Ottolenghi and I love French Onion Soup for the Lockdown!

Yotam Ottolenghi and I make French Onion Soup our own way for the lockdown. He personalizes his with a Yemeni spice blend, hawaij. I personalize mine by making it fast.

French, wine tasting, Ottolenghi, Yotam Ottolenghi, onion soupKaren TripsonJune 3, 2020French Onion soup, onion soup, Ottolenghi, Ottolenghi's onion soup, hawaij, hawaii onion soup

What's Cooking in PDX

Follow me on an extravagant tour of Portland in summer of 2019. Cuisine, cocktails and culture!

Piperade Remains a Wonderful Dining Experience

If you have a chance to dine at Piperade in San Francisco, make a reservation immediatley! You won’t want to miss this Dungeness Crab Salad.

Basque Cuisine, cocktails, Cookbooks, pintxos, restaurants, wine tasting, BasqueKaren TripsonJanuary 14, 2019Piperade, Basque, Basque cookbooks, Gerald Hirigoyen, Pin, pintxos, The Basque Kitchen

Basque Bistro Lunch at Home

Here's an easy Basque lunch to serve with a wine tasting. A few pintxos, seafood stew and almond custard dessert (pantxineta).

dessert, entree, Basque, pintxos, soup, seafood stew, wine tastingKaren TripsonMarch 28, 2018Basque, pintxos, marmitako, salt cod, tuna, shrimp, fish stock, fino sherry, rioja, white rioja, albarino, jurancon, almond custard, seafood stew, Iberico, Gilda, octopus, Idiazabal

Local Cheese Tray for a Party

A cheese tray created from local cheeses showcases the farmers in your area and anchors the buffet at a party or wine tasting.