I have been holding out way too long on giving one of the great Roman pizzas, pizza con potate e rosmarino (which, like most things, sounds much sexier in Italian than the thudful translation of “potato pizza with rosemary”) the adoration-driven revisit it deserves on this site. I first talked …
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caramelized brown sugar oranges with yogurt
Just in case there was anyone still out there mistaking me for some sort of domestic diva, or even a moderately skilled at being domestic, you should know that it has taken until the spring of the year 2016, nearly a full decade after starting a food website where I’ve …
Read More »spring chicken salad toasts
If taking cubes of chicken and other things chosen for their ability to hold up in a deli case and suspending them in a thick dressing of mayo and seasonings is the winter coat of chicken salad, this is the cardigan, which is to say, I hope everyone is as …
Read More »eggs in purgatory, puttanesca-style
If the theme of late here is simple, cozy meals we can assemble even when we’re not, perhaps, having the most well-rested, worry-free weeks ever, we are unquestionably overdue for a conversation about eggs in purgatory, aka Italian-style huevos rancheros/shakshuka. Plus, what could be more appropriately uplifting during Holy Week …
Read More »apricot hazelnut brown butter hamantaschen
Let me be the first to admit that the only reason that the hamantaschen archives on this site aren’t stronger are that I’m completely stubborn and generally a pedant and this gets in the way of what I know needs to be done to achieve hamantaschen perfection. If you read …
Read More »sesame soba and ribboned omelet salad
In times of lots of worry and little sleep, like most of us, I return to my comforts and staples: avocado toast, a great pot of meatballs, and as many ways as I can find to intersect noodles and eggs. While I am fairly certain I could live off this …
Read More »chocolate peanut butter tart
Definitely one of the best things about having a 6.5 year old is that he now has classmates that can bestow upon us The Annual Gift of the Thin Mint Cookies. If there were any other Girl Scout Cookies worth celebrating, I knew nothing about them until pickup earlier this …
Read More »Chinese Daikon Soup Recipe
In this Chinese Daikon Soup Recipe, you’ll learn: Use just 3 or 4 ingredients. Shortcut to clear, clean broth (no gunk!) Use dried scallops for big flavor booster (optional.) How to simmer on stovetop or use pressure cooker. Chinese soups can be heavy, filling and fiery, such as Chinese Hot & Sour …
Read More »nolita-style avocado toast
That sound you hear is the reverberating cacophony of a thousand unfollows. I get it. A great many people rightfully find the avocado toast trend — that is avocado, smashed onto a piece of toasted bread, then discussed as if it were notable — both baffling and exasperating. But I …
Read More »churros
Prior to a few months ago, the full extent of my understanding of churros was: They’re long cake dougnuts. They must be very difficult to make or they would be everywhere at all times. They cannot be near me. This week, set out to disprove all three. Well, the first …
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