I went to the market earlier and picked up a gorgeous bunch of fresh carrots with an excess of feathery green tops as well as a can of coconut milk for no good reason except that it was on sale. When I got home, I came across the lone ghost pepper I'd bought last week. While cooking dinner for the boys, I thought about risotto...
Read MoreA few summers ago, I had pneumonia. It was pretty awful, but I rediscovered a love for both thousand-piece puzzles and homemade chicken noodle soup. Since then, I've been perfecting my recipe, and without further ado, here it is.
Don't skimp on ingredient quality if you can help it. Nothing called for is overly fancy. I find it so lovely that basic things can coalesce into a magical elixir.
I ordered and marveled at the quinoa and honey-glazed carrots I enjoyed during lunch at Gramercy Tavern one day; this is my version of it!
Read MoreThis is Mario Batali's recipe. He says, "it would be better to overcook them by 5 minutes than to undercook them by one." In addition to my two small augmentations -adding lemon and mint- I think toasted pine-nuts would be a great touch. Simple, delicious!
Read MoreA delightful recipe from Hugh Acheson, this results in a crunchy, gingery carrot "pickle." The recipe below is mostly Hugh's but reflects slight changes and/or clarifications I've made and found helpful.
Read MoreA delicious vegetarian dish adapted from Bon Appétit
Read MoreThis traditional Italian ragu recipe is from one of Mario Batali's cookbooks and is delicious. Make the whole amount so that you have some to freeze- you'll be glad you did.
Read MoreThis is a marvelous way to use up many of the veggies that have accumulated in your fridge. The foundation for this recipe is a soup from winneab, a Food52 cook, as well as my sister's Tuscan ribollita.
Read MoreThis is an absolutely delicious, extremely simple dish from Claudia Roden. It makes for great leftovers too.
Read Moremusings from a stay-at-home, cooking-obsessed mom
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