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Simple & Delicious Quick-Pickled Red Onions
With the notable exception of making 125 jars of strawberry jam for our wedding guests some 20 years ago and the occasional flirtation with infused oils, my adventures in canning, curing, pickling and...
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Lemon Basil White Bean Dip with Creamy Cashew
If hummus and pesto got together and decided to have a baby, I suspect it would taste something like this. Fresh, creamy and deliciously aromatic, a full-bodied spread infused with peppery notes,...
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Skillet Grilled Eggplant with Molten Mozzarella, Tomato & Basil
One of the culinary discoveries I’ve been enjoying this summer is using my cast iron pan on the grill. It’s especially handy when it’s 100 degrees out and you don’t want to heat your home but you do...
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Warm Broccoli Salad with Arugula & Pom
Friends, I’ve got the perfect salad to have up your sleeve during the holidays! So much flavor coming from a handful of ingredients (luv that) dressed in a tangy apple cider vinaigrette with pretty...
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Coconut-Lime Sunshine Soup with Wild Rice & Mushroom
I thought maybe a little tropical warmth might be in order, particularly for those of you in the Midwest; I’m thinking of you, it’s cold out there. Here’s an approchable plant-based variation on the...
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Homemade Dill Pickles
Making all your salt & vinegar dreams come true. As far back as I can remember, I was sneaking olives and pickles out of my parents’ fridge and drinking the juice (the grand prize), with hands...
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Honey-Lemon Roasted Asparagus with Feta
Blue skies are back and the sun is sitting a little higher. Light is filtering in broken color through the lemons and cherry flowers and I’m watching a bunch of honey bees floating between pink...
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Smoked Salmon & Rye Canapés
It’s funny how the change of season can revive your interest in certain foods; I’ve been craving smoked salmon and cream cheese in a big way. My husband likes rye bread (especially with caraway) so I...
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Tangy Quick Pickled Radish (& Zinc’s Avo Toast!)
The inspiration for these blushing beauties came from a surprisingly delicious radish salad my husband and I had for breakfast last summer in LA (yes, breakfast!) — despite my initial reservations...
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Late Summer Garden Guacamole
My husband and I had a table-side guacamole the other night, everything assembled and mashed in front of us, and we couldn’t get over the freshness of the ingredients. We were mmm’ing with every bite...
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Turmeric Glow Grapefruit (Baked with Maple, Ginger & Cardamom)
About a decade ago, Sam Sifton, New York Times food editor and restaurant critic, made a list of the 15 best things he ate in New York City. On that list, the otherwise humble grapefruit from Pulino’s...
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Spicy Vegan Buffalo “Wings”
In my view, it’s always a good time for buffalo wings. But especially so during Super Bowl season.
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5 Minute Cashew Cream
So then my husband says, it looks like you have a flat tire, driver’s side rear. And I’m glad he did because of the things I’m likely to notice, a flat tire is not one of them. In this case, the car...
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Deep Roasted Paprika Potatoes
Shuffle this one up to the top of your must make list tout suite friends (toot sweet!) Crisp, succulent, smoked and salty, these oven roasted paprika fries might be just what your Sunday needs (with...
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Roasted Maple-Glazed Spring Carrots
spring things…. maple syrup, carrots and sunshine ready?
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Polenta Canapés with Lemon-Basil Tapenade
I might be the last to know. Precooked polenta – ready to heat and serve – is now available in (pretty much) every grocery store near you! I don’t always pay attention to the packaged stuff but I’m...
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Mediterranean Bruschetta
For the record, I wish I was posting soup too. I cannot wait for sweater weather. I’ve rearranged my drawers, turfed the summer gear into boxes, moved my coziest sweaters and flannel pjs up to the top...
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Lemon Basil Vinaigrette
Over the past couple of summers I’ve been splurging on basil oil (I can’t get enough of the stuff) — a simple blend of olives & basil made locally that we drizzle over sliced summer tomatoes...
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Creamy Delicious Hummus
Our local pub recently added a house-made hummus to their menu and we’re pretty happy about that — (a girl needs to balance out her pub night fries after all). The Chef won’t divulge her secret recipe...
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Fried Green Tomato Tartines (with smashed avocado)
When life gives you green tomatoes, fry them! Our tomato crop has been a little spotty this year; a combination of nocturnal nibblers and drought conditions has led to some arrested development and...
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