Do you have any cooking roadblocks? Like procedures or ingredients that make you run in the other direction? I think pie crusts and yeast breads stop a lot of people in their tracks. It's understandable--they are time consuming and difficult to get right. You really have to have a "feel" for when ...
Archives for October 2014
Walnut Rosemary Polenta Cakes
When we lived in Brooklyn, sometimes on my way home from work I would stop at this fancy gourmet shop not too far from the subway. They had unbelievable prepared foods, with unbelievable prices to match. I'll never forget the time their sidewalk sign advertized a special: "Buy 9 sandwiches and get ...
Two Potato Latkes
When I switched to a mostly vegan diet, one of my primary goals was to put plant-based dinners into regular rotation. I felt like I had slipped into a completely meat-dependant way of cooking. Every time I made a grocery list, I would think about the days ahead and whether we would have chicken, ...
Orange-aide
This past July, while we were on vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Owen fell in love with this lemon-lime-orange-aide sold at the farmers' market across the street from our house. It came in big plastic cups, and since Owen has yet to master drinking vessels of the non-sippy variety, much of it ended ...
Broccoli Salad with Avocado and Pistachios
Many years ago, I got to spend one day doing kitchen prep work for an event featuring two of my all-time favorite cookbook authors--Ina Garten and Patricia Wells. I honestly don't know how I held it together enough to dice chicken breasts and shred zucchini. The whole time I felt like I had to make ...
