Triple Celery Soup / Thai Chicken Stew / Rosemary Squash Bisque

Article & Recipe: A celery-soup celebration

It’s a soup based on both the familiar green stalk celery (high on the list of underappreciated vegetables, in my view) and the knobbly white celeriac, or celery root.

Triple Celery Soup

Blog Post & Recipe: Thai Chicken Stew

Combine the carrots, onions, chiles, ginger, and vegetable oil in a medium bowl and microwave for approximately 10 minutes until the vegetables soften. Transfer the vegetable mixture to your slow cooker.

Blog Post & Recipe: The World is Not Ready for Bacon Squash Caviar

Now, I do precisely one thing with winter squash. Well, technically two things. I cube it, salt it, oil it, roast it. At this point, I either turn it into a soup, or I don’t. If I chose the former, it becomes Rosemary Squash Bisque, with a supporting cast of pork products, vegetable broth, rosemary, cream, and the tender ministrations of my Cuisinart.

Rosemary Squash Bisque

Barbounofassoula (Stewed Borlotti Beans) / Skillet Eggplant & Lentils with Almond Parmesan / Perfect Pan-Roasted Chicken Thighs

Blog Post & Recipe: Fassolia Ηantres Giahni or Barbounofassoula (Stewed Borlotti Beans)

This is one of the dishes I enjoy as they are delicious, with a meatier texture than common beans and a good source of protein and fibre

Blog Post & Recipe: Skillet Eggplant and Lentils with Almond Parmesan

To make Almond Parmesan, process 1/4 cup nutritional yeast and 1/3 cup whole raw almonds in a blender or food processor until crumbly. Store in refrigerator.

Blog Post & Recipe: perfect pan-roasted chicken thighs

Despite it’s simple ingredient list- salt, pepper and a bit of vegetable oil, it’s really about technique and searing the skin to get really crispy results. Did I mention that it only takes 35 minutes?

Eggplant Parmesan / Sauerkraut / Chicken Tarragon & Eryngii Mushroom

Blog Post & Recipe: Eggplant Parmesan For Two

There are three techniques this recipe uses that we think are genius suggestions for rethinking eggplant Parmesan.

Blog Post & Recipe: Vegetable Alchemy

I decided to go with my German roots for this week’s challenge and make a jar of sauerkraut, which I have honestly never liked despite my adoration of cabbage.

Blog Post & Recipe: Chicken Tarragon And Eryngii Mushroom

For this hearty 'One Pot' European style recipe, I used deboned chicken thighs and breast meats with smoked bacon. It's easy to make and you can add on other side dishes to it like rice, potatoes, bread, salad, etc.

Watercress Pesto / Washing Mushrooms / Another Blogger's Favourite Posts of 2009

Blog Post & Recipe: Watercress Pesto

Watercress is a perennial herb and part of the Nasturtium family and is known for its peppery flavours. As it ages though these flavours can turn bitter so it's best to use younger specimens.

Blog Post: Should you wash mushrooms?

(One of the responses comes from a poster who works in a mushroom farm -- scroll down to 'MatMatMat.')

In the red corner, we have the traditionalists – Delia, Gordon, Larousse Gastronomique – warning me to keep my precious cargo away from the sink at all costs.

Beckoning me from the blue are the hip young guns for whom rules are as old hat as Gordon himself – among them, the scientifically-minded food writer Harold McGee and his disciple Heston Blumenthal, who dismiss this ancient prohibition as 'nonsense'. Go on, they urge, give them a good old rinse.

Blog Post & Recipes: my favorite recipes from 2009

cinnamon oatmeal waffles ... millet vegetable bowl ... lemon, parmesan & chickpea cabbage salad ... strawberry rhubarb crumble ... the easiest pizza dough in the world ... bouchon's simple roast chicken ... tomato & corn biscuit pie ... stewed peppers, tomatoes & onions ... chicken thighs in riesling ... chocolate chip maple walnut cookies ... sweet potato, corn & jalapeno bisque ... better than from a bakery granola

Kneading. Chicken Dishes. Root Vegetable Gratin.

Article & Recipe: Kneading bread: Science backs up an ancient technique that's as relevant as ever for today's cook

We knead dough because wheat flour contains two proteins called gliadin and glutenin which, when mixed with water, come together to form gluten. As the dough is kneaded, the gluten strands form networks, giving the dough strength and elasticity ...

Recipe: Basic French-style bread

Recipe & Blog Post: Root Vegetable Gratin

This is a great alternative to a traditional white-potato-and-cheese gratin (and it's more healthful, too). It's got a lovely depth of flavor, and the broiled panko crust gives it a fantastic crunchiness.

One side note: This is one of those dishes that really is much, much easier to prepare if you have a mandoline.

Recipes: Cooking on the cheap with three items

The challenge: Using chicken thighs, a whole grain and at least one fresh vegetable, the chefs were asked to make a hearty, healthy and delicious dish that home cooks can easily prepare to feed a family of four. More ingredients were allowed, but nothing too fancy.

Chicken Stew with Cider and Wheat Berries ... Pan-seared Szechuan Chicken ... Chicken and Rice Casserole ... Parmesan-crusted Chicken Thighs with Roasted Squash, Creamed Barley and Collard Greens ... Really Slow-cooked Sticky and Sweet Chicken Chili

N.b. I've added a 'leaf vegetables' tag and changed the 'nuts' tag to 'nuts and seeds' so that it can include peas.