I am an avid visitor of the greenmarket. On Sundays, my regular routine includes a stop at the Carroll Gardens market, where I pick up goodies to sustain me during the week. Right now, gorgeous tomatoes grace the market, and during these few weeks, they are firm and lush, with no graininess, making these particular […]
I am an avid visitor of the greenmarket. On Sundays, my regular routine includes a stop at the Carroll Gardens market, where I pick up goodies to sustain me during the week. Right now, gorgeous tomatoes grace the market, and during these few weeks, they are firm and lush, with no graininess, making these particular […]
Recently, I hosted a dinner party, and since it’s been so terribly hot in New York this summer, I knew I wanted to have a few cold salads to serve. Here’s one I whipped up that I rather like; it features quinoa which is a great source of lean protein, as well as a summery […]
Recently, my friend Michelle asked me to help out with our friend Virginia’s baby shower by cooking some items for the party. Of course, as someone who enjoys both cooking and entertaining, I was happy to oblige. Now you know that I love a good quiche or tart for a party, since pie-like foods are […]
It seems like just about everyday you read an article about how we need to eat less white flour and GMO wheat and whatnot, so in my effort to eat better, I’ve tried been eating a lot of alternative grains. In addition to basics like cornmeal (as polenta) and quinoa (okay, not actually a grain), […]
My mother (arbiter of all things fashionable and delicious, somewhat surprisingly-and-yet-not-surprisingly, in my adult life) was telling me about some delicious king oyster mushrooms she had recently. So the next time I was in my local farmer’s market, I picked some up from the Madura Farms stand which has lots of different mushrooms (don’t you […]
Since I’ve started eating and cooking (mostly) vegan cuisine at home, it’s been extremely easy to do 90% of my weekly shopping solely at the farmers market. I enjoy this because (a) it forces me out of my house on Sundays to go interact with my neighborhood and (b) I can really pay attention to […]
I love cooking and I love photography—but sometimes I don’t have time to share my photos on the blog. I’m delving back into my photo back-log to bring you posts about things that I cooked and photographed awhile ago. One of my standbys (in the days of cooking meat) was turkey meatloaf. I love easy, […]
Now as you know, not every cooking experiment goes to plan, and not every recipe is a success. I recently tried this recipe from The New York Times for a tofu mushroom quiche, but alas, my tweaks did not turn out a runaway success. (Sometimes you win with your tweaks and sometimes you lose.) I […]
In case you couldn’t tell, I was pretty excited about making vegan mac and “cheese” a few weeks ago, so I did make the recipe a second time (using about 1.5 cups of soft tofu instead of the squash, which I didn’t have on hand). This time, I decided to divvy up my batches and […]