Green Salad with Radishes, Feta, and Fresh Herbs
I love a good salad. This one was a favorite of mine last spring, and I have been thinking about it all winter. I bought bunches of radishes at the farmers market last weekend and they have been...
View ArticleWhole Wheat Pasta with Basil Pesto and Greens
Tonight I had the good fortune of being invited to an event celebrating the release of the Herbivoracious Cookbook (more on that another day) at the lovely Seattle restaurant Emmer&Rye. (Check out...
View ArticleFrittata with Chevre and Caramelized Onions
We’ve had backyard chickens in Seattle for more than a decade now. I kind of like to think that we had city chickens before having city chickens was a thing. (Now everyone has chickens here; you have...
View ArticleMarcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce
Have you made this tomato sauce? People swear by it. People LOVE it. People think it’s genius. I am completely undecided. The sauce has only four ingredients. One of them is butter. The sauce was...
View ArticleWhat’s Cooking: October 2012, Week 4
In which I fall in love with savory oatmeal, salvage a pot of giant beans, and still have apples coming out of my ears. Also, we went to California (where my sweet mama fed us this and this), then...
View ArticleWhat’s Cooking: November 2012, Week 1
My thoughts are with the many people still suffering the after-effects of this week’s epic storm. My sister- and brother-in-law extended their visit last weekend to ride out the worst of the hurricane...
View ArticleHelp! Thanksgiving is Tomorrow and I Have No Plan!
You already know that I’m not much of a planner. But here’s how not-much-of-a-planner I am: it’s Wednesday now (or it will be in a few minutes), Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and I have no plan. No...
View ArticleKindness
Let us outshine the random acts of violence in our world with random acts of kindness. I’m holding my girls even closer than usual this week, and trying to do my part. One nice, small thing you can do...
View ArticleBreakfast (or Anytime) Bean Bowl
Yesterday we woke to a mist hanging low among the trees and houses, and when it lifted autumn had come. Our breath rose in puffs around us as I walked the kids to school, and later in the sunshine the...
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