Gjelina: Cooking from Venice, California
Charred steak with green peppercorn and wine sauce
Steak is rare in India, and well-cooked steak is even more obscure. Most Indians like their steaks overcooked into tough leather. While...
Chickpea stew with tomato, turmeric, yoghurt, and harissa
Tagines are Morocco's national dish. They are complex, diverse, and always delicious. Though most traditional tagines are meat-based,...
Grilled kale with shallot-yogurt dressing and toasted hazelnuts
Grilled greens achieved culinary importance a few years ago when chefs were looking for new flavors. But grilling greens is an important...
Grilled squash with mint-pomegranate pesto
Occasionally I come across a side that takes over the dinner table, beautiful, packed with flavors and fun, this dish is what everyone...
Grilled oyster mushrooms with tarragon butter
I absolutely adore mushrooms. They are diverse and earthy in flavour, and they are my go-to vegetable on any restaurant menu. Oyster...
Eggplant caponata and burrata on toasted sourdough
I love caponata! the first time I had this dish was at a friend's house in the Bay Area over 20 years ago and have been obsessed with...
Braised green chickpeas with pomegranate and feta
Here is a wonderful and unusual recipe. The season for fresh chickpeas just got over, but I had enough for this recipe and the amazing...
Spicy herb salad with ginger-lime dressing
For me a salad should pop with flavors, it should be unique and different. For years I refused to eat a salad because of the boring wedge...
Spinach salad with honey-garlic dressing, feta and pine nuts
I love visiting farmer's markets in California because of the variety of produce. The fanatical farmers grow fresh vegetables and regrown...
Greens with Fuyu persimmons, pomegranate, crisp garlic, and blue cheese dressing
I have been on a roll recently with posts on persimmons. Here is another one for the season. I personally do love blue cheese in all...
Grilled mackerel with ginger, garlic, lime & green onion
I am not generally a person that will order mackerel in a restaurant, I have never known why because I do like the flavors of the fish....
Braised spiced Romano beans with yogurt & mint
A wonderful recipe that pops with flavor. I love the spices and tart Omani lemons in this recipe. This recipe needs dried Omani/Persian...