When it comes to pesto, my mom was an early adopter — it became popular outside of Italy in the eighties and nineties. We craved her spaghetti with pesto, She kept large pots of sweet-smelling basil on the balcony and whipped up Genovese style pesto, adding garlic, olive oil, pine nuts and plenty of Parmesan….
Rocket Soup – To the Moon and Back
Do you like to try new recipes? Or are you a creature of habit? I’m a bit of both. Food & Wine Magazine is chock full of tempting new recipes — and their January 2019 front cover recipe from Yasmin Khan‘s Zaitoun cookbook stole my heart. Say yes to Rocket Soup and let yourself get…
Mango Asian Pear Salad – Two Sleeps!
I can’t stop thinking about two sleeps. It’s something our ancient ancestors did. So did Thomas Jefferson, Frank Lloyd Wright and B.F. Skinner. They’d go to sleep, then wake up in the middle of the night, get creative and/or pensive, then go back to bed. The next time you find yourself tossing and turning at 3…
Black Beluga Lentil Salad & Tzatziki
The film Forever Young visits two of the world’s Blue Zones, places on the planet where people live super long lives: Okinawa, Japan and Sardinia, Italy. And what do all Blue Zoners have in common? They all rely on legumes for protein — beans, peas, lentils, etc.— says my buddy Harriet Sugar Miller, quoting the author of two Blue Zone books. I’ve been…
Watercress Velouté and Liquid Gold
My parents tended their garden lovingly and composted their leftovers to nourish the soil. My dad even went so far as to cart out liquid gold to the garden, giving the compost a dose of much-needed nitrogen. Although I’ve been a pretty good daughter, composting is not my bag. Being jittery, I do, however, save every miniscule vegetable scrap…
Honeycrisp Salad – Real Festive!
Binge watching Real Humans, overflowing with moral dilemmas concerning human-machine relations, leaves very little time for food prep. I managed to take two little minutes to throw these Honeycrisp Salad ingredients together, grab a baguette and this real human felt well fed. Honeycrisp Salad 2 Honeycrisp apples, chopped 4-6 endives, leaves separated 1-2 c baby arugula (optional) 2 oz aged cheddar, chopped…