Baking, Breakfast, Nutritious Nibbles, Pantry Cooking, Snack
Yup, It’s Autumn: Pumpkin Bread
One day maybe five years ago, my friend and former colleague L brought a loaf of pumpkin bread to work; it was devoured in about sixty ...
Books, Mains, Nap-Friendly Recipes, Recipes, Vegetarian
Vegetable Couscous (with Chicken, This Time)
The season for soups and stews has officially begun, and I couldn’t be more excited. As much as I love summer with all its fresh produce, ...
The Fertile Pudding (We Hope): Potato Kugel
Say what you will about us Jews, if there’s one culinary realm where we really excel, it’s starch. All those years of poverty, of moving from ...
A Mother Recipe: Marinated Roasted Peppers
Right now I’m reading The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute ...
Mains, Nap-Friendly Recipes, One-Handed Meals, Recipes, Weight Watchers
A Greekish Orzo-Tomato Salad
And again, it started with the tomatoes. I came back from the farmer’s market this afternoon with six beauts: two each of yellow, regular ol’ ...
Books, Soup, Starters, Vegetarian
Food Is Love: Cold Cucumber Soup
S has been having a hard time recently—the family emergency I mentioned last week was his, and it continues—so I wanted to do something ...
Nap-Friendly Recipes, Soup, Starters, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers
A Week of Vegetables for Dinner
After yet another disappointing Saturday morning at Weight Watchers (I stayed the same, even though last Sunday’s dinner at The Queen’s Hideaway was my ...
Nutritious Nibbles, Recipes, Sides, Starters, Vegetarian
Pot Luck with Roasted Eggplant Spread
The other night I went to an after-work, all-girl pot luck dinner. It was all-girl because we met during a food writing course I took not ...
Mains, Recipes, Weight Watchers
Sunday Supper: Spaghetti with Turkey-Pesto Meatballs
I was a little shocked to discover I hadn’t written about this yet—it’s one of my favorite makes-a-lot recipes. The original, from Epicurious, serves ...
Mains, Recipes, Weight Watchers
Brisket with Dried Cherries and Crimini Mushrooms
Now that I know I can make a nice brisket by following a recipe, I decided it was time to experiment. On Saturday I picked ...