Potato Pancakes with Applesauce
Flipping through Eugenia Bone’s The Kitchen Ecosystem, it became immediately apparent that I had a different definition of kitchen ecosystem than she did. For example, I just cleaned a little ecosystem...
View ArticleLemon-Poppyseed Pancakes
My 11-year-old son seems to be the only person in the house who actually knows why I eat the same (boring) breakfast every day. It’s not that I don’t like granola or pancakes or waffles or muffins (all...
View ArticleWild Mushroom and Brioche Stuffing
Those of you who know us have heard the story before, about how the two of us bonded one November when we were living in France and Thanksgiving was coming. It’s a holiday that can make any expat...
View ArticleWild Salmon, Asparagus, and Shiitakes in Parchment
It seems like everyone I know has vowed to eat cleaner in the new year. And by everyone, I mean me. After a happily indulgent holiday season, I put away my mixer (for a while) and have been loading up...
View ArticleCreamy Cauliflower “Baked Potato” Soup
The other night I had to pick up a kid after play rehearsal and used the excuse to run into Whole Foods for a previously unheard-of ingredient in a cookie recipe I had to make that night. I do that a...
View ArticleOatmeal and Dark Chocolate Cookies
I get it. It’s January. Resolution time. Lose-weight time. Get-healthy time. Yeah yeah yeah. I want to feel healthy as much as the next guy. But I also know myself. I’m no monk. The ascetic life is not...
View ArticleChickpea, Roasted Squash, and Farro Soup
Some of my friends have a neighborhood supper club. Once a month, each family (read: mom) makes and delivers enough dinner for all the families in the group. The result is most families (read: moms)...
View ArticleItalian Tricolor Rainbow Cookies
I don’t have celiac disease, but I am always on the lookout for a good gluten-free recipe. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that too much doughy bread and too much gluten makes too much me. But I’ve...
View ArticleSpaghetti with Arugula Pesto, Salami, and Parmigiano-Reggiano
When my oldest son was making the case for his college of choice last spring, he told us, more than once, that it had the second-best food in the country. According to him (and I’ve never bothered to...
View ArticleButternut Squash Pasta with Bacon and Sage Brown Butter
Alana Chernila makes me want to be a better person. When I thumb through her book (and I do, often), I want to grow all my own everything, make every morsel we eat from scratch, and ferment anything...
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