Chickpea Soup with Sweet Potato and Feta Crostini

By The Culinary Chase | February 27, 2013
Chickpea Soup with Sweet Potato and Feta Crostini

Don’t you love a good soup?  I sure do and more so when there’s less time making it.  This is Yvette Van Boven’s second book – a follow up to her popular cookbook, Homemade.  Homemade Winter is full of hearty, body-warming dishes sure to satisfy the biggest of big appetites.  I adore her illustrations and…

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Feta Salsa – A Super Easy Dip!

By The Culinary Chase | November 6, 2012 |

I love it when I am able to recreate a dish that I enjoyed elsewhere.   One of the grocery stores I frequently shop is Whole Foods.  I love this place and it serves as a food inspiration for me.  They always have something new to sample and their dips of all descriptions are marketed via…

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Spicy Greek Cheese Spread (Tyrokafteri)

By The Culinary Chase | October 29, 2012 |

As I write this post, hurricane Sandy (not meant to touch land until this evening) is already being felt in NYC.  We were in the city last night for a wedding and stayed overnight but by 9am it was almost next to impossible to get a cab…thankfully, though, we managed to hail one.  So with…

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Fattoush Salad

By The Culinary Chase | June 28, 2012 |

I first made this salad 6 years ago and have enjoyed it many times since then…I never tire of its fresh, clean taste.  Fattoush comes from the Levantine cuisine and makes wonderful use of stale or leftover pita bread.   Full of nutrients and vitamins – a perfect salad to bring to a family function, picnic…

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Fettuccine with Dates, Feta Cheese & Spinach

By The Culinary Chase | June 22, 2011 |

I love recipes like this one where sweet and savory are combined. Cultivation of dates as food began in the Middle East approximately 6,000 years ago. There are many types of dates but the Medjool date is considered the “king of dates” as they are not only large but taste sweet. Medjool dates are a…

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