Cool mornings and evenings bookend the days and it's getting dark earlier. Autumn is just around the corner. But even as we throw on long-sleeved shirts and watch the yellow school buses roll by, signs of summer remain: Westchester Greenhouse, my local farm stand overflows ... [Read More] [7 Comments. Please leave another.]
5 Fast From-Scratch Salad Dressing Recipes
Inspired by Michael Pollan’s recent article, No One Cooks Here Any More, I’m newly motivated to evangelize about easy, fast scratch cooking. You say you don't have time to make your own salad dressing? Pshaw. If you have one minute—literally—you can throw together any of ... [Read More] [4 Comments. Please leave another.]
No-Cook Summer Tomato Pasta Recipe
You wait all year long for them: locally grown tomatoes—fat, red and bursting with sweet-acidic flavor. If you’re like me, in August you gorge on these summer-only delicacies, tirelessly eating them for lunch, dinner and snack day after day. The less you fuss with perfect ... [Read More] [4 Comments. Please leave another.]
Gingery Curried Chickpea and Roasted Pepper Salad Recipe
You know a scorching day lies ahead when the air in your kitchen feels thick and close—at 6:00 AM. Ironically, by that hour on a hot summer morning, I'm already thinking about dinner: I like to get a head start on preparation to assure I'm not stuck in a broiling kitchen later ... [Read More] [1 Comment. Please leave another.]
10 Good Reasons to Start Cooking from Scratch
For seasoned home cooks, scratch-cooking comes easy. Having mastered culinary basics long ago, these cooks can manage the most complex recipes—or even cook without a script. This post isn’t for them. It’s for you. Are you a non-cooking foodie? You love great food. You ... [Read More] [28 Comments. Please leave another.]
