Nirmala's Cooking Corner

I love Mark Bittman , The Minimalist, and columnist for the New York Times. At the beginning of the year he wrote a column about kitchen m...

I wanted to use all the wonderful basil growing in my garden without making pesto pasta so I made a simple basil puree (courtesy of Deborah ...

Last week, I was looking for a quick and easy recipe for the black lentils I had in a glass jar, staring at me for the last year or so.  My ...

I really dislike it when I have to buy a bunch of basil for a recipe that calls for a whopping 2 T. Today, I was determined to use somethin...