It’s time for a spring cleaning — and not just for our living spaces. Our internal environments need cleansing, too.
Make the switch to more wholesome, lighter ...
I love a classic recipe reinterpreted for modern times and diverse diets.
Take beef Wellington, for example. I love the concept. I love the presentation. I love...
Dill was the darling of my latest column in the newspaper’s weekly food section.
In concert with its relatives cilantro and parsley, dill not only headlined a h...
Seasonal side dishes are giving way to asparagus and anything else green. It’s hard to give citrus the cold shoulder, though, when grocers are selling nearly al...
It’s flexible enough for any filling, delicious at room temperature and a cinch to make ahead. For all these reasons and more quiche is my go-to brunch dish, re...
“Rabbit food” doesn’t excite me all that much — unless we’re talking carrot cake.
This longtime birthday favorite also is perfect for Easter, particularly on ye...
Springtime shades of green aren't apparent only in sprouting bulbs, leafing trees and shamrocks. Avocados, grown and harvested in California, start to hit their...
Spring's vibrant herbs have played the most significant role in my recent meal planning. Scoring a bouquet of fresh dill at one of the locally owned grocery sto...
St. Patrick's Day may have passed, but springtime's green is just getting started. Locally grown salad mixes, herbs and tender produce of all types is showing u...
Gelatinous textured meat, boiled or braised, likely appeals more to me than to the average person. But I'm skipping the classic corned beef and cabbage for St. ...
Improving the nutritional profile of baked potatoes - even loaded with toppings - is easy when cooks choose sweet potatoes. That was the premise of this blog's ...
Grocery shopping around 10 o'clock at night has its advantages. I'm not just talking about fewer customers in the store, surfaces that haven't been touched as f...
A recent spread on sweet potatoes in the newspaper's weekly food section upheld their appeal mainly as side dishes to the main event. Excepting, sweet potato ch...
Sweet potatoes got the star treatment in this week's food section. The tubers have found more favor in recent years among diets that discourage the starches in ...
An entire head of cauliflower can make a meatless meal, suggested in this this blog's previous post. The dish definitely was a departure from most cauliflower r...
Vouching for old-school soy protein, my latest food section column explained the ins and outs of tofu's various types. It's true that plant-based proteins are "...
Popularity of plant-based proteins has proliferated amid the pandemic. It's true these products already were on the rise - as much as 60% in some grocery catego...
My kids love "everything" bagels. But I knew smoked salmon, capers and red onions topping "everything but the bagel flatbread" would be a tougher sell. So how t...
"Always with the pizza dough! " my partner exclaimed with feigned exasperation. Don't I want anything else from Trader Joe's, besides pizza dough? To be fair, h...