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CategoriesCondiments/Spices Featured Lunch Side Dishes Vegetarian
Purple Za’atar Brussels Sprouts
My mother subscribes to one of those imperfect produce delivery companies that give you perfectly wonderful food, that’s just a little not camera ready. The beets are great, but the
The Best 5-Ingredient Potato Soup from Your Pantry
How do you feel about a savory potato soup that comes together in less than 20 minutes, and makes the kitchen smell amazing? Well, well, well. Do I have a
CategoriesBread/Baking Breakfast/Brunch Dessert Eggs Featured Vegetarian
Wild Cherry Chocolate Bars with Sea Salt (Pantry and Freezer Cooking)
While we’re all making do with what we have on hand before throwing on our gloves and masks and heading out to replenish our supplies, I’m doing the deep dive
CategoriesBeef Condiments/Spices Featured Lunch
Radish Shoot Chimichurri on Butter Pan Fried Steak
Radish Shoot Chimichurri on Butter Pan Fried Steak The other day when I was waiting to get a flu shot (surely the sexiest opening line ever), I was perusing Instagram
Red Hot Sauce: The Gift That Keeps Giving
(Fun fact: When you write about for food for a living and also have your own website, some things fall through the cracks. Like this post from a couple of
CategoriesAppetizer Dinner Featured Lunch Mexican Side Dishes Vegetarian
One Woman’s Attempt to Love Beans: Instant Pot Black Beans
I really want to like black beans. I want to like any beans. They’re cheap, utilitarian, full of protein and nutrients – and let’s face it – they’re pretty gorgeous.
Fall Fig and Pomegranate Salad
I married into a family that changed the way I looked at salad. Don’t get me wrong, I grew up with great salads filled with colors and flavors. But when
CategoriesBeverages Drinks Featured Holidays/Events Vegetarian
Blueberry Basil Whiskey Buck
Back when blueberry season was in full swing, I was making these delicious variations on a whiskey buck almost every evening and loving it. They’re herby, a little tart, and
CategoriesAppetizer Dinner Featured Holidays/Events Side Dishes
Pepper and Coriander Pickled Currants
We celebrated my mother’s birthday last week by going to an English tea in an English garden. It rocked. Good food, good company, gorgeous flowers, and fun little beaten off
CategoriesDinner Featured Side Dishes
How to Cook Really Good (Not-Nerve-Wracking) Rice
My friend Steve and I talk on the phone once a week for “phone drinks.” It’s a pre-planned time where he cracks a beer and I pour a glass of
Beet Green Stem Gratin
I threw my back out a couple of weeks ago. I haven’t been incapacitated, but man-oh-man, I’ve been walking like a guilty convict in ankle shackles. *shuffle, shuffle, shuffle* So,
CategoriesAppetizer Breakfast/Brunch Dessert Featured Holidays/Events Lunch Mexican Side Dishes Vegetarian
Orange Ancho Melon Salad with Maple Candied Pecans
A friend of ours went on a spur-of-the-moment trip to Maine and asked if we could check in on her little cats while she was gone. We said we’d be
CategoriesBeverages Featured Holidays/Events
Retox Redux
I’m normally a fan of the highball and its many variations when it comes to cocktails. In particular, the whiskey and ginger is my go-to beverage. But I’ve been trying
Orange Blossom Rhubarb Sauce
Every year when we get rhubarb from the farmers market, I try to put a savory spin on it. But this year, I decided to go a more traditional route,
CategoriesAppetizer Condiments/Spices Featured Mexican Vegetarian
Lime and New Mexican Chile Powder Crisped Chickpeas
This fall Jedd and I were watching a cooking show and they used “New Mexican Chile Powder.” I’d never heard of it. Jedd had never heard of it. And I
CategoriesDinner Featured Holidays/Events Pork Sauces
Blackened Maple Whiskey Pork Tenderloin with Cherries
My mother and I were on the phone the other night talking about food. We’re both avid cooks or “kooks,” as my adorably heavily accented Canadian Great-Grandfather pronounced it. And