That is, pearl couscous risotto with pesto, tomatoes and mozzarella. By Mia Leimkuhler Credit...Kerri Brewer for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Spencer Richards. In Melissa Clark’s “Dinner in One” ...

Pearl Couscous with Preserved Lemon is a bright, lemony, pasta side-dish full of crunchy pistachios, bits of dried fruity apricots and cranberries, fresh parsley and the star of the show — preserved ...

Some interesting ingredients for recipes may include pasta, grains, fruit and nuts. It seems like almost anything goes when it comes to cooking and flavor combinations. In trying to work more grain ...

If you Google orzo (and you don't speak Italian) you might be surprised to find results for barley. We were. And then we read that orzo means barley in Italian. So what's the Italian word for orzo?

Classic risotto is made with starchy medium-grain Italian rice, such as Arborio or carnaroli. This “risotto” uses pearl couscous (which actually is a pasta) and a simplified risotto cooking method to ...