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Oh, yum. And also, YUM. This is my favorite kind of recipe—the kind that packs a huge flavor punch and will wow the hell out of anyone who e...

3 yellow zucchini 1 bunch of teeny-tiny radishes 2 leeks 2 onions 6 Yukon Gold potatoes ½ bunch sage ½ bunch basil 1 head lettuce 11 carrots...

When A and I took our first taste of this frozen yogurt after churning it in the ice cream maker, we both looked at each other and said, “St...

This week, the lovely Grover Cleveland will undertake the Vanna White role in showing off our CSA bounty: My share of the box contained: 1 l...

This just goes to show that sometimes you should disregard advice, even when it’s your own. Over the years, I have periodically been suckere...

(I wish the lighting in my kitchen were better, because this frozen yogurt was the most beautiful shade of blue-purple. ) I never knew I cou...

On Saturday morning, A and I picked over seven pounds of blueberries. Last year when I did this with my friend J, the weather was unbearabl...

This week’s haul: 1 onion 1 bunch celery (mine in exchange for P taking the head of cauliflower, a vegetable I haven’t yet learned to apprec...

I’m not a big fan of raw bananas (in fact, overly ripe ones kind of gross me out), but they can be really good in cooked desserts—particular...

Our favorite guacamole comes from a vendor at our farmers’ market, but lately it’s been getting too expensive to justify buying. Over $6 for...

Another fantastic recipe from The Perfect Scoop , which I shall be buying immediately (or as soon as I’ve maxed out my library renewals, any...

I loved our CSA experiment last time around (fall/winter 2007), especially because it was responsible for introducing me to the wonders of ...

Did I mention that A gave me the ice cream maker attachment for the KitchenAid mixer for my birthday last month? It took me a while to clear...

Oops. When I promised an end to the asparagus recipes yesterday , I had forgotten that I had this one waiting on deck. But I assure you, it’...

Another step in my continuing quest to collect a pasta recipe for every possible vegetable combination. Sure, I have many asparagus pasta re...

Now that you can make your own pesto (you’ve all been doing your homework from last time , right?), here’s something easy to do with it. I g...

I’ve already given you my directions for making pesto, but they’re embedded within another recipe . The other night, as I was putting togeth...

As the five-year anniversary of this blog approacheth (that’s how we used to talk in the olden days before the Internet, you know), I wonder...

From-scratch cakes aren’t hard to make, but I only seem to do it about once per year: for A’s birthday. I’m just not much of a cake fan, par...

I have a lot of good pasta recipes . Enough, in fact, to make a different pasta recipe every week for a year. So I don’t acquire new ones l...