Madhur Jaffrey’s recipe for the Indian dish Bharta (a smoked eggplant dish similar to baba ghanouj, included in her must-have cookbook World Vegetarian) is no-fail fun for the tummy of anyone you introduce it to. Some history, courtesy of Jaffrey:
“This is a popular village dish. The eggplant is put whole into the hot ashes of [...]

Among the top feelings in the world (for me) at the moment is effing NAILING a recipe. Last night’s Tofu Pot Pie recipe took me about two hours to make, but holy geez! Worth it. For you tofu haters out there, this is the one that will convince you otherwise. Delicious, though I messed up [...]