Apartment Therapy Tagged: basil

Word of Mouth: Pistou

pistou (pee-stoo): n. A sauce from Provence made of basil, garlic, and olive oil. Click below for more details, including a link to the dish above......

Heirloom Tomatoes with Oranges and Basil

We did a lot of cooking by feel this weekend. Not feeling like going out on Sunday or poring over recipes, we opted to stay in and use what we had on hand. This is something we threw together....

Simple Summer Food: Caprese Salad

Ahh, one of our favorite dishes in the summer; fresh tomatoes, buffala mozzarella, and fresh basil layered together, and then drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with salt and pepper. ...

Basil Infused Ginger and Cinnamon Ice Cream
Best Lick! 2008 Ice Cream Contest Entry #7

Original Ice Cream Flavor: Basil Infused Ginger and Cinnamon Ice Cream Ice Cream Chef:Christine What inspired this recipe? When my husband and I were in Portland recently, he ordered a basil-infused...

Recipe: Chilled Buttermilk Soup for Hot Summer Days

When summer’s heat arrives, it’s hard to to think of preparing, much as less eating, hot food. We want something cool, quick and refreshing. We also want to use the fresh bounty that starts fill...

Summer Living: Cooking With Fresh Herbs

One of our favorite parts of summer is the abundance of fresh herbs--often in our own back yards! We find ourselves throwing herbs into everything we cook, relishing in their fresh green flavors. Sin...

Low-Fat Pesto: Can It Be As Good As the Real Thing?

You know that we love basil, so of course we love pesto too, especially during the summer. But pesto is a little high in fat to be eating every day. So we've been challenging ourselves lately to make...

Recipe: Summer Main Course Salad with Beans and Basil

It might seem strange to start a salad recipe by talking about a sausage. But when a friend gave us some beautiful homemade links, we immediately thought of the classic Tuscan sausage and cannellini b...

Even More Basil Cocktails: Strawberry, Lemon, and Vodka

It seems as if Elizabeth picked up on a trend this week. Basil cocktails are everywhere! Crisp lemon and tequila, strawberry puree with flavored vodka and more below. ...

Recipe: Pineapple Basil Cocktail

We didn't stop with rhubarb! There was plenty of basil and the liquor was flowing easily last night, so we came up with another cocktail — this time with pineapple and a hint of lime... ...

Recipe: Rhubarb Basil Cocktail

Earlier in the week, we posted some ideas for using basil in cocktails, promising to try our own interpretations over the weekend. Well, we did some experimenting, and while our first inclination wa...

Spring and Summer Drinks: Cocktails with Basil

Basil really does scream summer to us — mostly because it's so closely linked to tomatoes (in our minds, at least). On a trip to Sonoma Valley last year, we kept seeing basil on cocktail menus. An...

Good Question: When Can I Harvest My Basil?

One of the most frequent questions we've noticed during Garden Month is a general one about cutting herbs. Since herbs are one of the easiest things to grow indoors or in a container, we expect that m...

Look! Green Breadcrumbs in Elle Decor

Do you see them? We read Elle Decor for the home design, not Daniel Boulud's food column, but when flipping through this month's issue, we noticed these parsley and basil breadcrumbs dusted over his...

San Francisco Farmer's Market Report: Noe Valley

Delicious radishes The Noe Valley Farmer's Market is located at 3861 24th Street, between Sanchez and Vicksburg Streets and is held every Saturday from 8 AM to 1 PM. It's a smaller than the other tw...

Weekend Sandwich Recipe: Basil, Goat Cheese, and Artichoke Hearts

Here in Brooklyn, the weather is still chilly and damp, and hardly the epitome of spring. This weekend might be just warm enough for a stoop picnic, visiting with neighbors and the Sunday paper, while...

Recipe Review: Coconut Fish Stew with Basil, But No Lemon Grass

Last week's NY Times Dining section was heavy on the Easter goods, which might be why Melissa Clark's Thai soup stuck in our mind as something different. We couldn't wait to try it, and even though we...

Petit Coco Herb Pots from Three Potato Four

We've talked about some of the things we love at Three Potato Four, a charming vintage emporium. Here's a new item for them - an ideal set of herbs for the kitchen. Details and ideas for taking the ...

Recipe: Mixed New Potato Salad with Sweet Basil and Shallots

Here's a bright spring potato salad - easy and quick with tiny new potatoes. We like to mix up red and white potatoes for pretty color. Look for very small potatoes - just a couple inches long - with ...

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