Appetizers
Asparagus Tempura
I hated asparagus as a kid. My mom would often force unfair amounts on my sister and me that we would then have to...
Dessert
Fava Bean Hummus
A day in the life of my pet scoby: It floats. It burps bubbles. It makes faces at me from behind the glass of the...
Mains
Pappardelle With Wild Mushrooms
With Thanksgiving over, I’ve switched to Winter Mode.Winter Mode consists of uplifting meals whose main ingredients might include any or all of the following:...
Dessert
Salted Pumpkin Caramels
One of my biggest motives for food blogging is to fulfill these long-built-up desires to make foods I’ve never made before. What I mean...
Recipes
Blood Orange Curd
I realized yesterday that our living room is just about about the size of the island in Chris’s aunt’s kitchen. Granted, her kitchen is super-sized, but...
Mains
Pasta With Butternut Squash, Sage, And Pine Nuts
As I write this, the branches outside are swirling, restless, dry leaves rustling together furiously. And then they stop. It’s kind of eerie. The...
Baked Dessert
Pumpkin Biscotti With Cranberries And Almonds
Apparently I’m on a pumpkin spree.Allow me to grin sheepishly and assure you that pumpkin puree season is almost over, a fact that makes...
Appetizers
Avocado Summer Rolls
Chris and I went out to dinner last night with an older couple—friends of Chris’s parents—who live in a posh apartment with a great...
Cold Desserts
Luzia’s Strawberry Rhubarb Tiramisu, Absent The Strawberries
For this post, I’d like to introduce my friend Luzia.Luzia and I met about a year-and-a-half ago on the bus ride to the starting...
