My grandma turned 91 this year, and she still walks, cooks, and researches our family tree. She recently decided she wants to start taking piano lessons! Amazing. This is her recipe for apple cake—I’ve been making it since I was a teenager and have made a few changes to the recipe over the years (reducing … Continue reading Grandma’s Apple Cake
I snapped up this asparagus at the farmers’ market just before someone else grabbed the last bunch. It was 10:30 a.m. It’s rough out there! I can’t say that I’m often ready to fight off fellow New Yorkers for the opportunity to spend $5 on a vegetable, but I have been waiting for asparagus season … Continue reading Asparagus with Sauce Gribiche
I first learned what a blog was when I was in college. A friend had started one on Myspace (remember Myspace?!) and she explained to me that it was sort of like having a public diary. This is my absolute nightmare, I thought. I WILL NEVER HAVE A BLOG. Now that many of us have have developed a … Continue reading Chipped Beef on Toast
So what’s a black walnut? Maybe you’ve tried them and you already know, but for those of you who don’t, black walnuts grow wild in many parts of the U.S. You might have seen them on the ground in early fall, looking like little green tennis balls with sticky black sap oozing out of any breaks in … Continue reading Black Walnut–Dark Chocolate Tart
Spring Farro Salad, a.k.a. F@$*!&% Alliteration Salad (you know, because of the farro, favas, fiddleheads, and feta). I definitely cheated here as far as local seasonality goes, but it’s close, and I just so want it to be spring! The fiddleheads are actually in season, and the snap peas and favas soon will be. If … Continue reading Spring Farro Salad
Tarragon isn’t an herb I’ve used a lot of in the past—partly because it isn’t always easy to find—but I’ve recently become slightly obsessed with its subtle anise-y flavor. Fresh packets of it are only a dollar at my new favorite neighborhood produce store, Mr. Lime (best name ever for a produce store, I think), … Continue reading Creamy Greens with Mustard and Tarragon
Sometimes I happen to have an overabundance of dried sour cherries in my pantry (my mother loves to send them to me every few months—lucky, I know!) and this salad is one of the easy and delicious ways that I use them. I like to make a jar of vinaigrette and have it around for … Continue reading Arugula Salad with Cambozola, Dried Cherries, & Pumpkin Seeds
I hear that there is a toast trend—hearth-baked breads combine with artisanal jams and various other small-batch, bespoke accoutrements to please the palates of hipsters from coast to coast. Well. I’m not one to reject a trend just because it’s a trend (sometimes there’s a reason things get popular, right?), and I happen to think … Continue reading Avocado, Bacon, & Egg Toast
I can’t get enough of broccoli rabe, and I love the way its pleasant bitterness combines with the fatty-savory-ness of the sausage in this Italian-inspired pasta, with the pungent garlic and spicy red pepper rounding everything out. Orecchiette means “little ears”; you can use another pasta shape if you like, but the “ear canal” indentation … Continue reading Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage
When winter seems like it will never end, your steam heat isn’t trying hard enough and you just can’t get warm, and to top things off, you have a bunch of sad, stale bread lying around (ok, maybe this has just been my life recently . . .), it is time to make ribollita. Many of the ingredients … Continue reading Ribollita
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