Category: all
-
Italian Rainbow Chopped Salad with Lemon-Tarragon Dressing
Salad is so gay, a new friend said to eight-year-old Jamie. Jamie went on to explain – in front of a group of 5 boys gathered at our house for the first time – that salad can’t be gay. Neither can rhubarb, fyi. He talked about people being gay and how everyone has feelings and… Read more
-
Apple & Honey Sponge Cake with Crumb Topping
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. For a sweet New Year we eat apples and dip them in honey. This recipe is inspired by that tradition. I made individual sponge-crumb cakes because they are fun for a big dinner and there’s no slicing required, which means less mess and fewer cake bits consumed by the… Read more
-
Ribs (cooked slow and low) & the Only BBQ Sauce You Need
Don’t let summer go just yet. Or, if you have to, remind yourself that the taste of it can be had quite easily. If I’m making this on a school day…I wrap the ribs the night before and make the sauce*(and I make a lot because it keeps and works on tofu, shrimp, chicken)… As… Read more
-
Classic Raspberry Jam
Deep ruby, sweet, and utterly enjoyable with a slice of buttery brown bread or alongside crackers. Read more
-
Quick Apricot Jam without Pectin
Small batch, ruby apricot jam in glass Weck jars. Phenomenal alone or pressed into a grilled cheese sandwich. Or slathered on cornbread and topped with fresh whipped cream for dessert. Read more
-
Quick, Single-Batch Blueberry Jam
Classically addictive. Wild blueberries, with hints of vanilla & cinnamon. Buy blueberries in season if you can and freeze them – almost all blueberry desserts work just as well with frozen fruit and this jam does, too. Read more
-
Seville Orange Marmalade
Seville oranges have a high pectic content which makes these preserves have a good set – AKA it isn’t runny. Now, not everyone likes marmalade – it’s deceptively pretty and a bit bitter. I like to keep a few pots of it around to slather on thick toast or to mix with Greek yogurt and… Read more
-
10-Minute Escarole, White Bean, and Parmesan Soup & (Not) The Smartest Phone
I don’t talk on the phone while driving (nor do I text, but that should be a given, right?). However, I find the hands-free option that comes with my cheap phone very useful while my fingers are caked with cream and espresso from the tiramisu I made this weekend (recipe to come!). My phone is… Read more
-
Green Bean Salad with Capers and Red Onion & What I Want for My 40th Birthday
My almost-11-year-old is compiling a wish list for his birthday. He wants a drum set (this would help but not eliminate his drumming on any and every available surface with hands, chopsticks, shoes, etc). He’d like more Big Nate books. Desires a computer only on which to write stories (no internet, no games). He’d like… Read more
-
Italian Apple Tart with Salted Caramel Sauce & The Circle
The Youngest: When will I be a baby again? Me: You won’t. You only get to be each age once. Him: Right. Unless you be a circle. Then you just keep coming back. L’chaim! Read more
-
Honey Cake & Things You Don’t Want to Fall out of Your Pants
I’m not a shopper. I’m the kind of person who runs into a store as though under time clock pressure, grabs the item in question, tries on twelv pairs, likes one, buys it, and leaves. And yet when it came time to try on jeans, I still found myself pondering… -When did we all decide… Read more
-
Best Noodle Pudding (Kugel) & Welcome Back (Rosh Hashana, School, Fall)
Were we on a break? I didn’t intend for us to part. And yet…summer passed with nary a recipe. Why? Because I was too busy listening to the just-turned-5-year-old breathlessly tell me he has a new pet. “What is it?” “A worm.” He is young enough that he still pronounces it “warhm”. “Quick – come… Read more
-
Garlic Scape and Bok Choy Tart with Whole Wheat Summer Savory Crust & Crappy Dates
When we have a date – that is, a night out without one kid doing a funny though inappropriate rap and another handing me half-eaten ravioli, one asking what socialism means and the other if I’d eat a unicorn if it were on the menu – I like to imagine my husband and I are… Read more
-
Sorrel Labne (Lemony Yogurt Dip) & Breaking Up
From the 5-year-old a few night ago: Him: [In bed, blushing] I have an idea! Me: [in doorway] Oh, yeah? Him: Come here. I go and sit next to him and he wraps his arms around me, using his super-human strength (really, he is oddly strong) to pull my ear to his lips. Him: [whispering]… Read more
-
Sriracha & Garlic Hummus & My New Farm Share
Inspiration comes in all shapes, sizes, songs, and ways. Even misery. My writer friend, B, has been moaning about publishing and how difficult it is to keep writing without commercial success, or even wondering what success means personally. Do I have the answers? No, I do not. But…I do have Sriracha. And B loves this… Read more