Fishing for compliments

by | Dec 26, 2014

For the second year in a row, I shared kitchen duties with my mom for our family’s Christmas Eve dinner. My mom handled all the fish dishes (I’ve written about our Italian fish tradition previously here) and I was in charge of the rest, which included a...

Recipe Remix: Chili-stuffed Sweet Potatoes

by | Jan 16, 2013

Remember this chili recipe? Well, here’s a super simple way to rejigger it: make it, but omit the sweet potato/carrot in the mix. Instead, while the chili’s cooking, roast a sweet potato1 in the oven, then stuff each half of the potato with the chili and...

Recipe: Open-faced BBQ Tempeh Sandwich & Sides

by | Jan 9, 2013

This photo does no justice to tonight’s meal [note to self: learn how to take better photos of food] which was a vegan feast of barbecue-style tempeh, potato salad*, and the usual string bean side dish.  In the world of processed vegan protein foods, the bf and...

Idaho? You da ho!

by | Apr 5, 2009

Welcome, class, to today’s Fresh Pick: IDAHO POTATOThe Idaho potato is considered by many to be the best variety of America’s most popular potato for baking, also known as the Russet Burbank or, more commonly, the russet. Though some russets grown...

Fried potatoes

by | Jun 30, 2007

Dear D.S.,Thank you for contacting me back in April on Classmates.com. As you can see, I still have yet to open and read your e-mail. If you think I haven’t gotten around to it because I’m super busy, you’re mistaken. I am blatantly ignoring it...