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Oh, crème fraiche, where have you been all my life? This is one of those fabulously simple recipes that yields surprisingly sophisticated an...

I’m a bit behind with this posting thing, so you can look forward to lots of new delectable recipes this week. (Well, three, anyway. But sup...

Sorry, this is a crazy photo. The season finale of Amazing Race was starting, and I’d inadvertently set my camera to some crazy manual-focu...

I made bread! And I used the KitchenAid dough hook! And even though I flubbed the dough texture a little bit as a result, it tastes deliciou...

Sure, it doesn’t look like much, but that’s partly my fault for failing to garnish with apple slices and rosemary sprigs as directed, and no...

As soon as I acquired some smoked Spanish paprika, courtesy of my mother’s generosity at Penzey’s during my Minnesota visit, I immediately b...

Another simple, solid recipe from Everyday Food: Great Food Fast . Ironically, I was going to make this tart into a pizza, using Trader Joe’...

Just one of the many trays of homemade Christmas cookies I was fortunate enough to encounter during the holidays. I hope you all had a lo...

I found this recipe in the Everyday Food cookbook, Great Food Fast , during a recent trip to the library. It’s a real no-brainer (pasta + t...

Roasted kale in foreground (man, I love the “macro” setting on my camera—you can see the individual grains of salt!), spicy roast chicken an...

The cast of characters: more chubby carrots fresh rosemary 1 kabocha squash 2 turnips 1 head lettuce ½ bunch tatsoi ½ bunch kale ½ bunch aru...

clockwise from lower left: 6 adorably fat carrots 1 head lettuce ½ bunch arugula 1 red kuri squash ½ bunch red Russian kale ½ bunch tatsoi 1...

I don’t have a photo, but I made this side dish for the second or third time last night (to accompany this red lentil soup * and some reall...

I had three-fourths of a butternut squash in the refrigerator, left over from last week’s pizza. I had a jar of delicious CSA honey. And I h...

(Sorry about the blurry photo. It was dark, Amazing Race was on, and I just wanted to eat . Even as I snapped the shutter, I was already le...

Good news! The farm didn’t burn, though there was some crop damage (and significant damage to Southern California agriculture in general, pa...

Another delicious way for me to use Trader Joe’s pizza dough, courtesy of Cooking Light . Last night was the second time I tried this recipe...

Yes, I realize it’s nearly Week 3, but things have been crazy in SoCal lately, what with half of it being on fire and all. In fact, our poor...

(shown with Herbed Basmati Rice and Roasted Asparagus ) Thanks to Cooking Light , here’s another recipe to help use up my big bag of almond...

(shown with Almond-Crusted Salmon and Roasted Asparagus ) I’m not a huge rice fan, and consequently, I’m not very good at making it. If you...