Posts for October 9th 2011

fast and easy

Warm Up to These One-Pot Dinner Delights

During Fall, there's nothing more comforting than a hot, home-cooked meal.

During Fall, there's nothing more comforting than a hot, home-cooked meal. But at the end of a long day, sometimes the last thing I want to do is deal with a ton of dishes. Whether you'd like to try the Barefoot Contessa's take on creamy mushroom lasagna, or these super easy sesame chicken wings are more your style, take the hassle out of cooking and clean up with six easy one-pot meals.


Catalan Fish Stew

Chicken Moqueca Baiana

Portobello Lasagna

Coconut Cranberry Pork

Shrimp Étouffée

Vegetarian Chili
Cooking Basics

Injera, Berbere, Wat: A Guide to Ethiopian Food

This may come as a surprise, but if we had to eat one cuisine for the rest of our lives, my pick would be Ethiopian.

This may come as a surprise, but if we had to eat one cuisine for the rest of our lives, my pick would be Ethiopian. There's something incredibly natural about the act of eating with one's hands, and the spiced, slow-cooked, home style preparations.

But to someone who's not familiar with East African cuisine, deciphering an Ethiopian recipe or the menu at an Eritrean restaurant can be sort of like trying to understand hieroglyphics in the year 2011. Continue reading to get to know a few staples of Ethiopian cooking.