Gjelina: Cooking from Venice, California
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...
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...
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...