Eating the Scenery

For some reason, I 'm always astonished when I discover a simple, easy way to cook something.  We do tend to over-complexify sometimes, ...

  The Autumnal Equinox is here, so ...it's soup time!  I'm pretty sure Soup Peddler David Ansel titled his hilarious and fun-to-read...

It came to my attention that the French use their duck fat to create gloriously crisp and flavorful fried potatoes.  Why could I not do the ...

So good it makes you want to do a stomping dance and break some glassware. Earlier this fall, as I was buying leeks (when my local ones we...

The subtlest hint of fresh Cabernet Sauvignon grape flavor from the oil lifts these local spuds into the realm of nearly ethereal.   Snowy ...

A total departure from cheesy gratins, this dairy-free recipe is one of those serendipitous discoveries that I can't imagine not having...

Remember back in the day when we packed raw ground beef into a loaf pan, doused it with cream of mushroom soup, studded it with those ghas...

Fresh, organic potatoes from Schreiber and Sons. Scrubbed. Microwaved or roasted just 'til tender. Tossed with organic butter and sal...

Not your typical wintery chicken pot pie ... this one welcomes the new green tarragon awakening in the garden ... green onions ... fennel ....

What I was going for here was that deeply satisfying texture and taste, both tangy and mellow, that evokes Bavaria and has you looking aroun...

I was going to say that I "cobbled" this recipe together from about a dozen from various sources, when I decided instead, in honor...

Wow. Thanks to my friend Stephanie, who split a jar of tahini with me a while back (who can use a whole jar, we thought?), I had a few tabl...

We could not believe how delicious this dish is. It is soul-warming and deeply satisfying. The combination of vegetables and flavors, with...

Years ago I learned that no, I cannot substitute onions for leeks. They're completely different. Leeks have a deep, primal kind of fra...

I just had to do something with one of those beautiful CSA onions tonight. I hadn't used the potatoes from Box 2 yet, so I got them o...