Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Fried Sage and Shaved Chestnuts
Did you ever make something so delicious, so transporting, so perfectly satisfying that the memory of eating it lingers for days?
I knew as soon as I ...
Pantry Cooking, Recipes, Starters, Vegetarian
Addendum: Pomegranate Salad Dressing
A little while after the moms left this morning, I decided to make a batch of Wheatberry Salad (there wasn’t enough quinoa for our dinner!). I had ...
Mains, One-Handed Meals, Pantry Cooking, Recipes, Vegetarian
Wheatberry Salad: My New Favorite Thing
Remember how in my steel-cut oatmeal post I said that chewy is one of my preferred textures? Well, these cute little nuggets ...
Parents Need to Eat, TooSM: Mark Bittman on Freezing
Clearly, the New York Times’ Mark Bittman is a man after my own heart. On Monday I blogged about Big Batch Cooking—cooking large amounts of food to ...
Parents Need to Eat, TooSM: Big Batch Cooking
This morning I taught my third session of Parents Need to Eat, TooSM. The topic: Big Batch Cooking—stuff that might take you a couple hours to prepare, but ...
Mains, Nap-Friendly Recipes, Recipes
Cottage Pie: Parents Need to Eat, TooSM
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about parenthood. The challenges of it, the responsibilities that come with it, and the rewards that make me forget all ...
“I’m a New Mom and I Have No Time to Cook” Turkey Chili
So, yeah.
Harry’s over four months old and I’m still cooking only the simplest, most basic, most reliable things. Things I know are good. Things I ...
Books, Mains, Popular, Recipes, Vegetarian
Braised Escarole and White Beans, from My New Favorite Cookbook
I’ve been unfaithful. Three times, just in the last two weeks. And I don’t feel a bit guilty.
For years, my list of favorite cookbooks has remained ...
Mains, Nap-Friendly Recipes, Recipes
Did Somebody Say “Chicken Chili”?
Here’s a recipe I’ve been toying with lately. I’m pretty satisfied with the results—more than satisfied, actually. I’m in love with the results! If I do ...
Oh My Once, Oh My Twice, Oh My Oh Chicken Soup with(out) Rice
As part of my Olympian preparations for Wednesday’s torture (leading up to Thursday’s entirely different torture), I made a big pot of chicken soup ...