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Nosh: Broiled Beets with Horseradish Cheese
Beeeeeeeeeeeeets. Spring is here, and that means my CSA is about to go beet-crazy. Huzzah! In anticipation of needing to have beet-ready recipes, I decided to take one for the team and do some early...
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Roasted Red Pepper-Walnut Dip (Muhammara)
During one of my semi-annual trips to visit my old Russian professor in the Boston area, George and I got to experience the red pepper dip known as muhammara for the first time. Oh. Em. Geeeeee....
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Nosh: Cauliflower with Whipped Goat Cheese.
You read that right. Whipped goat cheese. WHIPPED GOAT CHEESE. Yes. How, you wonder, does one go about preparing such a culinary delight? Such a feast for the senses? Such a groovy thing to do with...
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Lemony Asparagus Soup
Ahh, the spring growing season is upon us, and I have already feasted on several forms of asparagus. Roasted. Grilled. Grilled again. And so on. When I was a kid I discovered that I really liked...
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Nosh: Roasted Brussels Sprouts
I used to hate Brussels sprouts. I mean, haaaaaaate, you know. They looked like little cabbages (mainly because they are), and when I was seven, cabbage was the noxious side dish of the devil. I have...
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Nosh: Savory Rhubarb-Onion Tart
Did you know you can eat rhubarb in something other than a pie or cobbler or dessert or sugary syrup? …waiting… Yes, way! I was in the local farmers’ market this past Wednesday and saw some gorgeous...
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Nosh: Thai Spinach-Potato Curry
Here’s what it’s currently too hot to do in my neck o’ the woods: Bake Roast Move more than five feet away from the couch Which is then gross, because you spend all your time sweating into your couch I...
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Nosh: Blackberry Vinaigrette
A moment, if you please, for the glories of a fresh vinaigrette. Vinaigrette is an amazing thing. I realized a long time ago that if I learned how to make things like sauces and dressings, I could...
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Nosh: Chapatis (Spiced Flatbread)
Q: Do you know how hard it can be to find a decent flatbread? A: It’s pretty difficult. They’re either so overly-full of preservatives and additives to keep them pliable that their texture turns...
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Nosh: Orange Salsa
It’s summer! And summertime, to me, means salsatime! Actually, who am I kidding? Any time to me means salsatime. I not-kiddingly joke that it’s one of my major food groups (you’ve got your grains,...
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Nosh: Tortellini Soup
You know when you go away from your regular routine…say, you go on vacation, perhaps, to Myrtle Beach for a week. And you completely fall out of sync with your own routine because you’re on vacation...
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Nosh: The Simplest Fruit Salad
Listen up, people. By now, if you’ve followed my blog in any way you’ll have realized that I’m a big advocate of making fresh and local and delicious food that’s generally in season. I also watch an...
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Nosh: Vegetarian Spring Rolls with Ginger-Soy Dipping Sauce
It’s summer. It’s hot. And when it’s both summer and hot, who wants to do any cooking? I mean…OK, so you have to do some cooking because it can’t all, always, be about cheese sandwiches and slushies....
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Nosh: Sauteed Eggplant, Peppers and Potatoes
I’ve discovered I really enjoy Spanish food. Usually when we think of Spanish food here in the US…well, first we think of Mexican food until someone else reminds us that no, Spain is on a different...
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Nosh: Black Olive-Lemon Vinaigrette
Ahhh, summer! Salads! Light eats! No-cook meals! The body-image-terror-inducing moments of having to put on a bathing suit in public! Though salads can, admittedly, get boring. It’s true, I’m...
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Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary and Olives
I don’t make any bones about it: I love potatoes. Always have. Always will. I have stood by them in the low-carb-no-carb-paleo onslaught. They’re full of Vitamin C and a bunch of B vitamins,...
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Nosh: Green and Black Olive Tapenade with Fennel
You know when you start getting those party invitations, and they say something like, “Bring finger food! A small dish to share! Some nibbles!”? And you know that chips will be in abundance and...
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Nosh: Roasted Kohlrabi Chips
Kohlrabi. Kohlwhatti? Kohlrabi! Gesundheit. In my relentless pursuit of discussing unfamiliar produce, let me introduce the uninitiated to the joys of kohlrabi. A member of the cabbage family, this...
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Nosh: Baked Pumpkin with Yogurt Sauce
I learned a new word today: cucurbitacean. It means, “A person who regards pumpkins or squashes with deep, often rapturous love.” Guilty. As. Charged. And let me make this clear if I haven’t done so...
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Nosh: Roasted Spiced Beets and Sauteed Beet Greens
What do you do when you have a beautiful batch of beetses? Are they tasty, Precious? We got these from our CSA and they were totally gorgeous. Plus, somewhere along the line (and I really don’t...
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