I know. I’m extremely disappointed in me, too, for making something so ridiculously similar to something I just made. (You don’t even need to click on that link, you can just scroll down a few inches.) I couldn’t help myself with this one, though, because one of the most gratifying things for me in all [...]

with Parmesan, Hazelnuts, and Avocado My original intention was to make this as a first course along with something else I had planned. But this salad was looking so delicious as it was coming together, and I was feeling lazy (that’s what 95 degree heat will do to you), plus the husband wasn’t coming home for dinner anyway, so I [...]

I had a dream the other night that I had a C-section. Not to extract a baby from my womb, but to extract food from my stomach. They gave me painkillers so I wouldn’t feel them cutting into me, but I watched them do it, and I witnessed a whole mess of partially digested food tumble [...]

We have two strawberry plants in our backyard. These strawberries are not from those plants. Yes, I cheated on my strawberry plants. They’re adorable and all, producing, oh, maybe five or so berries a week, the cutest and tastiest little berries eva, delightful and satisfying when popped swiftly into our mouths or sliced over our morning yogurt or [...]

I care less and less about dinner these days. I would never skip it outright, but I’ve begun to think of it as a mere stepping stone on the way to dessert. While the husband would rather have another helping of stir-fry or pasta or chicken or what-have-you, I’m gobbling down my main course in eager [...]

I was dying while making these. Just trembling with excitement and anticipation with each disgusting, I mean delicious, layer. Layer 1: melted butter; layer 2: crushed-up shortbread cookies (and so just to clarify, we now have buttery shortbread cookies soaking in melted butter); layer 3: sweetened shredded coconut; layer 4: chopped pecans; layer 5: top-quality dark [...]

So in the midst of all the bake sale baking, there was also this pineapple upside down cake. I was invited to a Disco Pineapple Party (because disco balls and pineapples look strikingly similar, especially when you spray paint a pineapple silver), and when I received a text from one of the hostesses asking if I’d [...]

If I make a recipe twice in the span of three weeks, you know it’s a keeper, especially if I don’t make any adjustments. I love these things. Not only are they absolutely delicious, with a hint of almond in the crust, a cherry filling that’s the perfect balance of sweet and tart, and a [...]

Not a spring dish, remarked the husband. We’d been on a diet rich in asparagus, fiddlehead ferns, leeks, and ramps, and there’s not even a smidgen of green in this one. Oh…except for that smidgen I just noticed right in front there, a snip of chive in the polenta, so I guess I lied. But [...]

Every time I make these I feel like a total cheat and also an evil genius. Evil genius trumps, though, because this recipe is awesome, and you’re going to love me for it. It’s also yet another testament to the magical powers of sweetened condensed milk, which has recently graduated to the category of “staple” in [...]

It’s not officially spring until the asparagus stalks rear their precious little heads. Finally, the farmer’s market is overflowing with bunches of them charmingly tied up with twine. There’s a myriad of ways to cook and serve asparagus: you can roast it, grill it, saute it, stir-fry it, you can serve it with a poached or fried [...]

I never knew it was weird to spread butter on frosted strawberry Pop-Tarts. I don’t know how we got on the subject, we must’ve been talking about what we ate for breakfast as kids, but the husband was like what? You put butter on Pop-Tarts? He seemed shocked and disgusted, and I was suddenly self-conscious. Wasn’t that normal? [...]

I was on the phone with my mom the other day and she was telling me about a recipe she made (story of our lives): roasted chicken breasts served atop pumpkin-sage grits. You scoop up some of the grits with your fork, she said, then you pierce a piece of the chicken and mmmmmm, there’s just [...]

Is this not one of the most gorgeous things you’ve ever seen? Let’s just admire it for a moment.