Dawna in the Kitchen

I developed this recipe because I had a lot of jalapeños to use up, and because I love skillet dinners. It's not quite Caribbean, not q...

The long, pointed, bright green peppers used extensively in Turkish cuisine have quite a number of excellent uses. They are mild enough to ...

Khichdi (aka Khichri, and a number of other variations, खिचड़ी in Hindi) is a rice-and-pulse dish from India that is not only a vegetarian ...

One of the quintessential dishes of Singaporean cuisine, Hainanese Chicken Rice is a bone-deep satisfying meal dished up everywhere from Ha...

Loco Moco is Hawaiian comfort food suitable for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and is such a hometown favourite that it appears everywhere fr...

Arancini means "little oranges", and you can find them in many parts of Italy, often as a bar snack. They can be served hot, or a...

Risotto (alla) Milanese, also sometimes called Risotto Giallo Zafferano, is a luxurious dish. It is not cheap to make, nor is it vegetarian...

Well, it looks like my older website for Always In The Kitchen has finally expired and been taken offline. Don't worry, this blog is st...

This recipe takes inspiration from those dry packet mixes for black beans and rice, but using fresh ingredients and a lot less salt. It'...

If you have access to a good Asian grocery store, you might never need to make the noodles from scratch although it's not at all diffic...

Congee (also called jook in Cantonese, amongst many other names worldwide) is a rice porridge popular throughout Asia, and there are many ...

Oyakodon, or "parent-child rice bowl" (in reference to the use of both chicken and egg in the same dish) is a beloved Japanese co...

It's a funny thing, but I've been making this for quite a number of years, thinking that it was Mexican red rice. It is not. I mean...

A few weeks ago, we received a care package that contained two tins of hot-smoked wild fish from my home province of British Columbia: one ...

Late summer through fall is chanterelle season here in Germany. You will see market stalls piled high with Pfifferlinge , as they are calle...

I always associated plov with Russian cuisine -- partly because it has been adopted as the pilaf of choice for much of the former USSR, and...

This was inspired by Nigella Lawson's recipe for Risotto Bolognese from her book Kitchen, but to be honest, I didn't really follow...