You bought a jar of tahini to make homemade hummus, but don't stop there. The ground sesame paste can be used in so many other ways. Turn it into sauces and dressings for vegetables, incorporate it ...

One of the challenges of writing recipes for newspapers has to do with the instructions. Sometimes a recipe is complicated, requiring detailed steps, as for dumpling assembly or braided pastries. A ...

One of the most exciting aspects of cooking in the spring is that its bountiful produce doesn’t require much work to taste delicious. Simply sauté or blanch fresh asparagus or peas, toss them with a ...

Cold winter days make us yearn for hearty soups, not cold salads. But with the right ingredients and a dash of heat, salads can morph into warm comfort food at this time of year. Instead of romaine or ...

Give the all-time favorite Caesar salad a Mediterranean twist with a tahini dressing and crunchy pita croutons. This is a knife and fork kind of salad, with large, crisp leaves of romaine hearts ...

This soba noodle salad is wholesome and addictive. It’s studded with garden-fresh ingredients and laced with a citrusy soy and tahini dressing for a nutrient-rich, one-bowl meal. The main ingredient, ...

Lior Lev Sercarz, founder of spice company La Boìte, considers tahini a must-have ingredient in the kitchen. “It is such a staple item in Israeli food,” says Lev Sercarz, author of “A Middle Eastern ...