This cold Spanish tomato soup is an alternative to gazpacho. The main differences are that it does not include cucumber, peppers, or parsley, and is therefore less like a liquefied salad, and it does include tuna and hard-boiled egg. This recipe is adapted from the Wall St. Journal. The original article thinks this would make Read More …
I spotted a recipe on epicurious.com which was celebrated because a special technique (sprinkling the top with sugar and then with hot water) created a crackly crust. I cut the recipe down for 2 people and made it using some of the peaches now in season. It did turn out very well. A 6-inch diameter Read More …
Last night I made Icelandic Fish and Potato Mash (Plokkfishur) and I was looking in The Scandinavian Kitchen for a rye bread to accompany it. Most of the recipes called for the bread to be started one or two days earlier, but there was one which I thought could be made successfully within one day Read More …
Carol and I recently took a food tour of Reykjavik. This was the dish that our guide was most enthusiastic about. It is classic Icelandic comfort food and he thought his grandmother made the best of all possible versions. Cod and potatoes are two staples of the Icelandic diet, so there would frequently be some Read More …