My recipe for oysters with caviar, dill pickles, fresh dill and Champagne makes a sublime starter that’s perfect for kicking off a celebratory meal or romantic dinner. Impressive looking, it’s quick and easy if you buy freshly shucked oysters, and can be adapted to any budget: go all out with Beluga and French bubbly or … Read more
This potato latkes recipe with smoked salmon, caviar, sour cream, and fresh dill makes the potato fritters or crispy potato pancakes traditionally eaten during the Jewish holiday Hanukkah. My recipe is based on my non-Jewish, Orthodox-Christian, Russian-Ukrainian grandmother’s recipe for potato latkes, which she called ‘potato fritters’. Whatever you want to call them, they’re addictively … Read more
This spring chicken salad recipe makes a fantastic year-round salad with what are traditionally considered spring vegetables, such as sugar snap peas, cucumbers and cabbage. Fragrant with fresh mint and dill, drizzled with a garlicky lemony Middle Eastern style yoghurt dressing, and sprinkled with sesame seeds and sumac, this salad uses leftover rotisserie chicken, but … Read more
This watermelon tomato halloumi salad recipe makes a refreshing summer salad from Cyprus which you’ll come across in many iterations across the Mediterranean. Aside from being incredibly delicious and cooling, this light yet filling salad comes together quickly, is super versatile, and can be eaten on its own or as a fantastic side to fish … Read more
This smoked trout blini with caviar, crème fraîche, cucumber, radish and dill makes a variation on the traditional Russian blini or pancakes with smoked salmon and caviar. The blini are spread with cream cheese. Smoked trout is piled on top with a side of cucumber, radish and dill, followed by dollops of crème fraîche and … Read more