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Gazpacho Recipe: Classic Spanish Gazpacho

This classic Spanish gazpacho is a cold Andalusian tomato soup blended from ripe tomatoes, green pepper, cucumber, garlic, olive oil and vinegar, with a little traditional bread for body. Moreover, it’s silky, pourable and served ice-cold rather than lukewarm from the fridge door. Furthermore, bread appears in many traditional formulas, though how much (or whether) … Read more

Caprese Salad (Authentic Italian Recipe with Balsamic)

Caprese salad is one of the simplest dishes in Italian cooking and also one of the easiest to get wrong. Moreover, this version sticks to the traditional combination of ripe tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil and extra virgin olive oil, with balsamic glaze presented as the optional, modern addition it actually is. That’s why I’ve made … Read more

Baba Ganoush (Authentic Smoky Eggplant Dip)

Baba ganoush is a creamy, smoky Levantine dip made from charred eggplant, tahini, garlic and lemon juice. Furthermore, real baba ganoush depends on one non-negotiable step: proper charring and not just roasting. Also, skip that step and you get a flat, vegetal puree instead of the deep or campfire-like flavor that makes this dish worth … Read more

Caprese Salad (Authentic Italian Recipe)

Caprese salad is a simple Italian dish of ripe tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and basil, finished with good olive oil and flaky salt – nothing more. Furthermore, it comes from the island of Capri in southern Italy, where the point was never to dress up the ingredients but to let three or four excellent ones speak … Read more

One-Pan Spanish Chicken and Rice

Spanish chicken and rice served in one pan with paprika and lemon

This Spanish chicken and rice comes together in a single skillet, with bone-in chicken thighs, smoked paprika, tomatoes and rice that soaks up every bit of the pan’s flavor. Moreover, it’s the kind of dinner Spanish home cooks make on a regular Tuesday, not a special-occasion dish – and that’s exactly what makes it worth … Read more