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Long story short: Here is a bunch of stuff I didn’t think I liked (Raw chickpeas! Pepperoncini! Artichokes!) in a big b...

This soup might look familiar. It’s apparently based on Olive Garden’s “Zuppa Toscana,”* and it’s quite the Internet sensa...

Another stellar winter salad. Like the Cobb, Waldorf salad falls into the category of old-school foods I’ve only read abou...

Meet our new favorite salad. I feel a little silly being like, “Hey guys, look what I just discovered!” when Cobb salad ha...

I’m fond of farro, but not unconditionally; its appeal depends a lot on the company it keeps. The first time I tried it, i...

There are certain recipes I wait to make until A is out of town, and this is one of them. Although he will eat both beans ...

Will I ever tire of kale salads? Probably not, especially if they contain apples and cheese and roasted squash . I love ...

I’m still desperately trying to play catchup here, but at least I’ve reached a recipe that seems more seasonally appropria...

You can tell I’m still catching up on recipes from a few months ago, when all these vegetable soups were just what I need...

Even though they’ve become trendy as a “superfood” (I just can’t bring myself to use that word without the scare quotes),...

When I named Roasted Cherry Tomatoes as one of my top 10 2012 recipes , I mentioned that I’d finally managed to do somet...

This is the salad I served with the pumpkin ricotta gnocchi . It’s not revolutionary—strikingly similar to other kale sal...

Yep, this is totally my Summer of Putting Fruit Everywhere. Strawberries on pizza ! Blueberries in corn salad ! And now, p...

Just in case you were laboring under the misapprehension that raw kale is solely hippie-dippy rabbit food, I thought I’d debauch it a little...

I already have a recipe for a meatball soup , but this one from the Kitchn won me over with its kale (I can’t get enough kale!), and partic...

Yup, I’m on the kale salad bandwagon now. Tender young greens are all very well and good, but I’ve come to really respect the resilience of ...

That’s right, it’s squash and kale, together yet again ! What can I say? I’m insatiable, and shockingly, I didn’t already have a recipe t...

As avid a kale fan as I am, can you believe that this was my first time trying it raw? I hadn’t been deliberately avoiding it, but now I’m r...

Butternut squash and kale are like the peanut butter and jelly of the winter-vegetable world; the sweetness of the squash complements the bi...

Neglectful blogger returns! Sorry for the nearly two months of silence. The holiday travel-and-gift-making/buying season hit me like a hurri...