My go-to comfort dish when I want to make something tasty, super easy, yet sophisticated enough for guests, is risotto – hands down. I know that it can be intimidating to some but for some reason, I find it very straight forward and (touch wood!) I haven’t messed one up yet. The key I find…
Category: One pan meal
Eric Ripert’s Chicken Bouillabaisse
I pretty much always go home to my family for my birthday on April 25th every year – I can count on less than one hand the number of times when I didn’t spent it with them. The reason isn’t for gifts (I am apparently very hard to buy for anyway) or the celebrations (I’m not…
Chicken with Morels & Fingerling Potatoes, Crab Rillettes and Thyme Bread Rolls
Although moving to New York had been a dream of mine since I first visited in 1999, when the opportunity did present itself, some 8 years later, it all happened quite quickly. I was working at American Express at the time and a director role become available in our sister team in NYC. I had…
Coq au Chardonnay, Chicken Liver Pâté & Salmon Rillettes
Chicken has long been one of my favorite protein to cook. I find it so much more forgiving than any other types of meat because it really has to be cooked until well done and it almost always benefits from gently simmering for a while in any kind of a creamy sauce. Which is winning combination…
Sriracha Marinated Chicken & Fingerling Potatoes with Garlic Yoghurt
I have now made this recipe several times as it’s an easy one-pan dinner that still manages to look and taste impressive. But perhaps the favorite time I made it was for my friend John. John and I met in London ten years ago while working at the same company. We pretty much instantly…
Paella with Chicken, Shrimps & Clams
I have always loved Paella but had never attempted making it. As I was thinking of recipes to cook for six of my friends on a lovely Sunday afternoon in July, I thought that this one-pan recipe would make it easier to feed a larger group. I read a lot of different recipes and in…
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