My Russian potato pancake recipe for draniki (in Russian) or deruny (in Ukrainian) makes a delicious pancake that something between a pancake or pikelet and fritter. My grandmother and mother made these for weekend breakfasts and brunches and we’d continue to snack on them during the day. They’re also cooked for Maslenitsa or Pancake Week. … Read more
My ideas for you for what to cook this weekend include a classic eggs Benedict on an English muffin with ham, poached eggs and hollandaise, a balela salad recipe for a warm chickpea salad with a crunchy salad piled on top, a warming bowl of my grandmother’s borscht, and a richly spiced beef Stroganoff or … Read more
Our best chicken soup recipes include recipes for chicken noodle soups, spicy chicken soups, chicken rice soups, and more. These are our most popular chicken soup recipes and include recipes for Southeast Asian soups such as the Burmese chicken coconut noodle soup, ohn no khao swe, and hearty Russian soups, such as rassolnik, a barley … Read more
For our latest edition of What to Cook this Week I’m sharing recipes for five comforting weeknight meals. I’ve got recipes for an eggs potatoes and chorizo breakfast dinner skillet if you don’t mind breakfast for dinner, a quick and easy peanut butter noodles, Mexican grilled chicken tacos, a Cambodian fish curry, and a meatball … Read more
Where to eat in Chinatown Bangkok overwhelmed us on our first visit to the Thai capital over 25 years ago. There were a bewildering number of eating options then and there are even more now, from old-school seafood restaurants to lane-way noodle joints and glam shop-house fine-diners. If you also find the Chinatown eating options … Read more