Dawna in the Kitchen

This is an intensely fragrant supper dish with a unique and heady spice signature. It's not quite a one-pot meal, because you roast th...

Everyone can enjoy a beautiful centrepiece main dish that is as fun to make as it is satisfying to eat. Plus, it's even easier to make...

Okay, here's the thing. Quail Scotch Eggs are really no different than regular scotch eggs, other than the obvious: quail eggs are sm...

These delicious veggie-packed Z-Balls can be everything from a pakora-like appy (pass the chutney), to a sandwich filling, to a stand-in fo...

One Cup of Couscous = 4 lunch boxes. I admire the folks who assemble beautiful identical lunch boxes on the Sunday evening to set them u...

Okay, this is kind of cheating, because it's not really a new recipe. I just wanted to share with you all the amazing thing that is th...

No toads were harmed in the making of this recipe. Toad in the Hole is a rather off-putting name for a really tasty comfort food from the...

Traditional recipes for Imam Bayīldi involve stuffing hollowed out eggplants (or halved eggplants) with onions and spices, and braising the...

Devil(l)ed eggs go in and out of fashion, party-wise. However, they are easy enough to make and, it seems, always gladly received, even whe...

It is my understanding that every food blogger must at some point commit a post to a cheese sandwich. This is one of my favourites. Okay...

Looking for something interesting to do with a batch of crêpes? This is a Gâteau de Crêpes, aka Crêpe Cake or Crêpe Stack. It can be savour...

These darling little sandwiches were inspired by Madhur Jaffrey's Indian-accented tea sandwiches, which call for chile-mint butter, and...

This is an easy, refreshing pickle to add colour and texture to a meal. It is not, however, a German recipe, despite a prodigious reliance ...

These were intensely, astoundingly, beefy. I got the idea from Jennifer McLagan's book " Odd Bits " where she exhorts the r...

I am in Germany! My kitchen, however, is still afloat somewhere in the Atlantic (more or less) until we manage to find an apartment to re...

Dear friends, readers, and subscribers: Please note that there will be no new content for a little while, as my kitchen is in the process ...

These are so very, very delicious. They were fantastic as dinner, and they were a miracle fried up as hashbrowns the next day at breakfast....

Yorkshire puddings are essentially a simple popover that has been flavoured with the drippings of the roast that they are made to accompany...

Even if summer isn't quite ready for me. In summer, I'm always fighting dehydration. Water is essential, of course, but really, a...