Fall Is Best of All Happy almost fall, y’all! I’m ready for all of the basic joys of autumn—sweater weather, pumpkin everything, colorful leaves, apple cider, and every variation of harvest salad. I recently made a delicious one with kale, shaved brussels sprouts, roasted kabocha squash, hazelnuts, aged cheddar, apples, and fresh figs. Why no … Continue reading Fall Is Best of All
Going peach picking means getting to try out every possible peach recipe to use up the fruits of your labor (ha. ha ha!). This one was high on my list anyway after I spotted it in the August issue of Bon Appétit magazine, so after bringing home a huge box of peaches from the PA … Continue reading Peaches & Tomatoes with Burrata & Hot Sauce
Friday Favorites 8.31.18 Happy holiday Friday, everyone! What are you up to for Labor Day weekend? Andrew and I are headed to Pennsylvania to visit my parents and my mom and I are making a huge batch of lacto-fermented kraut, a spiced red cabbage version and a turmeric-ginger white cabbage one. If it’s not raining … Continue reading Friday Favorites 8.31.18
Since Andrew and I just have one weekend day together—Saturday—it can be extra tricky to plan weekend trips. We had been trying to take a trip to Newport for almost a month, but every Saturday was rainy! At last we got a day of perfect weather and made the trip, and it was just as … Continue reading Nautical Newport Day Trip
So many great food things happened this week! We finally tried the sake at Brooklyn Kura, a local sake brewery. Yum! Our favorite was the “Prospect,” a “classic ginjo with a dry finish.” Later in the weekend, we had some friends over for dinner, and I cooked an Ottolenghi-inspired feast. We had spicy carrot salad … Continue reading Pimiento Cheese Toasts with Bacon-Fat Shishito Peppers
We totally missed the Perseid meteor shower this weekend since it was thunderstorming the whole time! Andrew and I had also made tentative plans to go to Newport, Rhode Island, as well to do the cliff walk, tour some mansions, and eat seafood, but the bad weather got in the way of those plans too. … Continue reading Another Queens Food Adventure
