When I was twenty two and working at my first job as an editorial assistant in the cookbook division of a big publishing house, I used to come home every day and flop on the couch with a bag of soy chips, a jar of salsa, and a glass of wine and turn on The Barefoot Contessa. My roommate's boyfriend ...
Butternut Squash Rounds with Hazelnut-Apple Gremolata
I lived in Brooklyn for seven years, and Manhattan for three years before that. In all those 10 years, I grilled exactly one time. Alex and I borrowed our friend Sarah's tiny portable grill and set it up behind our building. It worked great, but the experience was a bit lacking. Instead of sipping ...
Green Beans with Sriracha and Orange Marmalade
If you ask anyone in my family about their Thanksgiving memories, they are sure to bring up the time my mom drained a huge pot of boiling green beans over her bare hand. Even she isn't certain exactly how it happened. The colander was in the sink, she went to pour the beans in, and... missed. She ...
Almond Butter Hot Chocolate
Can we all just take a minute to appreciate my new mug? I got it at Marshall's last weekend for $3.99. Alex hates it (at least I didn't buy a whole set, honey!), but I'm completely obsessed. I might never drink coffee out of anything else. Aside from the obvious (gold, owl) this mug is huge. You ...
Beet Salad with Cranberries and Walnuts
Bear with me: I grew up an hour from Cape Cod and it's November. There are about to be more cranberries. Are you a beet person? I never liked them as a kid, but I got super into them in college, where they were always at the salad bar. It was Maine and it was cold, and it felt wrong to eat things ...
Old Bay Sweet Potatoes with Avocado Tartar Sauce
What do you do when you need a laugh? I have a suggestion: pick up the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living and read Martha's monthly calendar in the front. I'm not sure if it's even meant to be funny, but it reads like something straight out of McSweeney's or Shouts & Murmurs. Here are some ...
Ultimate Fall Salad with Cranberry-Orange Vinaigrette
What's your take on salad at Thanksgiving? We usually skip it. Most of my family members would rather save their stomach real estate for extra helpings of stuffing and pie. Plus, we've fasted all day in preparation for the feast, and no one wants their first bite to be...lettuce. But this year ...
Brussels Sprout Salad with Rice Krispies
How often do you get out for date night? Alex and I are fortunate to have grandparents nearby, but even so we are lucky if we go out once a month. Since we moved to Westchester last year, our favorite restaurant has been The Parlor in Dobbs Ferry. It's at least as good as the artisanal pizza places ...
Broccoli Apple Soup
Much to my chagrin, Owen will eat exactly three vegetables: corn (only on the cob, thanks), steamed carrots, and broccoli. When he was a baby, I made him all sorts of healthy veggie purees: sweet potato, peas with mint, and zucchini with basil. He loved them! I smugly thought that my diet must have ...
Blondies with Pistachios and Dark Chocolate
Alex's birthday is three days before Owen's. Two years ago, when I was 100 months pregnant and probably already a little bit in labor, I baked him an outrageous cake covered in chocolate ganache and decorated with chocolate- and toffee-covered pistachios. It was a cake to end all cakes. Literally--I ...
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