Mediterranean Dinner Recipes

Can we talk about how the first warm weekend of spring makes you crave something bright, colorful, and bursting with fresh flavor? That’s exactly the energy behind this spring vegetable paella — a gorgeous one-pan Spanish rice dish that celebrates the season’s best produce. Picture this: golden saffron rice studded with tender asparagus, baby artichokes, … Read more

Can we talk about how there are exactly zero recipes that look this fancy and take this little effort? Because Brown Butter Sage Ravioli is genuinely one of those miraculous weeknight dinners — the kind that lands on the table in 20 minutes and makes everyone at the table go quiet mid-bite. The good kind … Read more

There is a sound that takes me straight back to my grandfather’s taverna in Chania — the quiet scrape of a wooden spoon against a clay tapsi, pulling thick tomato sauce over pale, swollen beans as the whole pan slides back into the wood-fired oven. I was six, perched on a stool that wobbled on … Read more

Can we talk about how a dish you spend three hours making on a Sunday can feel like the single greatest culinary achievement of your week? Because that is exactly what Lamb Ragu Pappardelle does. One Dutch oven. A handful of humble ingredients. Low heat, long time, and the most extraordinary transformation of a tough … Read more

Can we talk about how a dish that looks like it simmered all day on a Tuscan stovetop can actually come together in under 45 minutes on a busy weeknight? Because that’s exactly what’s happening with this One-Pot Chicken Cacciatore. Golden, fall-off-the-bone chicken thighs braised in a deeply savory, herb-laced tomato sauce with bell peppers, … Read more

Can we talk about the dish that made me fall completely, irrevocably in love with Greek cooking? Because that dish is Greek Pastitsio (Baked Pasta), and I have been making it on repeat since the first time I tasted it at a little taverna just outside Athens during a nutrition conference trip back in 2018. … Read more

August 2022. My cousin Tomás was visiting from Chicago and I—for reasons I still can’t fully explain—decided to make one-pot Spanish seafood rice for the first time on a Tuesday night with zero practice. The rice was crunchy (not the good kind), the shrimp were rubber erasers, and I’d used ground turmeric instead of saffron … Read more

Can we talk about how one of the greatest pasta dishes in all of Italian cuisine lives entirely in your pantry, costs under $10, and comes together in 30 minutes? Because c — known in Sicily as pasta con le sarde — is exactly that. It’s the kind of dish that quietly converts sardine skeptics … Read more

Can we talk about how boring weeknight fish dinners can be? Same lemon-and-herb routine, same plain fillet, same yawn. That’s exactly why I created this coconut curry Mediterranean mahi-mahi — a fusion that brings the warmth of coconut curry together with the bright, fresh flavors of Mediterranean cooking. And trust me, the result is absolutely … Read more

I need to confess something: I ruined six eggplants in a single afternoon in August 2023 trying to nail this Pasta alla Norma (Sicilian Eggplant). Six. My neighbor Carol thought I was composting, which—honestly—I basically was. The eggplant kept coming out either soggy and grey (gross) or burnt to these sad little charcoal bricks that … Read more