Growing up, when it came to special occasion and weekend dinners, my sister and I would take turns choosing the entree. My sister’s favorite was always grilled steak. My dad ...
How to Store Everything
Brain Food 101: How to Store Bread…Revisited
In October 2011, I wrote about the best way to store bread. ...
Brain Food 101: DIY Frozen Pizza
I’m all about planning ahead for busy weeknights so we aren’t in ...
Make Compound Butter Now, Freeze It For Thanksgiving
Stalwart rosemary, buttoned-up thyme, flirty sage, cheerful oregano: I can’t pull off ...
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Perfecting a Roast Chicken
There is a beautiful simplicity to the perfect roast chicken. The browned, crispy skin that everyone, even the most health-minded of guests, fights over. The flavorful, meltingly tender meat that hardly even requires a knife, shredding under the pull of a fork. In many kitchens, a chef’s worth is judged largely on their ability to [...]
The Little Things #67: The Outdoor Farmers’ Market
For me, the first sign of spring isn’t the chirping of a robin or a blooming daffodil or even the little shoots of lettuce popping up in the cold frames. No, the first sign of spring is the day we can bike to the once-again-outdoors Farmers’ Market. There usually isn’t much produce yet – just [...]
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Photo: My mom and sister came to visit for my birthday this weekend! SPRINGTIME Goal: find ramps ASAP for this ramp pizza! This description of spring makes me smile. Smoky red lentil burgers seem like a must this spring. Moscow Mules are good… Moscow Mules made with homemade ginger beer are probably even better. EAT SMART 100 Rules of [...]
Happy Birthday German Chocolate Cake
Tomorrow, I’ll turn 26. My twenty-fifth year was interesting one. While I was often sick, plagued by headaches and nausea, the year was still overall positive. We took some big trips: a 10-day jaunt to Oregon and Washington, a fun yet exhausting weekend in Massachusetts for the Healthy Living Summit. I made a short visit [...]
Savvy Garden 2013: Beginnings
Things are finally starting to happen in the garden. Check out what’s going on in the cold frames! I was concerned last fall when I planted my garlic. Some creatures were clearly burrowing in the straw mulch I had thickly layered over the cloves, and I worried that they were gnawing on my future crop. [...]
A Savvy Week: Salads
Now that it is warm and springy outside, I’m all about adding a little lightness to our meals lately. I want to keep our meals simple and easy, too, so we can go for bike rides in the evenings and still have a healthy dinner. Salads and half sandwiches are now lunchtime standards, and last [...]
Chorizo con Papas
I didn’t mean to post chorizo recipes two weeks in a row, truly I didn’t. I meant to post gnudi, little ricotta dumplings in a sauce filled with fresh, springy vegetables. Except when I went to make them on Tuesday, I realized that the ricotta had gone bad. So I made chorizo con papas instead, [...]
Salt, Sugar, Fat: Views From a Former Food Engineer
I read Salt, Sugar, Fat by Michael Moss last week, and it absolutely confirmed my decision to not pursue food engineering. For those of you who may not remember, I was a Chemical Engineering student in college until the end of my sophomore year, when I decided that I’d like to focus more on food [...]
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