the cauliflower.  I know I usually babble on for awhile about how I chose the ...

So I have been taking a photography class to learn how to take pictures with my new fancy camera.  And in this class we take pictures in...

After this weekend we have been on an Indian kick.  A few weeks ago I came across this recipe in the January issue of Bon Appetit and de...