Have you ever bought an ingredient because it was fresh and very well priced or for a specific recipe but had leftovers that you could not figure out how to use up? Many of the recipes we develop in our Chef and Steward kitchen actually came from this dilemma. How do we re-use the…
Apple and Roasted Beet Salad (and how to roast juicy beets)
I have been dreaming up a salad in my head for a while. I mentioned it to Chef Lij and he was willing to go on the wild side with me. In fact, he encouraged it and took my very rough idea and refined it into this salad that was so winter-meet-spring-fresh that we had…
Ease into your day with Can’t Be Beet Oatmeal
As the weather promises to get cooler (more in theory than in reality in this still hot Middle East, the palate begins to crave foods associated with the cooler fall/winter season. Oatmeal, especially the non-quick-cooking-rolled-jumbo whole grain rolled and unprocessed oats as well as the even more intact steel cut variety, is a great meal…