Tag Archive: Vegetable Dishes
I’ll have a side of Broccolini
March 13, 2016In the vein of the delicious side order on so many restaurant menus, start by blanching 1 bunch broccolini in a big pot of very salty boiling water (think ocean, both in saltiness and room to swim) Read more…
Peas and Pods
March 15, 2015Early spring in California. Peas, mint, and lamb. I bought 1/2 pound shelled peas at the Santa Barbara Farmer’s Market, and another 1/4 pound peas still in their pods, which I shelled at home, saving Read more…
The Big Apple, My Little Grape
November 15, 2014My daughter moved far away last month, and since I dropped her off at LAX, I keep thinking of her as a piece of fruit. A little grape, to be specific. I mean, the weekend Read more…
Haloumi and spicy chick pea salad
July 30, 2014July 30, 2014. This time I am going for spicy, since haloumi is such a great foil for that. I’ve got spicy chick peas in the oven. I drained and rinsed 1 can of chick Read more…
NOMAD
May 9, 2014I’ve been looking for you. Where have you been? Seat 21A. I like the window. Oh, so you mean you’re in Limbo. That’s one way of putting it. How’s the food in Limbo?
Crack Cauliflower
April 5, 2014It’s everywhere. My mother. My daughter. They’ve been talking about a cauliflower mash they recently made. They text about it. At a Lilliputian shared-plate outpost in Providence, Rhode Island—curiously named North despite being located in Read more…
Kale-O-Mania
March 22, 2014Okay, okay, I’m joining the droves and making a kale salad. Rubbed the 5 ounces of baby kale in the fridge with about 1/2 of a small (as a golf ball) chopped preserved lemon and let it macerate for Read more…
Heirloom
August 21, 2012This is an obligatory post. How could I possibly let an August in the Northeast go by without commenting on tomatoes? No, not beefsteak tomatoes. Are you crazy? I mean heirloom tomatoes. Vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes Read more…
Foraging Ferns
October 18, 2011I’m told my posts make some readers laugh, but this is not so funny. My friend, Rio Helmi, a gifted photographer who has documented close to the entire experience of Balinese life, once captured a Read more…
Attention, This is a Special Hurricane Edition
August 28, 2011Where have you been? You’re soaking wet. I went down to the farmer’s market at Union Square, then City Bakery. Check out this fresh savory, and these buckwheat greens. Oh, and I met Maury Rubin, Read more…
Egg Whites, Sugar, Chard
June 18, 2011I’ve been asked to write more about vegetables, so here’s my recipe for Swiss chard. No that’s not the wrong photo. Hold your horses, I’m getting there. See. But first, a word about Parisian macarons, Read more…
Hot Eggplants and Clean Teeth
March 27, 2011In the dark shadow of the tsunami, and the Fukushima reactors, and Tripoli, it just felt too trivial last week to post about food and cooking and eating. But funny enough I’m now reminded of Read more…